ddling, and collects special taxes assessed by
the State. He is elected for a term of four years.

He is both a judicial and an administrative officer. His judicial
duties have been explained.

A part of his administrative duties as to roads and revenues is
performed in some counties by a board of county commissioners.

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.--A board of county commissioners may be created
by the General Assembly to administer the executive powers of the
ordinary. The powers of the commissioners differ in the various
counties, and their duties are prescribed by the act creating them.
They are called commissioners of roads and revenues. When county
commissioners are provided for by legislative enactment the ordinary
ceases to perform the duties given to the commissioners.

JURY COMMISSIONERS.--The board of jury commissioners is composed of six
members, who are appointed by the judge of the superior court for a
term of six years. Two members are appointed every second year.

This body meets in August, biennially, to revise the jury list. It
selects from the books of the tax receiver "upright and intelligent
men" to serve as jurors. The most intelligent and experienced are
selected for the grand jury. The name of each person subject to serve
on the jury is written on a separate slip of paper and placed in the
"jury box." At each term of the superior court the judge draws out of
this box from eighteen to thirty names, from which the grand jury is
impaneled. In the same manner thirty-six names are drawn for the petit
jury.

_Grand Jury_.--The grand jury consists of not less than eighteen nor
more than twenty-three members. A foreman is elected by the jury. It
is their duty to indict or present for trial all persons who from their
own knowledge, or from evidence brought before them, are charged with
an offense against the laws, and against whom sufficient evidence is
produced to sustain the charge. It is also their duty to inspect the
books and accounts of all county officers, examine the tax receiver's
digest, and inquire into the condition and management of the county
roads, jails, and schoolhouses. It advises the ordinary in the
administration of the county tax, determines the salary of the county
judge, jurors, and bailiffs, and appoints the members of the board of
education.

_County Treasurer_.--All revenue paid into the county arising from
taxes, and all other sources, is paid to the county treasur