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PUBLIC LAW 88-241-DEC. 23, 1963

[77 STAT.

Subchapter I—General Provisions § 16-1301. Jurisdiction of District Court The United States District Court for the District of Coliiinbia has jurisdiction of all proceedings for the condemnation of real property authorized by this chapter, with full power to hear and determine all issues of law and fact that may arise in the proceedings. § 16-1302. Assignment of judge for condemnation cases The chief judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia shall assign from time to time, and for such periods as he determines, one of the judges of the court to hear cases involving the condemnation of real property in the District of Columbia. I n case of the disability of the judge so assigned, or for any other reason, the chief judge may assign any judge of the Court for service in condemnation cases. Subchapter II—Real Property for District of Columbia § 16-1311. Condemnation proceedings by Board of Commissioners When real property in the District of Columbia is needed by the Board of Commissioners of the District for sites of schoolhouses, fire or police stations, or for a right of way for sewers, or for any other municipal use authorized by Congress, and it can not be acquired by purchase from the owners thereof at a price satisfactory to the officers of the District authorized to negotiate for the property, a complaint may be filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in the name of the Board for the condemnation of the property or right of way and the ascertainment of its value. §16-1312. Jury; special list; qualifications; procedure for drawing (a) For the purposes of this subchapter, the jury commission shall: (1) prepare a special list of persons who have the qualifications of jurors, as prescribed by section 11-2301, and who, in addition, are owners of real property in the District; (2) from time to time, as may be necessary, write the names contained in the special list on separate and similar pieces of paper, which shall be so folded or rolled that the names can not be seen, and place them in a special box to be provided for the purpose: (3) thereupon, seal and lock the special box, and, after thoroughly shaking the box, deliver it to the clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia for safekeeping. The box may not be unsealed or opened except by the jury commission. (b) From time to time, as ordered by the court, the jury commission shall publicly break the seal of the box provided for by subsection (a) of this section, and proceed to draw therefrom by lot, without previous examination, the names of such number of persons as the court directs, to serve in condemnation proceedings brought pursuant to section 16-1311, and certify the names so drawn to the clerk of the court. A t the time of each drawing, there shall be in the box the names of not less than one hundred persons possessing the qualifications prescribed by subsection (a) of this section. (c) Except as provided by this section, chapter 23 of Title 11, in so far as it may be applicable, governs the qualifications of jurors in cases under section 16-1311 and the duties and conduct of the jury commissioners under this section.

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