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 682 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 604, 605. AUGUST 22, 1935 . Proviso. Panels u nder exis ting law not affected, compensation for their services, and such jurors shall be drawn and selected under and in pursuance of the laws conc erning the drawin g and selection of jurors for service in said court, and shall serve for a like term as the petit jury i n the Supreme Cou rt of the Distric t of Columbia. When at any term of said court it shall happen that in a pending trial no verdict shall be found, nor the jury otherwise discharged befo re the next succ eeding term of th e court, the cour t shall proceed with the trial by the same jury, as if said term had not commenced : Provided, That this Act shall not be effective as to any panel or panels of jurors drawn under the existing law ." Approved, August 22, 1935 . [CHAPTER 605 .] August 22, 1935 . [H. R. 8581.1 To amend the law provi ding for exemptions from jury servic e in the District of [Public, No. 301 .1 Columbia . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the District of Columbia United States o f America in Congress assembled, That section 360 Code; amendment . Vol.31,p.1224; Vol . of title 18 of the Code of the District of Columbia of 1929, otherwise 35,p.636. kn own as "section 217 of the Code of Law for the District of Columbia ", approved March 3, 1901, be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows Exemptions fr om "All executive and judicial officers of the Government of the jury service. United States and of the District of Columbia, all officers and enli sted men of the Arm y, Navy, M arine Cor ps, and Co ast Guard of the United States in a ctive service, those connected with the police and fire departments of the United States and of the District of Columbi a, counselors an d attorneys at la w in actual pract ice, min- isters of the gospel and clergymen 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 of Columbia, captains and masters and other persons employed on vessels navigating the waters of the District of Columbia shall be exempt from jury duty, and their names shall not be placed on the jury lists. "All othe r persons, otherw ise qualified ac cording to law wh ether employed in the service of the Government of the United States or of the District of Columbia, all officers and enlisted men of the National Guard of the District of Columbia, both active and retired, all officers and enlisted men of the Military, Naval, Marine, and Coast Guard Reserve Corps of the United States, all notaries public, all postmasters and those who are the recipients or beneficiaries of a pension or other gratuity from the Federal or District Government or who have contracts with the United States or the District of Col umbia, shall be qualified to serv e as jurors in th e District of P rovis o. C olum bia and sh all not be exem pt from such service : Provided, S alary prov ision s . That employees of the Government of the United States or of the District of Columbia in active service who are called upon to sit on juries shall not be paid for such jury service but their salary shall not be diminished during their term of service by virtue of such service, nor shall such period of service be deducted from any leave of absence authorized by law ." Approved, August 22, 1935 . AN ACT