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deed on a parcel of land designated by the Department of Highways and Transportation as Parce
' No. 9AX and required for the construction of Loop 534; said compensation to be paid for
improvements located on 0.023 acres of land, more or less, out of the Wm. C. Francis Survey
No. 146, Abstract No. 137; and it appearing to the Court that an agreed amount of compensation
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for said improvements has been arrived at, it is ordered by Commissioner Higgins, seconded
by Commissioner Holland, and unanimously approved by the Court that Kerr County offer to pay ,,
Mrs. Betty Edwards the sum of $1500.00 for her improvements located on the parcel of right ofi
way as identified above, subject to the execution and delivery of her quitclaim deed; and it
is further ordered that on approval for filing by the State Department of Highways and Publici,
Transportation of the aforesaid quitclaim deed, a voucher shall be drawn in the amount of
$1500.00 on the Loop 534 Right of Way Fund, payable to Mrs. Betty Edwards.
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' N0. 15454 FINAL ADOPTION OF PLAN OF SELECTING PERSONS FOR JURY SERVICE WITH THE AID OF
MECHANICAL OR ELECTRONIC MEANS
On this the 23rd day of April 1984, upon motion made by Commissioner Higgins, seconded
by Commissioner Holland, the Court unanimously approved final adoption of a plan of selecting
persons for jury service with the aid oŁ mechanical or electronic means, as recommended by
the District Judges of the 198th Judicial District and the 216th Judicial District.
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Pursuant to the provisions of Article 2100a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, we, the
undersigned, being the District Judges of Kerr County, Texas, at a special meeting held on
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April 17, 1984, for the purpose of recommending a plan of selecting persons for jury service
with the aid of mechanical or electronic means, do hereby recommend that the Commissioners ~'
Court of Kerr County, Texas, adopt the plan attached hereto as Exhibit "A" for the selection N;
of persons for jury service with the aid of mechanical or electronic means. ';
Signed April 19, 1984.
/s/ Robert R. Barton /s/ V. Murray Jordan
/t/ ROBERT R. BARYON, Judge /t/ V. HURRAY JORDAN, Judge
216th Judicial District Court 198th Judicial District Court
Kerr County, Texas Kerr County, Texas j
EXHIBIT "A"
WHEREAS, the present method of selecting jurors by use of the jury wheel in Kerr County, ',;
Texas, is inefficient, obsolete, and expensive, and jurors can be selected fairly, more
efficiently, and less expensively by mechanical and electronic means.
It is therefore recommended to the Commissioners Court of Kerr County, Texas, by the
Judges of the District Courts of Kerr County, Texas, by the authority of Article 2100a,
Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, that the following plan for the selection of persons for jury
service be adopted;
1. Source of Names
The source from which names shall be taken shall be the current voter registration
list of all precincts in Kerr County, Texas, and the register of permanently exempt persons
maintained in said County as certified by the Tax Assessor-Collector of Kerr County, Texas,
under Article 2137a, and entered on the juror selection computer program which has been
prepared for such purpose by Western Data Services, Inc., of Waxahachie, Texas.
2. Official in Char
The Clerk of the District Courts in Kerr County, Texas, herein called the "Clerk',' is
designated as the official to be in charge of the selection process, and shall have the duties
and authority as set forth herein.
3. Access to Voter Registration List
The Tax Assessor-Collector of Kerr County, Texas, as part of his/her present,
regular duties, shall update the voter registration list to be used in this plan, to assure
as current a list as possible. Other than at such times as a random list of prospective
jurors is obtained from the voter registration list, the Tax Assessor-Collector, or his/her
designate shall be the only person with access to the voter registration list, and such access
shall be for updating purposes only. The Tax Assessor-Collector gains access to the voter
registration list only by entry into the computer of the particular security code issued to
the Tax Assessor-Collector for this purpose. Such security code is in the sole possession
of the Tax Assessor-Collector of Kerr County, Texas.
