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 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. l. Ch. 960. 1900. 73 CHAP. 960.—-An Act To create a juvenile court in and for the District of Columbia. M¤¤‘v·esentatvh:es u f the United —AlPublic, No. ses.] — States of America  Congress assembled, That there is hereby created Dismcmfcommbm and established in and for the District of Columbia a court, to be _Juvem1e¤ou¤esw»2 known as “The juvenile court of the District of Columbia." hshm Sec. 2. That the judge of said court shall be known as the jud e of J“d¤°· the juvenile court, and shall be appointed by the President og the United States, subject to removal by the President for cause, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate for a term of six years, T°““· or until his successor is appointed and confirmed. No person shall be appointed to the office of judge of the said court who is not learned in law. Said judge shall receive an annual salary of three thousand dol- S°·‘°·'Y· lars, and he shall be entitled to thirty days’ leave of absence without " deduction from salary. Said judge shall, before entering upon the 0****- duties of his office. take the oath prescribed for judges of courts of the United Starltis. 1 i , Ec. 3. at in cases of sickness, absence, disabi it, ex iration of l"*“i”_§ "°°°¤°7 n term of service, or death of the judge of the juvenilgy couiit, any one me of 0h1w` m` of the justices of the supreme court of the District of Columbia may designate one of the 'ustices of the peace of said District to discharge the duties of said  e of the juvenile court until such disability be removed or vacancy filled, and the justice of the peace so desi ted' shall, before entering u n his dut1es as such acting judge, takldnthe oath prescribed for judges of courts of the United States; and said C°’“¥’°’·‘““°“· acting judge shall receive five dollars per day in addition to his salary as justice of the peace for the term that he shall serve, to be paid in the same manner as the salary of the judge of the juvenile court. _ Sec. 4. That the said court shall also have power to appoint two “'°"‘“°"°“""'· discreet persons of good character as probation officers, one male and one female, and one shall be designated as chief probation officer, who ·shall receive an annual salary of one thousand five hundred dollars, S““""°“· and the other shall be designated as assistant probation officer, who shall receive an annual salary of nine hundred dollars. Such proba— ”““°“· tion officers shall perform such duties and be governed by such regulations as may be prescribed by the presiding judge, and such presiding judge is authorized to remove such probation officers or either of them, for cause. . Sec. 5. That the said court shall also have power, and is hereby `,j}g’;,,*j({’°fjD;,“°]3j"§{: authorized, to defer sentence, at its discretion. in the case of anjljuve gmmed. nile offender under the age of seventeen years, and parole suc child under the care of the chief probation officer for a probation period discretionary with him, who shall cause said child to return to court at the end of such term either for sentence or dismissal. Such paroled child shall be under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court for such period and shall be sub`ect to such reasonable rules and regulations touching the welfare of the child as may be prescribed by it. In case such paroled child shall fail to keep or shall disregard the terms of his or her parole the said court shall have full power to cause such child to be brought before it for further proceeding;. Sec. 6. That the said court s ll have power to a point a clerk at a (Werksalary of two thousand dollars per annum, who shlall hold his office during the leasure of the court. Sec. 7. 'llhat the clerk shall give bond, with surety, and take the B<>¤¢!»¤¤= oath of office prescribed by law for clerks of district courts of the United States. He shall have power to administer oaths and atHrma— tions, and shall rform such duties and keep such records as may be prescribed by th); judge of said court. Sec. 8. That the juvenile court of the District of Columbia shall -3::-;%i§g¤ghd¤ 1, have original and exclusive jurisdiction of all crimes and offenses of years mage. persons under seventeen years of age hereafter committed against the _