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PUBLIC LAW 91-358-JULY 29, 1970

[84 STAT.

peals, the Superior Court, or if circumstances may require, the designee of any such chief judge, and a fifth member who shall be selected by the chief judges. "(b) The executive committee shall appoint a Director of the agency who shall be a member of the bar of the District of Columbia. "§23-1305. Duties of Director; compensation; tenure "The Director of the agency shall be responsible for the supervision and execution of the duties of the agency. The Director shall receive such compensation as may be set by the executive committee but not in excess of the compensation authorized for GS-16 of the General Ant^, p. 198-1. Schedule contained in section 5332 of title 5, United States Code. The Director shall hold office at the pleasure of the executive committee. "§ 23-1306. Chief assistant and other agency personnel; compensation "The Director, subject to the approval of the executive committee, shall employ a chief assistant and such assisting and clerical staff and may make assignments of such agency personnel as may be necessary properly to conduct the business of the agency. The staff of the agency, other than clerical, shall be drawn from law students, graduate students, or such other available sources as m a j be approved by the executive committee. The chief assistant to the Director shall receive compensation as may be set by the executive committee, but in an amount not in excess of the amount authorized for GS-14 of the General Schedule contained in section 5332 of title 5, United States Code, and shall hold office at the pleasure of the executive committee. All other employees of the agency shall receive compensation, as set by the executive committee, which shall be comparable to levels of compensa5 USC 5301fion established in such chapter 53. From time to time, the Director, 5365 subject to the approval of the executive committee, may set merit and longevity salary increases. "§ 23-1307. Annual reports to executive committee, Congress, and Commissioner "The Director shall on June 15 of each year submit to the executive committee a report as to the agency's administration of its responsibilities for the previous period of June 1 through May 31, a copy of which report will be transmitted by the executive committee to the Congress of the United States, and to the Commissioner of the District of Columbia. The Director shall include in his report, to be prepared as directed by the Commissioner of the District of Columbia, a s^^atement of financial condition, revenues, and expenses for the past June 1 through May 31 period. "§23-1308. Budget estimates "Budsret estimates for the agency shall be prepared by the Director and shall be subject to the approval of the executive committee. " SUBCHAPTER II — R E L E A S E AND P R E T R I A L DETENTION "§23-1321. Release in noncapital cases prior to trial " (a) Any person charged with an offense, other than an offense punishable by death, shall, at his appearance before a judicial officer, be ordered released pending trial on his personal recognizance or upon the execution of an unsecured appearance bond in an amount specified by the judicial officer, unless the officer determines, in the exercise of his discretion, that such a release will not reasonably assure the the appearance of the person as required or the safety of any other person

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