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 522 FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 1329. 1902. in this section rovided; Eg shall forfeit to the United States the sum of five hundred, dollars, to be recovered as other penalties are recovered. And every justice of the peace hereafter appointed shall have the same jurisdiction to issue executions and attachments upon all unsatisfied judgments in dockets in his possession, and certify copies thereof and copies of pa rs on Hle with him, as in cases brought be ore and judgments renderedw by him. And the successor of a deceased justice of the peace shall have jurisdiction to try causes pending before pmm. the deceased at the time of his death:" Provided, That no action pend- ¤,$,,‘}Y"“°“"°° °f °°` ing before a justice of the peace at the time this code went into effect shall abate, but such action shall not be tried or otherwise disposed of by the justice to whom it may be assigned until he has caused at least two days’ notice of the time and place of trial to be served upon each party to the suit, or his attorney, or the parties or their attorneys agree in writing upon a time and place of trial. $@1%%% Amen section 42 by substituting for said section the following: ooniaimien.Sec. 42. CONs1‘1’1'U’noN.—There shall continue to be a police court in the District as at present constituted, consisting of two judges learned in the law, a pointed by the President, by and with the advice Service extended. and consent of the S)enate, for the term of six years, or until their successors are appointed, who shall each receive a salary of three thousand dollars per annum. The said judges shall hold separate sessions and may carry on the business of said court separately and simultaneously, and are empowered to make rules for the a portionment of the business between them, and the act of each of saidp judges respecting the business of said court shall be deemed and taken to be the acts of said court. Each judge when appointed shall take the oath prescribed for judges of courts of the nited States. Amend section 51 by substituting for said section the following: gsgggssjggdcd Sec. 51. Drsnmnrrr or Ju1>em.—In cases of sickness, absence, disa- V0l.3l,p.‘1198.bility, expiration of the term of service of or death of either of the P" °"““°°‘ `udges of said court, any one of the justices of the supreme court of the PM- P· °°°· District of Columbia ma designate one of the justices of the peace to discharge the duties ofy said police judge until such disability be » remove or vacancy filled. The justice so designated shall take the same oath prescribed for the judge of the police court. g•£y$$gg,*;g;m0n Amend section 61 by inserting in the fifth line thereof, after the comma. words “District of Columbia,” the words "under the Act of Congress v°'· 3** " “°°‘ approveddlviarch third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, creating that court, an. p0§vgg*¤*°¤°"° °' Amend section 62 by inserting in the second line thereof, after the Vol.`31,p.1l99. word “such," the words "under said Act of March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and at the date of the adoption of this code.” $g}°g,,*'°g'§gg,"— Amend section 65 by inserting in the fourteenth line thereof, after `'the word "auditor," the words "and also," and by striking out the comma in said line fourteen after the word "crier;" also by adding _{:ljj,·yém¤ Ov U at the end of said section the words “Provided, That nothing in this rename mm me section contained shall affect the jurisdiction of the supreme court of °°'""'“°° the District of Columbia in special or general term in the case of the United States versus Martin F. Morris and others, now pending therein, but the jprisdiction of the said court, both in special and general term, and the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the United v¤i.z4,p.ws. States shall remain and continue as to said cause, under the Act of Con ress entitled ‘An Act to provide for protecting the interests of the Tnited States in the Potomac River Flats in the District of Vol.28,p.599. Columbia,’ approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and an Act of Congress approved January seventh, eighteendiundred v»1.21.p. m. and ninety-tive, entitled “An Act sup lementarv to an Act entitled "An Act establishing a court of appeai; for the District of Columbia,
 * ’°¤¤“Y*°"°““’°· “Upon failure of an rson to deliver such dockets and papers as