§ 9-7-131. Jury fee book.
The clerk of the circuit court shall keep a book to be called the "jury book," in which he shall enter the time of issuing all certificates to jurors, the amount thereof, and to whom issued. Such book may be kept by means of electronic filing or storage or both as provided in Sections 9-1-51 through 9-1-57, or otherwise, as the clerk may elect. Within ten (10) days after each term of the court, he shall file in the office of the clerk of the board of supervisors of his county a certified copy of such entries, for the information of the board. For any failure in this respect, the clerk of the circuit court may be fined and imprisoned by the court as for a contempt.
Sources: Codes, 1857, ch. 61, art. 145; 1871, § 746; 1880, § 1699; 1892, § 642; 1906, § 699; Hemingway's 1917, § 478; 1930, § 487; 1942, § 1425; Laws, 1994, ch. 521, § 19, eff from and after passage (approved March 25, 1994).