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PUBLIC LAW 88-241-DEC. 23, 1963

[77 STAT.

(e) If the Register of Wills or a person acting for him takes a greater fee than the fee provided for by law, he shall pay to the party injured $50, which may be recovered as other debts for the same amount are recoverable. § 11-^06. Deputies and other employees under Register of Wills; duties (a) The Register of Wills, with the approval of the court, may appoint necessary deputies, clerical assistants and other employees in such number as may be approved by the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts. With the approval of the court, the Register of Wills may remove any of the personnel so appointed. (b) The personnel appointed pursuant to this section shall be under the supervision and control of the Register of Wills, and shall perform such duties as he or the court directs. The deputies may perform acts necessary in the administration of the office of the Register of Wills and the certification of the records of the court which the Register may perform. Subchapter II—Jurisdiction § 11-521. Civil and criminal jurisdiction (a) Except in actions or proceedings over which exclusive jurisdiction is conferred by law upon other courts in the Districtj the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, in addition to its jurisdiction as a United States district court and to any other jurisdiction conferred by law, has all the jurisdiction possessed and exercised by it on January 1, 1964, and has original jurisdiction of all: (1) civil actions between parties, where either or both of them are resident or found within the District; and (2) offenses committed within the District. (b) Except as otherwise specially provided, an action may not be brought in the District Court by original process against a person who is not resident or found within the District. § 11-522. Probate and guardianship jurisdiction (a) The United States District Court for the District of Columbia has and may exercise all the power and jurisdiction by law held and exercised by the Orphans' Court of Washington County, District of Columbia, prior to June 21, 1870. (b) In addition to the jurisdiction conferred by subsection (a) of this section, the District Court has full power and authority and plenary jurisdiction to: (1) hear and determine questions relating to the execution or validity of wills devising real property within the District of Columbia, and of wills and testainents properly presented for probate in the court, and admit them to probate and record; (2) take the proof of wills of either personal or real pr6perty and admit them to probate and record, and for cause revoke the probate thereof; (3) grant, and, for any of the causes prescribed by law, revoke, letters testamentary, letters of administration, letters ad colligendum, and letters of guardianship, and appoint successors to those persons whose letters are revoked; (4) hear, examine, and decree upon accounts, claims, and demands existing between executors or administrators

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