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63 Stat. 954.

5 USC 1071 note

PUBLIC LAW 88-241-DEC. 23, 1963

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§11-702. Composition; appointment, qualifications, tenure, salaries, and oath of judges; removal (a) The District of Columbia Court of Appeals shall consist of a chief judge and two associate judg^ appointed by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. (b) A person may not be appointed as a judge of the court unless he: (1) is a bona fide resident of the area consisting of the District of Columbia, Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties in Maryland, Arlington and Fairfax Counties in Virginia, and the city of Alexandria, Virginia, and has maintained an actual place of abode in the area for at least five years prior to his appointment; and (2) has been actively engaged in the practice of law in the District of Columbia for a period of at least five years immediately prior to his appointment, (c) Each judge shall be appointed or reappointed for a term of ten years, which terms shall be staggered as heretofore provided for; and he shall continue in office until the appointment and qualification of his successor. (d) The chief judge shall receive an annual salary of $19,000, and each associate judge shall receive an annual salary of $18,500. (e) Each judge, when appointed, shall take the oath prescribed for judges of courts of the United States. (f) A judge may be removed only in the manner and for the causes provided for the removal of Federal judges. § 11-703. Absence, disability, or disqualification of judges; vacancies; quorum (a) When a judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals is absent, disabled, or disqualified, or when there is a vacancy in the office of judge of the court, the chief judge may designate and assign any judge of the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions to act temporarily as a judge of the court. (b) When the chief judge of the court is absent, disabled, or disqualified, the judge next in seniority according to the date of his commission shall exercise his powers. (c) Two judges of the court constitute a quorum. §11-704. Clerks for judges; compensation Each judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals may appoint and remove a personal clerk and shall fix his compensation jn accordance with the Classification Act of 1949, as amended. Subchapter II—Court Officers and Employees §11-721. Clerk; compensation; powers and duties The District of Columbia Court of Appeals shall appoint, and may remove, a clerk, and shall fix his compensation in accordance with the Classification Act of 1949, as amended. The clerk shall exercise the same powers and perform the same duties in regard to matters within the jurisdiction of the court as are exercised and performed by the clerk of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, as far as the latter may be applicable.

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