Evening star., 1909-02-18
WILL WAIT FOR MONEY
Municipal Court Judges Reach
an Agreement.
HOLD A LONG CONFERENCE
Cannot Proceed Until Congress
Makes Appropriation.
PENDING CASES IN STATU QUO
Decide to Recommend That Morgan
Building in John Marshall
Place Be Rented.
PENDING CASES IN STATU QUO

All is chaos in the office of the six hold
over justices of the peace who assembled
this morning in the office of Justice
Bundy in the Columbian building to
determine If possible their exact status
since the passage of the municipal court
bill There was a full attendance and
the face of each justice wore sober,
serious look. Until the result of the con-
ference was known new suits could
b. fled and no old ones tried in a justices )
court. while litieants who wanted to sue
ont executions stood in the lobby wonder
ing what would happen next.
After a two-hour session the confer
ence adjourned. 1t was decided that un-
Ill Congress makes the necessary appro-
pliation for rent furnishing and equip
ping the new municipal court no new
actions be commenced.
The justices decided to recommend TO
the District Commissioners the rental of
The Morgan building. in John Marshall
place, for the new CouEt. They also de-
cided that actions pending in their re-
SpeItive courts be closed up or held in
allowance for action in the new court.
according to the discretion of each JUS
1ice. For the present each will look after
The district to which he was originally
assigned.
Subscribe to the Oath.
John r. Young. clerk of the Supreme
Court of tie District of Columbia, at
noon administered the oath of office to
the justices as magistrates of the new
court and the conference was adjourned,
to be resumed on the passage of the bliJ
providing the appropriations.
II is said there developed at the con-
ference Il number Of preferences as 10
vino the clerk of the new court should
SDlel
did man. vino answered all requirements
If the position. but the conference as
hole decided not to consider the Selec-
Ton of a clerk at this time.
The location OF the new Munlclpa
Court. successor of the courts of the
justices of the peace. will soon be fixed
by the District Commissioners.
The justices have been invited 10 con
Ter with the Commissioners regarding the
hest location and the site is expected TO be
definitely fixed within few days. There
i> division of opinion among those IN
tarested. some persons claiming that the
court should sit near the center OF the
real estate operations, inasmuch as II
has to deal primarily with real estate
matters. others asserting that 1t should
ne near the building of the District Su-
preme Court.
Clerk and Assistant Clerk.
The new law provides for clerk OF
tie municipal court at Q salary of S1.J9O
ard of an assistant clerk at $1,000.
Under the provisions of the act the re-
appointment of the justices of the peace
as judges of the Municipal Court is un
necessary. The law says the new court
shall consist of the six present justices
Of the peace of said District, who shall
serve as the judges of said court for the
uuexpred terms of their now existing
commissions, and who shall not be re-
iIired TO be recommissioned for said un
axpired terms. After the first vacancy
The court will have only five judges,
and the appointing power is placed in
The hands of the President of the United
States.
The court at present constituted Is |
composed of c. S. Bundy, Samuel {. |
Mills, Thomas II. Callan, Luke c. Stri- |
der, George c. Aukam and Robert III. |
Terrell