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The Judiciary.
POLITICAL CODE.
§§ 460-462

Judical Subdivisions.

Section.

460. Drawing jurors in subdivision consisting of two or more counties.

Section.

461. When county fails to furnish names.


Drawing jurors in subdivisions consisting of two or more counties. s. 3, c. 19, Pol. C.

§ 460. To enable juries to be drawn and summoned in those subdivisions composed of two or more counties, the county clerks of all the organized counties therein shall, as soon as the assessment roll is returned, and yearly thereafter, furnish to the clerk of the district court of that subdivision the aggregate number of names appearing upon the assessment roll of their counties respectively, if such county shall have such assessment roll; and the clerk of such district court shall thereupon and yearly thereafter, make requisition upon the county commissioners for the proportionate number of names to be furnished by each county of the subdivision respectively, to make up the number of two hundred, each county to furnish such proportion as the number of names upon its assessment roll bears to the aggregate of all the assessment rolls of the counties of such subdivision; and thereupon, from time to time as such requisition shall be made, the county commissioners shall furnish the required number of names, and from the two hundred names so furnished the grand and petit juries shall be drawn by such district court clerk and sheriff of the county where the court is held, by lot as therein provided.

When county fails to furnish names. s. 4, c. 19, Pol. C.

§ 461. If one or more counties shall fail to furnish their pro- portionate or any number of names, such juries shall be drawn from those names that shall be furnished, and the judges of the district court respectively are authorized and empowered to make any rule or order that shall be by them deemed necessary, or to cause any act or thing to be done to effect the drawing or sum- moning of either a grand or petit jury from such subdivision, and shall at any time have the power to cause a jury, either grand or petit, to be summoned for such district court from the body of such subdivision, and no omission of any act altogether, or the failure to perform it within the time herein prescribed, shall be cause of challenge of any individual juror or to the panel.


ARTICLE 6.-Attorneys and Counselors at Law.

Section.

462. Who may practice as attorneys.

463. Attorneys to take oath.

464. Attorneys from other states.

465. Duties of an attorney.

466. Punishment for deceit.

467. Power of attorney.

468. Proof of authority.

469. Attorney must not be surety.

470. Lien for compensation.

471. Lien released by bond.

Section.

472. Court may revoke or suspend license.

473. Causes for suspension.

474. Proceedings to remove or suspend.

475. Accusation, how answered.

476. Judgment on plea of guilty.

477. Appeal from judgment.

478. Refusal to pay over money.

479. No penalty unless lien secured,

480. No liability if security is given.

Who may practice as attorneys. s. 1, c. 18, Pol. C.

§ 462. All persons who, by the laws heretofore in force, were permitted to practice as attorneys and counselors at law, may continue to practice as such; and, hereafter, any person twenty-one years of age, who is an inhabitant of this territory. who satisfies any court of record, either on examination or by certificate of admission from any other territory or state, that he possesses the requisite learning, and is of good moral character, may by such court be licensed to practice as an attorney and counselor; provided, that no person shall be admitted to practice in the supreme court unless he shall have been first licensed to

practice in some one of the district courts, or, on the presenta-9A

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