An Act relating to the appointment of judges to the municipal court for the District of Columbia, the municipal court of appeals for the District of Columbia, and the juvenile court of the District of Columbia.
PL 87-596 (S.3428), enacted 08/24/1962

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PUBLIC LAW 87-596-AUG. 24, 1962 
[76 STAT. 
Through routes, 
joint rates. 
54 Stat. 934. 
transportation of property in interstate or foreign commerce between 
Alaska or Hawaii on the one hand, and, on the other, the other States 
of the Union, and through routes and joint rates so established and all 
classifications, regulations, and practices in connection therewith shall 
be subject to the provisions of this part." 
SEC. 2. Subsection (b) of section 305 of the Interstate Commerce 
Act, as amended (49 U.S.C. 905(b)), is amended by inserting between 
the second and third sentences thereof the following new sentence: 
"Common Carriers by water subject to this part may also establish rea-
sonable through routes and joint rates, charges, and classifications 
with common carriers by water subject to the Shipping Act,^1916, as 
amended, or the Intercoastal Shipping Act, 1933, as amended '(includ-
ing persons who hold themselves out to transport goods but who do not 
own or operate vessels) engaged in the transportation of property in 
interstate or foreign commerce between Alaska or Hawaii on the one 
hand, and, on the other, the other States of the Union, and such 
through routes and joint rates, and all classifications, regulations, and 
practices established in connection therewith shall be subject to the 
provisions of this part." 
Approved August 24, 1962. 
August 24, 1962 
[S. 3428] 
Public Law 87-596 
AN ACT 
Relating to the appointment of judges to the municipal court for the District 
of Columbia, the municipal court of appeals for the District of Columbia, and 
the juvenile court of the District of Columbia. 
D. C. judges. 
Appointment. 
56 Stat. 194. 
Ante, p. 21. 
Ante, p. 22. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House'^of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) the second 
sentence of the first section of the Act entitled "An Act to consolidate 
the Police Court of the District of Columbia and the Municipal Court 
of the District of Columbia, to be known as 'The Municipal Court for 
the District of Columbia', to create 'The Municipal Court of Appeals 
for the District of Columbia', and for other purposes", approved 
April 1, 1942 (56 Stat. 190; D.C. Code, sec. 11-752), as amended, is 
amended to read as follows: "The court shall consist of a chief judge 
and fifteen associate judges appointed by the President with the 
advice and consent of the Senate." 
(b) The third sentence of section 6 of such Act, as amended (D.C. 
Code, sec. 11-771), is amended to read as follows: "The said court 
shall consist of a chief judge and two associate judges appointed by 
the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, tw^o of whom 
shall constitute a quorum." 
SEC. 2. (a) Subsection (a) of section 19 of the Juvenile Court Act 
of the District of Columbia, approved June 1, 1938 (52 Stat. 601; 
D.C. Code, sec. 11-920), as amended, is amended by striking out "three 
judges" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "a chief judge and 
two associate judges'. 
(b) Subsection (c) of section 19 of such Act is amended by striking 
out the first sentence thereof. 
SEC. 3. Nothing contained in any amendment made by this Act 
shall be construed as affecting any appointment or designation as a 
judge or chief judge of the municipal court for the District of 
Columbia, the municipal court of appeals for the District of Columbia, 
or the juvenile court of the District of Columbia made prior to the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
Approved August 24, 1962.