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An Act to amend the jury laws of this Commonwealth. 1861-1863 245 (1862.8)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0827 and id is 1 raw text is: GENERAL AND PRIVATE ACTS OP THE STATE OF KENTUCKY, PASSED AT THE SESSION WHICH WAS BEGUN IN THE CITY OF FRANKFORT ON THURSDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY AUGUST, 1862, AND ENDED IN THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE ON FRIDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1862. CHAPTER 614. AN ACT to amend the jury laws of this Commonwealth. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That all grand jurymen, as also all petit jurymen, empanneled for the trial of any allleged violation of the criminal or penal laws of this Commonwealth, before serv- ing as such shall, in addition to the oaths now prescribed by law, take the following oath, to be administered to them in the same manner, and by the same persons, now author- ized to swear such jurymen : I do swear that I have not directly engaged, or been in the service of the so-called Confederate States, or either of them, or in the service of the so-called provisional government of Kentucky, either in a civil or military capacity ; and that I have not directly or indirectly engaged in, aided or abetted any rebellion or insurrection whatever against the United States or State of Kentucky, so help me God. § 2. All jury commissioners, before entering upon their duties as such, shall, in addition to the oath now prescribed by law, take the oath in the previous section. § 3. It shall be the duty of the circuit court judges, and all judges presiding over any trial by jury, for any alleged Grand and petit Jurors to take additional oath. Jury comr's to take oath pre- scribed in first section. Judges to see that oalh is ad- ministered.

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