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LAWS OF ARIZONA.
Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Arizona:

Section 1. That paragraph 2830 (Section 56) of Chapter VI Title XXXVIII of the Civil Code of the Revised Statutes of Arizona, 1901, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows, to-wit:

“2830. (Section 56) Each of the Clerks of the District Courts of this Territory in and for the several counties shall, between the first and tenth day of January, of each year, prepare a list of the names of persons, citizens of their several counties and otherwise qualified to serve as jurors.

Such a list shall contain a number of names equal to ten per cent of the number of votes polled at the general election next preceding the date of the preparation of such list. If ten per cent of such number of votes contain a fraction, the fraction in computation shall be omitted.

The persons whose names are contained in such list, shall be selected indiscriminately from all parts of the county, proportioned as nearly as may be practicable to the population of the several localities thereof, and without reference to political affiliations or religious belief.

When so prepared a certified copy thereof shall forthwith be made by such clerk, and enclosed in a sealed envelope, indorsed “U. S. jury list County” and transmitted by mail to the clerk of the district court of the county where the trial of United States cases is had, retaining the original list on file in his office.

If from any cause in any county such lists shall not have been made and filed as provided herein, or the clerk of any court shall fail to comply with the