NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 590

HOUSE BILL 895

 

 

aN ACT TO AMEND G. S. 9-25 RELATING TO GRAND JURIES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. G. S. 9-25 is hereby amended by adding the following new paragraph relating to grand juries in Craven County:

"At the first term of Superior Court for the trial of criminal cases in Craven County, after the first day of July, 1961; there shall be chosen a grand jury as now provided by law. The first nine members of said grand jury shall serve for a term of one year and until their successors are chosen and qualified, and the second nine members of said grand jury shall serve for a term of six months and until their successors are chosen and qualified. Thereafter, at the first regular criminal term of Superior Court after the first day of January and the first day of July of each year, there shall be chosen nine members of the said grand jury to serve for a term of one year and until their successors are chosen and qualified. The foreman of the grand jury shall be chosen originally from the members serving a term of one year, and, thereafter, the foreman shall be chosen from the group which has served as grand juror for six months to serve for six months."

Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. This Act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of June, 1961.