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 PUBLIC LAWS-OIH. 207-APR. 1, 1942 Quarterly report. The chief judge shall submit to the Attorney General of the United States and to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia a quarterly report in writing of the business of the court and of the duties performed by each of the judges of the court during the pre- ceding three months. A copy of said report shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the court and shall be available and subject to public inspection during business hours. Acting chief judge. In the event of the absence, disability, or disqualification of the chief judge, his duties shall devolve upon and be performed by the other judges in the order of seniority of their commissions. Vacations. Each judge shall be entitled to vacation, which shall not exceed thirty-six court days in any one calendar year, and which shall be taken at such times as may be determined by the chief judge. lerk of court. The court shall have authority to appoint and remove a clerk of the court, whose salary shall be fixed by the court in accordance with 42Stat. 14P8 4 the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and the clerk so appointed Supp. I, ch. 13 . shall have and exercise the powers and authority heretofore had or Post, p 733. exercised by the clerk of the Police Court of the District of Columbia and the clerk of the Municipal Court of the District of Columbia. Deputy clerks, etc. The clerk of the court shall have authority, subject to the approval of the chief judge, to appoint and remove such deputy clerks and such other employees as he may deem necessary, and to have their com- pensation fixed by the chief judge in accordance with the Classifica- 25U.St.'c14§ 6174 tion Act of 1923, as amended, and shall have supervision and direction Supp. I, ch. 13 . over them, except clerks serving the respective judges, who shall be Post,p. 733 . appointed and removed from office by the respective judges, their compensation to be fixed by the respective judges in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended. Probation offcer. The court shall have authority to appoint and remove a probation officer of the court, whose salary shall be fixed by the court in accord- ance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and the proba- tion officer so appointed shall have and exercise the powers and authority heretofore had or exercised by the probation officer of the Police Court of the District of Columbia. Assistant probation The probation officer of the court, subject to the approval of the chief judge, shall have authority to appoint and remove such assistant probation officers and such other employees of the probation office as he may deem necessary, and to have their compensation fixed by the chief judge in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and shall have supervision and direction over them. Ceeofprient erson- All officials and employees of the Police Court of the District of nel. Columbia and of the Municipal Court of the District of Columbia holding office on the effective date of this Act shall continue in office provlability of aBP unless and until they are removed therefrom; and all appropriations for the said Police Court or the said Municipal Court shall be avail- able for the payment of the salaries and expenses of The Municipal Court for the District of Columbia as hereby established. bCriinal and dvil SEC. 4. (a) The Municipal Court for the District of Columbia, as Powersandjursdic- established by this Act, shall consist of a criminal and a civil branch. ti on . The court and each judge thereof shall have and exercise the same powers and jurisdiction as were heretofore had or exercised by the Police Court of the District of Columbia or by the Municipal Court of the District of Columbia or the judges thereof on the effective date Civlations. of this Act, and in addition the said court shall have exclusive juris- diction of civil actions, including counterclaims and crossclaims, in which the claimed value of personal property or the debt or damages claimed, exclusive of interest attorneys' fees, protest fees, and costs, tonsagainstfidu- does not exceed the sum of $3,000 and, in addition, shall also have exclusive jurisdiction of such actions against executors, administrators [56 STAT.

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