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 624 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 134. 1909. clerk of said court, who shall receive and account for all fees as here-_ S1¤=1¤z¤- inafter provided. Said municipal court shall sit for the trial of causes in one building to be designated by the Commissioners of the District _ Rent of Columbia, to be rented by said District of Columbia at a rental not N¤¤11>¤¤¤fi¤¢1¤>¤¤<> to exceed one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum: Promded, b° r°d°°°d t° Bw That the first vacancy occurring in the office of judge in the municipal court of the District of Columbia, after the passage of this Act shall ’ not be filled, and thereafter the number of said judges shall be tive only. _ .·1¤r1¤<11¤¢1¤¤- The said court and each member thereof shall exercise the same ' jurisdiction as was vested in them as justice of the peace immediately before the passage of this Act., and no more, and shall be governed by the laws then in force, except as said laws and said jurisdiction are expressly changed or enlarged hereby. , _ '1`ri¤1¤- Any member of said court may try any case within its jurisdiction ‘ according to law, regardless of the place and residence of the defendant Amcunt 1¤¤rm<=¤ therein. The jurisdiction of said court is hereby increased from three mm` hundred to ive hundred dollars in the class of cases over which it had _E¤¤1¤¤1v¤ iurisdie jurisdiction immediately prior to the lpmsage of this Act; that said °°°' jurisdiction shall be exclusive when -t e amount claimed for debt or damages or the value of personal property claimed does not exceed Goncurrm- one hundred dollars, and concurrent with the su reme court of the District of Columbia when it exceeds one hundredp dollars and is not in excess of five hundred dollars, with the same right to remove any case by certiorari, as heretofore, in cases of concurrent jurisdiction. mgmiznmeur of ¤¤— All pending actions and all actions hereinafter instituted shall be " assigned for trial among the members of said court in nearly equal numbers and in such manner as may be agreed upon between them. The judges of said court shall hold separate sessions as heretofore, and are empowered to make rules for the apportionment of the business between them, and the act of each of said judges respecting the business of said court shall be deemed and taken to be the act of said court. Each of said (judges is hereby empowered to administer oaths. The S¤1¤¤'1·>¤- judges of said court shall receive the annual salary of two thousand Eve hundred dollars in lieu of the salary heretofore provided for nge; {1,,31. v· 1191- justices of the peace by section six of the Code of Law for the District ` of Columbia, to be paid monthly as heretofore, but they shall not receive the allowance heretofore granted for rent, stationery, and u§($§jj9§nj{j ggjjsfc other expenses. In case of sickness, absence, disability, expiration of term of service of or death of either of the judges of the police court or of the juvenile court, any one of the justices of the supreme court of the District of Columbia may designate one of the judges of the municipal court to discharge the duties of said judges until such OM- disability be removed or vacancy iilled. The justice so designated shall take the same oath prescribed for these judges. §,}$,{‘§,;,§f"· The said court shall have power to appoint a clerk at an annual salary of one thousand five hundred dollars and an assistant clerk at an annual salary of one thousand dollars, payable monthly by the District of Columbia, which clerks shall hold office at the pleasure of the court. 1>¢r¤>—1¢ ¤f Ma M- The clerks shall receive and care for all deposits for costs made and fees exacted under the rules governing the fee charges of said court, and shall make a weekly deposit with the collector of taxes for the District of Columbia of all fees earned during the preceding week. B·~=¤1¤1 01 me sw He shall return to suitors making such deposits any proportion of u deposit which shall remain in his hands over and above the earned fees in completed cases, and shall render an itemized statement to the auditor of the District of Columbia of every fee earned, on such forms and _ _ in such manner as shall be prescribed by the auditor of the District of cI,§‘i$,}§,§”"},‘gp0‘Q,§,S “{§, Columbia. In case there shall remain in the hands of the said clerk 1>1$¤¤¢=· for a term of three years a balance or part of a deposit in env case which shall not have been called for by the party or parties entitled