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 56 STAT.] 77TH CONG., 2n SESS.-CH. 207-APR. 1, 1942 of Columbia, so far as the same may be applicable, and his compensa- tion shall be fixed by the court in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended. The clerk of the court, subject to the approval of the chief judge, shall have authority to appoint and remove such deputy clerks and such other employees 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, except clerks serving the respective judges, who shall be 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. SEC. 7. (a) Any party aggrieved by any final order or judgment of The Municipal Court for the District of Columbia, as created by this Act, or of the Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia, may appeal therefrom as of right to The Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Appeals may also be taken to said court as of right from all interlocutory orders of The Municipal Court for the District of Columbia whereby the possession of property is changed or affected such as orders dissolving writs of attachment and the like: Provided, however, That reviews of judgments of the small claims and conciliation branch of the Municipal Court of the District of Columbia, and reviews of judgments in the criminal branch of the court where the penalty imposed is less than $50, shall be by applica- tion for the allowance of an appeal, filed in said Municipal Court of Appeals. Said application shall be on a standard form, in simple language, prescribed by The Municipal Court for the District of Columbia. When the appealing party is not represented by counsel, it shall be the duty of the clerk to prepare the application in his behalf. The application for appeal shall be filed in The Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia within three days from the date of judgment. It shall be promptly presented by the clerk to the chief judge and to each of the associate judges for their con- sideration. If they or any one of them are of the opinion that the appeal should be allowed, the appeal shall be recorded as granted, and the case set down for hearing on appeal, and given a preferred status on the calendar, and heard in the same manner as other appeals in said court. If the chief judge and both associate judges shall be of the opinion that an appeal should be denied, such denial shall stand as an affirmance of the judgment of the trial court, from which there shall be no further appeal. After the effective date of this Act, no writs of error or appeals. except in respect of judgments theretofore rendered, shall be granted by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to the said Municipal Court or to the said Juvenile Court. (b) The Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia shall have the power to prescribe by rules what parts of the proceed- ings in the court below shall constitute the record on appeal, and to require that the original papers be sent to it instead of copies thereof, and generally to regulate all matters relating to appeals, whether in the court below or in said The Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. (c) The Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia shall not require the record or briefs on appeal to be printed, and if they are printed, the cost of printing shall not be taxed as costs in the case. Said court shall review the record on appeal and shall affirm, reverse, or modify the order or judgment in accordance with law. If the issues of fact shall have been tried by jury, The Munici- pal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia shall review the 195 42 Stat. 1488. 5Us. C.§C661- 674; Supp. I, oh. 13 . Post, p. 733. Deputy clerks, etc. Appeals. Proviso. Reviews of certain judgments. Application for ap- peal. Denial of appeal. Writs of error or appeals, restriction. Rules. Printing of record or briefs. Review. If case tried by jury.

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