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President or an officer to be appointed by
the President, no additional legislation by
Congress will be required, reappointments
and qualifications under the code ard after
it becomes operative being all that is ,e-
quired.
Serious Question.
That the effect of the code upoa the ten
ure of various officers is a matter of seri-
GUS question Is plainly shown by the last
provision of the proposed amcndiI, en- is,
which have been prepared by or under the
supervision Of some of our Judges and
most intelligent lawyers, in that it is pro-
vided in the proposed amendments thai
nothing contained in the code shall De held
to affect the term of office of any judicial or
other olicer holding office when the code
goes into effect and operation, except when,
as in the case of the present justices Of the
peace and cOnStableS, a contrary intention
is manifested.
The code also expressly eXceptS from the
repeating clause acts and parts of acts re-
lating to the rights, powers, duties or OBJ
legations of the United States; relating to
the Court of Claims; relating to the o, gani-
Zation of the District government, or to it's
obligations, or the powers or duties Of
the Commissioners of the District of Co.
lumbia or their subordinates or employees,
or to the police regulations and generally
all acts and parts of acts relating to mu-
nicipal affairs only including those regu-
lating the charges of public service corpora
tons; relating to the militia all penal stat
utes authorizing punishment hy fine only
or by Imprisonment not exceeding one year
or both; relating solely to the departments
of the general government in the District
Of Columbia, or any of them, and also GER
tain acts relating to the practice of phar-
macy, the praetice of dentistry and for
the protection of the people from empiri-
cism in relation thereto; regu, ating the con-
struction OF buildings along alleyways; for
ha
prevent the desecration of graves; to pro-
vide for the Incorporation and regulation of
medical and dental colleges; relating to the
testimony Of physicians in the courts of
the District of Columbia; regulating the
practice Of medicine and surgery; to Ii
cense physicians and surgeons end to pun
ish persons violating the provisions thereof,
and all acts or parts of acts relating to
medicine, sdenttstry, pharmacy, the COM
mitment of the insane to the Government
Hospital for the Insane in the District of
Columbia, the abatement of public nui-
sances and the public health. All acts and
parts Of acts Included in the foregoing
EXCEPTIONS or any of them, shall remain
in force, except u SO far as the same are
inconsistent With or are replaced by the
provisions of The code.
nOther Provisions.
Section 1910 provides that nothing in. the
repeating rlauss,of the code contained shall
be held to affect the operation or enforce
menl III Tue I1SlTlCt Ol SOlGnOl3 OF the
common Itfw or of any British statute in
force In MARYLAND on. February 81, 1901
the date Of the cession Of the District Of
Columbia to the federal government or of
the principles of equity or admiralty, or of
any general statute OF :ha United States
not locally inapplicable in the District, or
by it's terms applicable TO the District and
to other places under the jurisdiction of the
United States, or of any municipal ordi-
nance or regulation. except in SO far as
the same may be inconsistent with or is
replaced by some provision of the code.
Section 1887 provides that The incorporate
into the code. of any general and perma-
nent provision taken from an act making
appropriations or from an act containing
other provisions Of a private or temporary
character shall not repeal nor in any way
affect any appropriation or any provision
of private or temporary character con-
pending suits or proceedings, civil or GRIM
shall remain in force.
Sec. 1888 provides that the repeal by the
preceding section of any statute, In whole