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 1224 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 854. 1901. Exempt from d“tY· Sec. 217. All executive and judicial officers, salaried officers of the Government; of the United States and of the District of Columbia and those connected with the police or iire departments, counselors and attorneys at law in actual practice, ministers of the gospel and clergy- men of every denomination, practicing physicians and surgeons, keepers of hospitals, asylums, almshouses, or other charitable institutions created by or under the laws relating to the District, captains and masters and other persons employed on vessels navigating the waters of the District shal be exempt from jury duty, and their names shall not be placed on the jury lists. . A“°’¤€YS· Sino. 218. A*rToRNnYs.——The said supreme court shall have full power ·¤“¤lm°m¥’¤s·°°°- and authority, from time to time, to make such rules as it may deem proper respecting the qualifications, examination, and admission, of attorneys to practice in said court; and every person so admitted, before he shall be at liberty to practice therein, shall take the following oath: "°““1 °f· “I, A B, do solemnly swear that I will honestly demean myself in the practice of an attorney uprightly and according tg law, and tgat I will _ su port the Constitution of the United States. o help me od.” §Z$f§§f*2011i§Zt€%?1`v°r SEC- 219. Any attorney receiving or collecting the money of his client and refusing unlawfully to pay the same when demanded may be proceeded against in a summary way on notice by said court, which _ may suspend him from practice or dismiss him from its bar. _ ‘,;§,‘;;§"§§§.;,‘§,;§§·— “" Sec. 220. Each of the courts in said District may suspend or dismiss from its bar any attorney who shall be convicted of any offense involving moral turpitude. SUBGHAPTER Form. COM Of Appeals- THE COURT OF APPEALS. _ l C<>¤¤m¤¤<>¤· Sec. 221. CONSTI'fUTION.—ThG court of appeals of said District shall continue as at present organized, and shall consist of one chief justice and two associate justices, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the enate, and shall hold office E during good behavior. - S¤1¤-¤<=S¤fi¤¤¤¤¢¤- Sec. 222. SALARY.——The said justices shall each receive an annual salary of six thousand dollars, payable quarterly at the Treasury of the United States, except the chief justice, who shall receive six thousand five hundred dollars. 98***- Sec. 223. OATH.·—E&Ch of said justices, before he enters upon the duties of his office, shall take the oath prescribed by law to be taken by the judges of the courts of the United States. Clerk Sec. 224. CLnRK.—There shall be a clerk of said court of appeals, to be appointed by the court, who shall receive as compensation for his services, in the discretion of the court, an annual salary not to exceed the sum of three thousand dollars, payable monthly at the Treasury of the United States, and who shall give bond, such as the court may determine to be satisfactory, for the faithful performance of his duties, v and his dutiesshall be such as the court may from time to time prej D°P“"Y· scribe. The said clerk of the court of appeals shall, with the approval ` of the court, appoint one assistant or deputy clerk, who shall receive as compensation for his services, in the discretion of the court, an annual salary not to exceed the sum of two thousand dollars, payable \ monthly at the Treasury of the United States, and who may sign the X name of the clerk to any official act required by lawior by the practice ,, of the court to be perforinedby the clerk, and may authenticate said Sl f signature by afiixing the seal of the court thereto when the impress of l the seal is necessary to its authentication. In such case the signature shall be-- - ‘ —— ——, Clerk, By -— —--, Assistant Clerk.