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 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 960. 1906. 75 such a child, or any child under eight years of age found peddling on the streets. The term "delinquent" child or children as used in ,,,ff,fj_,‘,'f{%$0,g§d`“‘*‘*‘ this Act shall be held to mean and include any child who has been I ` convicted more than once of violating any law of the United States, or any laws, ordinances, or regulations in force in the District of Columbia. Sec. 10. That any unlawful removal or attem t to remove any child P““i‘h’“*";‘{j""“‘ committed by the juvenile court to any institution or agency shall be hmm mm ahem` a misdemeanor, which, if committed by any person or persons over seventeen years of age, shall be punishable, on conviction in the police court, by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, or imprisonment not more than three months; but if committed by a person orpersons under seventeen years of age, shall be punishable, on conviction in the juvenile court, by a like fine, or by imprisonment in some correctional institution to be designated by said court, other than the jail or workhouse, for such reasonable eriod as such court shall direct. Sic. 11. That there shali) be no fee charged for any service by the ,,§}f* ‘°°” *’“’*‘“’ cler . Sec. 12. That prosecutions in the juvenile court shall be on infor- P"°“°°“"°“S‘ mation by the corporation counsel or his assistant. In all prosecu- J¤¤‘>’¤i¤1· tions within the `urisdiction of said court in which, according to the Constitution of the United States, the accused would be entitled to a jury trial, the trial shall be by jury unless the accused shall in open court expressly waive such trial by jury and request to be tried by the judge, in which case the trial shall be by such judge, and the judgment and sentence shall have the same force and effect in all respects as if the same had been entered and pronounced upon the verdict of a jury. In all cases where the accused would not under the Constitu- - tion of the United States be entitled to a trial by jury, the trial shall be by the court without a jury, unless in such of said last-named cases wherein the fine or penalty may be fifty dollars or more, or imprison— 1********- ment as punishment for the offense may be thirty davs or more, the accused shall demand a trial by jury, in which case the trial shall be by jury. In all cases where said court shall impose a fine it may, in default of the payment of the iiue imposed, commit the defendant for such a term as the court thinks right and proper, not to exceed one vear. ` Sec. 13. That in all cases of riot, general disorder, conspiracy, and m"°’·°°°‘ the like, where two or more persons are charged with the commission of a joint offense, and one or more of the persons so charged shall be under the a e of seventeen years, it shall not be necessary to hold the trial of such case or cases in the said juvenile court, but the trial of such offenders shall be conducted as heretofore, anything in this Act to the contrary notwithstanding. Sec. 14. That the jury for service in said court shall consist of twelve ·"“"· men, who shall have the legal qualifications necessa · for jurors in the supreme court of the District, and shall receive arhke compensation for their services, and such jurors shall be known and selected under and in ursuance of the laws concerning the drawing and selection of jurors for service in said court. The term of service of jurors drawn '*`°¤¤ °‘*°”*°°· for service in said juvenile court shall be for three successive monthl terms of said court, and in any case on trial at the expiration of such time until a verdict shall have been rendered or the jury shall be discharged. The said jury terms shall begin on the first Monday in Jan- '*°”"’· nary, the first Monday in April, the first Monday in July, and the first Monday in October of each year, and shall terminate, subject to the foregoing provisions, on the Saturday prior to the beginning of the following term. \Vhen at any term of said court it shall hapwn that in a pending trial no verdict shall be found, nor the jury otherwise discharged before the next succeeding term of the court, the court