Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-12-30

citisens Of said District Of Columbia: Provided howss
That taesmen may be summoned by said marshal under
the order Of said courts without resortng the ballot
Lists aforesaid and said talesmen, having served 40
jurors shall not by thereof be exempted from
again serving as jurors when drawn such In turn as
jurors by ballot aforesaid but they shall not be again
competent to such talesmen during the same
term Of the at which they have acted jurers
And the said courts shall every two weeks during the
thereof cause fresh panel jurors to be selected
by ballot and summoned Aforesaid and the old panel
be discharged, unless they, Of them shall then
DO sworn upon the trial Of case and all who not so
sworn shall be discharged.
Sec. b. And be further enacted, That it shall be the
duty OF said judges may be convenient after
their appointment to Office, to meet together to revise
and improve the rules Of practice and proceedings in all
OF said courts and to establish such rules may be
necessary and also to revise and reduce the tariff Of fees
and costs OF litigation and other fees COSTS and charges
in the Offices Of the clerks Of said courts as now allowed
and existing and to establish tariff thereof for the
clerks marshall and coroners Of said District and when
so established to make publication thereof and cause
printed copy of such rules and tariff be always kept
and exhibited in some conspicuous place in each Of the
offices of the clerks Of said courts and Of said marshal
Sec. 10. And be further enacted That each Of the
judges herein provided shall be paid OF the Treasury
an annual salary payable quarterly Of three thousand
dollars and shall hold their Offices, during good beha-
vor for the term Of ten years. and may be reapponted
ToUdsd however That person above the age of sixty
years shall be appointed judge of either of said courts
SEQ 90 And De further enacted, That the President
the advice and consent of the Senate appoint two per-
sons learned in the law to revise, simplify, digest and
codfy the laws of said District and also the rules and
principles Of practice Of pleadngs of evidence and
veyancng and also to add thereto and cody such laws
Of the State Of Maryland may be become force
during the preparation Of said CODE and applicable to-
the circumstances and condition Of said Districts and the
said code shall be constructed according simple
thod and be expressed in language concise and plain
and far possible be made level to the understands
ing Of peron 81 ordinary Intelligence and education
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contents and the prsPss@sis u v suid code shall
under the superntendence and revision Of the At
tornsy General Of the United States and the
progresses shall be printed under his direction and the
said cod6ers shall each be paid for their services Of
the Treasury Of the United States the Of three
thousand dollars year. And the Board Of Aldermen.
and Common Council of the city Of Washington may
geher elect FIVE competent persons and the Board Of
Aldermen and Council of Georgetown may elect two
potent persons, and the Levy Court Of the county Of
Washington may elect competent person, which per-
together shall compose board to consider at
nient seasons the provisions Of said code it may be-
prepared and any three Of said persons shall constitute
quorum Of said board and the said code such pro-
board shall be adopted and become the law Of said Dis
trct hereinafter provided. And it shall be the duty
Of the said persons who may be appointed cody the
said laws to attend and also the said Attorney &C.
neral may attend the meetings Of said board explain
the several provisions Of the said CODE And when the
said code and the provisions thereof shall have been
adopted by the said board by majority thereof they
States who shall thereupon it to be published in
neat and convenient FORM and to be substantially bound
and he shall sufficient number Of volumes of said
code to be printed and bound be the
amplest distribution Of the among the people Of
said District and for the preservation Of said code and
copy thereof shall be furnished to every justice of the
peace and every judge to each court to each clerk Of
said court to each coroner to said levy court to each
public school, to each public library, to each public de-
parment of and to the Mayors and each Of
the Councils Of Washington and Georgetown, to be by
them kept and carefully preserved and transferred to-
their several successors in office And the said code
deposited with said clerks of courts and justices of the
peace shall at all times be open in their several Offices for
the inspection and information Of the people Of said Dis
tct and others who may desire to consult the And
when the said code shall be printed and distributed the
President of the United States SHALL by his proclamation
appoint time and places in the said District for taking
the of the citizens thereof for against the adop
ton Of the said CODE and he shall judges be
lected who shall preside at such election and he shall
provide and proclaim the mode and rules of conducting
the same provided every free white male citizen Of the
United States above the age Of twenyone years. who
has resided in the said District for year next proceed
ing said election shall be permitted to vote hereat and
the result Of said election shall be reported the said
President and the same, with the said code, be by him
reported to Congress- and when ratified and approved by
the he shall, by his proclamation declare it to be
in force from the day Of the date thereof the law Of
the said District Of Columbia; and the same, when
proclaimed shall thereafter be and remain as SUCH with
altered repealed by the Congress Of the United States
And the persons who compose said board such Of
them may act the same shall be paid out of the
Treasury of the United States reasonable compensation
for their services according to the time employed by
them respectively upon the Provided That the said
code shall be reported to Congress before the first
Monday in December, in the year thousand eight
hundred and ffty-seven.