Assessors in Municipal Court and Court of First Instance.
Section 63
SEC. 63. Assessors in Municipal Court and Court of First Instance.—The aid of assessors in the trial of any civil or criminal action in the Municipal Court, or the Court of First Instance may be invoked. It shall be the duty of the Municipal Board to prepare one list of the names of twenty-five residents of the city best fitted by education, natural ability, and reputation for probity to sit as assessors in the trial of actions in the Municipal Court and a like list of persons for the Court of First Instance. The Board may at any time strike any name from the list by reason of the death, resignation, permanent disability, or unfitness of the person named; and in case names are so stricken out, other names shall be added in their place. Parties desiring to avail themselves of the use of assessors in the Municipal Court shall follow existing procedure, which shall also govern the method of summoning assessors and their compensation, oath, and duties. Parties desiring to avail themselves of assessors in the Court of First Instance shall proceed in a like manner.