4. Program for Random Selection
In preparing the computer program for juror selection, Western Data Service, Inc.,
has devised a system which will insure the fair, impartial, and objective selection of
proppective jurors by use of a random number generating process, which is described as
follows:
The Generation of Numbers by Analytical Randomizing Process uses Random Properties of
the Disk Operating System and the always changing interval timer of an IBM 370 computer.
The major difference between the Analytical Generator to be used in the Jury Selection System i
and a Mathmatical Generator is repetition of a series of numbers. A Mathmatical Generator
given an Identical set of Seeds of successive runs will produce an identical series of random
numbers. The Analytical Generator using always changing physical properties will never
produce an identical series of numbers because the physical properties are impossible to '.
duplicate regardless of an identical set of Seeds. The term "Seeds" is defined as a group
of unique numbers used to initiate the Random Generation Process. Relating to the Jury
Selection System the group of three Seed numbers is determined as follows:
1. The basis of the first seed number is the date (MMDDYY) which the selection process
is being executed where MM is the month of the year, DD is the date of the month, and YY is
the last two digits of the year, e.g. 123177 would be used if the selection was taking place
Dec. 31, 1977.
2. The basis of the second seed number is the binary coded numerical equilavent of the
first four (4) letters of the last name of the first juror selected from the prior selected
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jury list. This name is typed in when requested by the computer program for the first
selection and automatically passed on in multiple jury list selection. ~~
3. The bases of the third seed number is the time (in seconds) required for the comple-
tion of the security unlocking and date entry process. This time interval is recorded by
the internal computer clock.
Each of the seed numbers, n, is converted to an odd number of the form 2n+1. The random
numbers generated, however, are equally likely to be even or odd numbers.
This method of selection has been evaluted by Marsaglia and Bray (5) using separate
multiplicative generators with discrete values of A for generating random multipliers and
randomly selecting a value for each number generated.
This specific formulae used in an algorithm developed for an IBM 370-158 computer which
has a radix of 2 and a word length for fixed point arithmetic of 31 binary digits plus sign
are as follows: 31
L + 1 65539 L (modulo 2 )
n n 31
M + 1 = 3554433 M (modulo 2 )
Kn+ 1 = 362436060nKn(modulo 231)
The initial values of L, M, and K are positive interger "seeds" independently generated
'ii as a part of the Jury Selection Process.
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5. Presiding Jude
The District Judge who shall act as the Presiding Judge for Jury Selection shall be
the Judge of the 216th District Court. The Presiding Judge shall have such duties and
authority as herein provided, and also such authority as provided in Article 2094 to 2103
inclusive, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, except as modified by this order under authority
of 2100a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes.
The Presiding Judge may from time to time delegate his authority temporarily to the
other District Judge.
6. Processing the Prose~ctive Juror List
From Time to time, as needed during the year, the Presiding Judge, the Clerk (or it
i his/her designate), and the Sheriff of Kerr County (or his/her designate), shall assemble ';
for the purpose of activating the computer juror selection program, and thereby produce a j
list of Prospective Jurors. A unique security code shall be issued to each of the above
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named officers and protected by him/her to insure the integrity of the juror selection process;;
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The program cannot be activated on the computer unless all three security codes are properly i
entered, as herein set forth.
The process for activating the juror selection program is described as follows. The
Operator of the computer types in a predetermined "call up" number which identifies with
the Juror Selection System for Kerr County, Texas. This will cause Screen ~kl to appear on
the computer terminal. A detailed description of Screen Cpl is found in Figure 1. Screen ~kl
is for the purpose of entering the security codes of the three officers mentioned above.
The codes will not be shown on the picture tube. In the event that a wrong code has been
entered, the computer will notify the Operator and allow entry of the correct code. After
the correct entry of all three codes, the system will "unlock" and a different screen will
appear, that being Screen ~p2. A detailed description of Screen ~k2 is found in figure 2.
This Screen requires the Operator to enter the "seed" numbers and the number of jurors to be
selected, as well as the beginning juror number. A note will then appear at the bottom of
the picture tube.(Screen ~k2), reminding the Operator to have the proper form inserted in the
printer prior to entry of this Screen. This is necessary so that the list will be printed on
the proper form. From this point, juror selection is system-dependent until completion of
selection. Upon completion, the printer will go to the top of the form and totals will be
printed. The printer will stop automatically at the end of the job.
