Notes on 28 U.S.C. § 1868 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 28 U.S.C. § 1868 : US Code - Notes

(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 953; Pub. L. 90-274, Sec. 101,
Mar. 27, 1968, 82 Stat. 60.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Secs. 416, 417 (Mar. 3,
1911, ch. 231, Secs. 279, 280, 36 Stat. 1165, Jan. 31, 1929, ch.
126, 45 Stat. 1145).
Section consolidates parts of sections 416, 417 of title 28,
U.S.C., 1940 ed., with necessary changes in phraseology.
The remaining portion of section 416 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940
ed., constitutes section 1867 of this title.
The remainder of section 417 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., is
incorporated in section 1866 of this title.
Words, "in the opinion of the court, disqualified" were
substituted for "not an indifferent person, or is interested in the
event of the cause".
AMENDMENTS
1968 - Pub. L. 90-274 substituted provisions for the maintenance
and inspection of records in the hands of the commission or clerk
before the master wheel was emptied for provisions covering the
disqualification of the United States marshal or his deputy and the
appointment of a disinterested person by the court.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1968 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 90-274 effective 270 days after Mar. 27,
1968, except as to cases in which an indictment has been returned
or a petit jury empaneled prior to such effective date, see section
104 of Pub. L. 90-274, set out as a note under section 1861 of this
title.