62 STAT.] SOT80CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 646-JUNE 25, 1948 953 § 1867. Summoning jurors When the court orders a grand or petit jury to be drawn the clerk shall issue summons for the required number of jurors and deliver them to the marshal for service. Each person drawn for jury service may be served personally or by registered mail addressed to such person at his usual residence or business address. Such service shall be made by the marshal who shall attach to his return the addressee's receipt for the registered summons, where serv- ice is made by mail. § 1868. Disqualification of marshal or deputy Whenever the United States marshal or his deputy is, in the opinion of the court, disqualified to summon grand or petit jurors, the court may appoint some disinterested person who shall take oath to perform such duty truly and impartially. § 1869. Frequency of service In any district court, a petit juror may be challenged on the ground that he has been summoned and attended such court as a petit juror at any term held within one year prior to the challenge. § 1870. Challenges In civil cases, each party shall be entitled to three peremptory chal- lenges. Several defendants or several plaintiffs shall be considered as a single party for the purposes of making challenges. If there is more than one defendant the court may allow the defendants addi- tional peremptory challenges and permit them to be exercised sepa- rately or jointly. All challenges for cause or favor, whether to the array or panel or to individual jurors, shall be determined by the court. § 1871. Fees Grand and petit jurors in district courts or before United States commissioners shall receive the following fees, except as otherwise expressly provided by law: For actual attendance and for the time necessarily spent in going to and from the place of service, $4 per day; For the distance necessarily traveled to and from a juror's residence by the shortest practicable route, 5 cents per mile. Such fees shall be paid by the United States marshal on the cir- tificate of attendance of the clerk of court. § 1872. Issues of fact in Supreme Court In all original actions at law in the Supreme Court against citizens of the United States, issues of fact shall be tried by a jury. § 1873. Admiralty and maritime cases In any case of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction relating to any matter of contract or tort arising upon or concerning any vessel of twenty tons or upward, enrolled and licensed for the coasting trade, and employed in the business of commerce and navigation between places in different states upon the lakes and navigable waters con- necting said lakes, the trial of all issues of fact shall be by jury if either party demands it. § 1874. Actions on bonds and specialties In all actions to recover the forfeiture annexed to any articles of agreement, covenant, bond, or other specialty, wherein the forfeiture, breach, or nonperformance appears by default or confession of the defendant, the court shall render judgment for the plaintiff for such
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