7. Selection of Jurors for Particular Weeks
Once the Prospective Juror List has been printed by the above described process, Western
Data Services, Inc., will address a juror questionaire form (Figure 3) to each person on the
Prospective Juror List, and deliver the addressed forms (called a "data mailer") to the
District Clerk as soon as possible, who shall deliver same to the Sheriff in such numbers and
such times as herein called for. At the direction of the Judge presiding over the Court
needing a jury panel, whether it be the District Court, County Court, or County Court at Law,
the Sheriff will mail out by First Class Mail such number of the data mailers as is necessary
to insure a sufficient number of jurors to meet the demands of the various courts using this
service. Each list selected shall provide for the use of the same list for a period of no
more than thirty days. At least 10 days prior to the date such persons are to begin such jury
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service, a true and complete written list showing the names and addresses of the persons
summoned to begin jury service on a particular date shall be filed of record with the County
Clerk.
8. Summoning Jurors
The Sheriff shall summon by First Class Mail for the dates designated all persons
so listed to be called for jury service on such dates.
9. Additional Jurors
Whenever the Presiding Judge determines that the number of jurors previously selected!,
for any designated date is insufficient, he shall direct the Clerk to prepare a supplemental
list containing a specified number of persons to be called for jury service in addition to
those previously selected. Such additional persons shall be selected, listed and summoned
in the same manner as those previously selected.
10. Supervision by Presiding 3udge
The Judge of the Court calling the prospective jurors shall have supervision and
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control over the panel called for jury service in his Court. He shall cause all persons
selected, summoned and appearing for jury service as above provided to be sworn and interroga
ed concerning their qualifications as provided by law, shall pass on their qualifications and
excuses, shall give them such instructions as may be required or appropriate, and shall cause
them to be sworn to make true answers to all questions put to them on voir dire concerning
their qualifications to serve as jurors in any particular case.
11. Amendments
This plan may be amended by the Commissioners Court of Kerr County, Texas, upon
recommendation of the District Judges of Kerr County, Texas.
12. Effective Date
This plan upon adoption shall become effective on the 23rd day of April 1984.
This plan was considered by the Commissioners Court o~ Kerr County, Texas, on the. 23rd day of
April 1984, and is hereby approved.
jsj Gordon S. Morriss
/t/ Gordon S. Morriss, County Judge
/s/ Frederick J. Holland
/t/ Frederick J. Holland, Comm. Precinct ~kl
/s/ Edward D. Higgins
/t/ Edward D. Higgins, Comm. Precinct ~k2
Js/ Victor J. Lich
/t/ Victor J. Lich, Cocmn. Precinct ~p3
fs/ Billy Joe Guthrie, Jr.
/t/ Billy Joe Guthrie, Jr., Comm. Precinct jk4
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N0. 15455 ORDER APPROVING PURCHASE AND AUTHORIZATION FOR PAYMENT FOR ONE 1974 22 TON
CHEVROLET CAB & CHASSIS FOR USE BY THE COMMISSIONER OF KERR COUNTY PRECINCT 4
On this the 23rd day of April 1984, upon motion made by Commissioner Guthrie, seconded
~i by Commissioner Lich, the Court unanimously approved the purchase of one 1974 2Z ton Chevrolet',
I - cab & chassis from AAA TRUCK, Junction Highway, Ingram, Texas, in the amount of $4,600.00,
for use by the Commissioner of Precinct No. Four.
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It is ordered by the Court that the County Auditor and County Treasurer be authorized to
~ draw a voucher on the Road & Bridge Precinct No. 4 Fund, Account Number 15-615-570, payable
to AAA TRUCK, upon request of Commissioner Billy Joe Guthrie, Jr.
(This order supercedes and is in lieu of Order No. 15406, passed by the Commissioners' Court on__
March 12th, 1984).