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 1198 FIFTY—S1XTH CONGRESS. SEss. IL Ch. 854. 1901. ""°““· for trial or for further hearing, either by giving bond to the satisfac- "‘“‘*‘“`*'· tion of the court or by depositing money as collateral security with the appropriate officer at the said police court or the station kee er of the po ice precinct within which such person n1ay be apprehended. And whenever any sum of money shall be deposited as collateral security as _ hereby provided it shall remain, in contemplation of law, the property g§,§;{*§{,f>° m when of the person depositing it until duly forfeited by the court; and when forfeited it shall be, in contemplation of law, the property of the United States of America or of the District of Columbia, according as the char e against the person depositing it is instituted on behalf of the said Tlnited States or of the said District; and every person receiving any sum of money deposited as hereby provided shall be deemed in law the agent of the person depositing the same or of the said United _ _ States or the said District, as the case may be, for all purposes of "‘“ ““"S· properly preserving and accounting for such money. And all fines payable and paid under judgment of the said police court shall, upon their payment, immediately become, in contemplation of law, the property of the said United States or the said District, according to the charge upon which such fine may be adjudged; and the person receiving any such iine shall be deemed in law the agent of the said United States §(§;f_"““>' for °°“""" or the said District as aforesaid, as the case may be; and any person, being an agent as hereinbefore contemplated and defined, who shall wrongfully convert to his own use any money received by himas hereinbefore provided shall be deemed guilty of embezzlement, and upon _ conviction thereof be punished by a fine not exceeding five thousand §{§§_‘f,°·0f W&,h,,,g_ dollars or by imprisonment not exeeediijig five years, or both: Pywzdded, wu Humane Seciefr That nothing herein contained shall a act the ultimate rights under iicgifo mm rat existing law of the Washington Humane Society, or the policemen’s fund (by whatever name the same may be called or known), or the firemen’s relief fund, of the District of Columbia, in or to any fines or forfeitures aid and collected in the said olice court. Seal- Sec. 49. lSEAL.——'1`he said court shall Have a seal, and each of the judges shall have power to take the acknowledgment of deeds and to administer oaths and afiirmations to public officers. Terms- Sec. 50. TERMs.—The said court siiall hold a t€1‘H1 on the first Monday of every month, and continue the same from day to day as long as it may be necessary for the transaction of its business. Dimbmy 0* judge SEo. 51. DISABILITY or JUDGE.—TI1 cases of sickness, absence, or disability of either of the judges of said court, any one of the justices of the supreme court aforesaid may designate one of the justices of the peace to discharge the duties of said police judge until such disability be removed. The justice so designated shall take the same oath prescribed for the judge of the police court, and shall receive the sum of ten dollars per day for the time that he shall serve, to be paid in the same manner as the salary of the judge of the police court. C"”"· Sec. 52. CLERK.——The court shall have power to appoint a clerk, at a salary of two thousand dollarsper annum, who shall hold his office at the pleasure of the court, and he shall give bond with surety and take the oath of office prescribed by law for clerks of the district courts of the United States, and said clerk shall charge no fee for any service _ rendered by him. I’€Y’““°"· Sec. 53. DEPUTlES.—Th€ said clerk may appoint four deputies, with the approval of the court, if the business of the court requires it, to be paid, each, such compensation as may be allowed by the court, not exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars per annum as to two of such deputies and twelve hundred dollars as to the other two. mQIj€§l;¥<§§£h;¤¤¤>‘ ¤d· Sec. 54. The said clerk and deputy clerks shall have power to ` administer oaths and affirmations. B=*m**¤- SEc. 55. Barmrrs AND o·rnER orr1cEns.—The said court may appoint not exceeding three bailiffs, who shall receive for their services nine