Circuit court order required for summons of grand jury

A grand jury shall not be drawn, summoned, or required to attend at the sitting of any circuit court unless the judge thereof shall so direct by written order under his hand filed with the clerk of courts. Source: SL 1895, ch 64, § 7; SL 1899, ch 74; RPolC 1903, § 710; RCCrimP 1903, § 162; SL 1905, ch 92; RC 1919, § 5285; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 32.1009; SL 1978, ch 178, § 573; SL 1979, ch 159, § 3.