LAWS OF MISSISSIPPI.
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PASSED AT THE REGULAR SESSION OF 1874
AN ACT for the better regulation of Grim


inal prosecutions in the several Circuit


Courts of his State


SECTION | Be IL enacted bv the Legis-
lature ofths State IF Mississippi. rha, IL
shall be the duty Of each District Attorney
to attend the deliberations OF the grand juries
in each county of his dlstriet, from the time
they shall be empanelrd until discharged !;
and Shal. give them the necessary lnforma
tinn touching the law or facts of each case,
and shall see that each case shall be presen
ted in the manner directed by law.


SEC 2 Be- al further enacted That it
shall be the duty OF the several District At
torneys. SD soon as the grand jury have com.
pleted their necessary labois. To report the
fact To the court " no shall In preference 10
all other busin' SIS. hear their report and dis
charge them immediately Procided, that
any CONT. in It's discretion. may adjourn the
grand jury to a snbSrq tent day OF the term !;
and Said Jnrles shall only receive pay tor the
number Of days they snail be actually enga-
ged in the performance of their dnries.


SEC. 5. Be IL further enacted. That if any
District Attorney shall fail 10 be in atien-
dance on anv cautt in his district al the
time grand jury shall be empannellsd. the
court shall forthwith appoint District At.
tornry. pro tenn, for. or during the term.
and shall give him a certificate of such ap-
pointneut who shall receive compensation
pro rata, according To the number of weeks
the District Attorney Is engaged upon the
circuit per wear. 10 be deducted from his sal
a;y. and paid by the Auditor on The certifi
cate of The Judge or Clerk that such pro
tenn. appointment was duly made


Sec. 4. And be II fu~ther enacted. That
hereafter il shal be the duty ofthe resppc-
tive judges ofthe several Circuit Courts, on
the last day of the court in each county. TO
designate day in the next term, on which
the State docket shall be called and all sub
p0enas for witnesses or wriis OF capias in
criminal cases, shall be made returnable on
said day. upon all bills of indictmen: already
owned and no witness, in any such case,
shall charge, or receive any compensation
for bis attendance on such court before the
day so set; and if any court shall fail
10 set day for the State, as above provided,
the cour; shall take up the State docket in
every such case. at twelve o'clock noon on
the second day OF such term, and the Clerk,
in issuing process on bills of Indictment al
ready owned, shall be governed according