Except as otherwise expressly provided, the jury commissioners shall draw and summon at least seventy-five persons to serve as petit jurors to attend at one and the same time at any court. The chief administrative judge or the presiding judge of that circuit may increase or decrease the number of jurors drawn and summoned if he considers it necessary; however, at least seventy-five jurors must be drawn and summoned. HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 38-68; 1952 Code Section 38-68; 1942 Code Section 616; 1932 Code Section 616; Civ. P. '22 Section 556; Civ. C. '12 Section 4025; 1902 (23) 1066; 1953 (48) 45; 1976 Code Section 14-7-300; 1986 Act No. 340, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 18, Section 2, eff April 22, 1993.
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