Volume 76
Public Law 87–596
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.
Approved August 24, 1962
Statutory text
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That
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.”
The third sentence of section 6 of such Act, as amended (D.C.
56 stat. 194.
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, two of whom shall constitute a quorum.”
Sec. 2.
Subsection (a) of section 19 of the Juvenile Court Act of the District of Columbia, approved June 1, 1938 (52 Stat. 601;
Ante, p. 21.
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”.
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.