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Ante, p. 508.

Ante, p. 491.

PUBLIC LAW 91-358-JULY 29, 1970

[84 STAT.

elected by the judges of that court) shall appoint from such list (and may remove), with the concurrence of the respective chief judges, an Executive Officer of the District of Columbia courts. Until the effective date of this title, the Executive Officer shall receive the same compensation as is prescribed for an associate judge of the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions. The Executive Officer in office on the effective date of this title shall continue to serve in such office until removed or until his successor has been selected in accordance with subchapter I of chapter 17 of title 11 of the District of Columbia Code, ^s coutaiued in the revision made by part A of this title. (c) Notwithstanding title 11 of the District of Columbia Code, as in effect on the date of enactment of this title, in the case of any vacancy in the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions, or the Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia occurring before the effective date of this title, a judge appointed after the date of enactment of this title to fill any such vacancy (1) shall have the qualifications prescribed in section 11-1501 of title 11 of the District of Columbia Code as contained jj^ j-|^g revisiou made by part A, and (2) shall, subject to mandatory retirement at age seventy and to the provisions of subchapters II and III of chapter 15 of title 11 of the District of Columbia Code (as contained in such revision), have a term of office of 15 years. At the expiration of his term, such judge shall continue to serve until his successor is appointed and qualifies. TEMPORARY ADMINISTRATION OF J U V E N I L E COURT OF THE DISTRICT COLUMBIA AND A S S I G N M E N T OF J U D G E S TO T H A T COURT

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SEC. 196. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of title 11 of the District of Columbia Code, as in effect on the date of enactment of this title, the chief judge of the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions (1) shall without additional compensation be responsible for the administration of the Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia during the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this title and ending on the day before the effective date of this title; and (2) may during the same period assigTi judges of the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions to serve as judges of the Juvenile Court. (b) Notwithstanding]: the provisions of chapter 15 of title 11 of the District of Columbia Code as in effect on the date of enactment of this title, the judge appointed to fill the vacancy in the office of chief judge of the Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia existing on that date shall serve as an associate judge of that court. A S S I G N M E N T OF UNITED STATES J U D G E S TO SUPERIOR COURT DURING T R A N S I T I O N PERIOD

Ante, p. 591.

S E C 197. With respect; to the assignments of district judges to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia under subsection (c) of section 292 of title 28, United States Code, as amended by section 172(e) of this Act, during the thirty-month period following the effective date of this title, the approval of the Attorney General of the United States shall not be required.

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