require, and in addition, actual traveling expenses while so engaged. Time to be computed while en route to and from place of meetings, or points of work. Compensation to be paid from the appropriation provided in this act. SEC. 5. The term of office for each commis- Terms of office. sioner and alternate shall be from date of his appointment until the end of the Columbian exposition at Chicago, and the closing up of the state work in connection therewith, not to exceed ninety (90) days from the date of the closing of said Columbian exposition at Chicago. general. SEC. 6. That within ten (10) days from the Commissioner passage and taking effect of this act the governor shall appoint one (1) commissioner general, who shall be a man of known experience, and of acknowedged fitness and qualification for the duties of such office. duties; and sioner general. SEC. 7. The term of office of the commissioner Term of office; general shall be the same as provided for commis- compensation sioners and alternates. He shall devote the whole of his time, during the term of his office, to the duties of the position. He shall have control of all details pertaining to the exhibit at Chicago, its arrangement, installation, management while in place, and dismantling of the same, under a general supervision of the executive council, and the state commission. He shall be ex-officio member of the state commission, to advise and vote only in case of a tie. He shall receive a salary of two thousand and five hundred ($2,500) dollars per annum, payable quarterly from the funds provided for in this act, and in addition, his actual traveling expenses, to be computed in like manner as that President of commission to officer; provided for the compensation of state commissioners. He is hereby authorized and empowered to appoint such superintendents, assistants, and employ such clerical and other force as he may find necessary for the successful presentation of the work of his office, the same to be paid from the funds appropriated by this act. SEC. 8. The president of the state commission be disbursing shall be its disbursing officer, through whose hands all moneys drawn and expended must pass. He shall give bonds, to be approved by the governor, in a sum not less than one hundred thousand ($100,000) dollars. Meeting of commission. secretary; pay. SEC. 9. The governor shall, at the earliest convenience after the passage of this act and the appointment of the commission and commissioner general, convene them at the state capitol, at a day and place by him named, for organization. At President and this meeting the commission shall proceed by ballot to elect from its members, one (1) president and secretary, whose terms of office shall be the same as for the commission. The president and secretary shall not both be of the same political party. The president and secretary may be compensated for extra service devolving upon them as such, in such sums as the commission may determine, to be paid from the funds provided by the appropriation of this act. Executive council; powers SEC. 10. The president, secretary, and commissioner general shall compose an executive council, with full power to act in all matters under general supervision and direction of the commission. SEC. 11. The president may have power in his of commission. discretion to call meetings of the commission at any President to call meetings time and place he may deem proper; and shall do so on call signed by a majority of the members thereof. how drawn from. SEC. 12. The appropriation provided for in this Appropriation, act can be drawn from the state treasury only on estimates made by the executive council, signed by the president and secretary, and no one (1) estimate shall exceed the sum of six thousand ($6,000) dollars, except in case of an emergency, and then by unanimous vote of the commission and approved by the governor. Each estimate shall be followed in a reasonable length of time, and before another estimate can be made, with itemized detailed vouchers to be certified by the president and secretary of the commission and approved by the governor. proceedings. SEC. 13. The secretary shall keep an accurate Record of record of all the proceedings, both of the commission and executive council. statements SEC. 14. The commissioner general shall render Quarterly to the executive council a quarterly statement of sioner general. his official doings in detail in all respects, and which shall be filed with the secretary. SEC. 15. Members of the commission, alternates, Removal from and the commissioner general may, for cause, be removed at any time by the governor, and vacancies occurring by reason of any cause, filled by him for unexpired terms. In so doing, the political division and relation as in the original formation shall be maintained. SEC. 16. At the close of its service, the com- Report of commission shall render to the governor a full and detailed statement of all its proceedings, which shall include a complete list of all disbursements Liability of state. and catalogues of exhibits presented at the Columbian exposition. SEC. 17. Nothing in this act shall be construed to create any liability on the part of the state in excess of the appropriation herein named. Approved March 27, 1891. [House Roll No. 230.] CHAPTER 58. AN ACT to amend sections two (2), four (4), seven (7), and ten (10) of chapter forty-three (43) of the Session Laws of 1889, entitled "An act to provide for the manner of selecting, drawing, and summoning grand and petit jurors in counties having a population of seventy thousand (70,000) or more, to prescribe the qualifications of such jurors, to provide for punishment of persons seeking to serve as jurors or seeking to have other persons selected as jurors, and to repeal sections six hundred and fiftyeight (658), six hundred and fifty-nine (659), six hundred and sixty (660), six hundred and sixty-one (661), and six hundred and sixty five (665) of the Code of Civil Procedure, and all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith," and to repeal said sections, and also to repeal sections five (5) and nine (9) of said act. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of SECTION 1. That section two (2) of an act entitled "An act to provide for the manner of selecting, drawing, and summoning grand and petit jurors in counties having a population of seventy thousand (70,000) or more, to prescribe the qualifications of such jurors, to provide for the punishment of persons seeking to serve as jurors, or seeking to have other persons selected as jurors, and to repeal sections six hundred and fifty-eight (658), six hundred and fifty-nine (659), six hundred and sixty (660), six hundred and sixty-one (661), and six hundred and sixty-five (665) of the Code of Civil Procedure, and all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith," being chapter forty-three (43) of the Session Laws of 1889, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: of jurors. Section 2. In making such selection, the county Qualifications board shall choose a proportionate number from the residents of each town or precinct, and shall take the names of such only as are in the opinion of the board: First. Citizens of the town or precinct not exempt from serving on juries. Second. Of the age of twenty-one years or upwards, and under sixty years old. Third. In possession of their natural faculties. Fourth. Free from all legal exceptions, of fair character, of approved integrity, of sound judgment, well informed, and who understand the English language. sec. 4. SEC. 2. That said section four (4) of said act Amending be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: but once. Section 4. Whenever a person whose name is Juror to serve on said list shall be drawn as a juror, his name shall be checked off from said list, and such person shall not be again drawn as a juror till every person named upon such list qualified to serve as a juror has been drawn. List of jurors The clerks of the district courts in each county, roy shall at the end of each term of court, furnish the clerk. county clerk a list of all persons who have served as petit jurors during the term. All jurors on the Length of regular panels shall serve during the weeks for which they were drawn, and until discharged from jury service. |
