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The sheriff to impannel grand jury not more than five nor less than one day before each assizes, &c.
Jurors to be sworn.
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29. Every sheriff, immediately on receiving the precept appointing the day for opening the commission at the next assizes in his bailiwick, shall inspect the schedules to be delivered to him as aforesaid, and confer thereon with the county surveyor or surveyors, and thereupon, having regard to the quantity of business which it shall appear likely that the grand jury may be called upon to transact, shall fix and appoint, for impannelling the grand jury under the provisions of this Act herein-after set forth, such day previous to the day for opening the commission of assize as in his discretion may seem fit, such previous day not being more than five clear days and not less than one clear day before the day appointed for opening the said commission; and such sheriff is hereby authorized and required, in manner heretofore practised according to law for summoning persons to serve on grand juries in Ireland, to summon and return a sufficient number of persons, qualified according to law to serve as grand jurors in Ireland, to attend at the usual place of holding assizes upon the day by such sheriff so fixed; and the persons so to be summoned are hereby required to come and appear agreeably to the exigency of said summons, under like penalties and subject to like forfeiture of issues as persons heretofore summoned to appear and serve on grand juries at any assizes throughout Ireland, and to serve, under and subject to the like penalties and liabilities, until discharged from such attendance in due course of law; and on the day appointed for such attendance such sheriff shall attend with his sub-sheriff and assistants, and shall, or in the necessary absence of the sheriff the under sheriff shall, proceed to impannel the said grand jury in all respects, so far as may be possible, and with like solemnities, as heretofore practised according to the law for the impannelling of grand juries at the several assizes in Ireland; and the clerk of the crown shall attend at the time and place aforesaid, and shall, in such manner and form as hath heretofore been used in the swearing of grand jurors, administer to each of the grand jurors to be impannelled as aforesaid the oath marked (C.) in the schedule (Z.) to this Act annexed.
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