1190 FIFTY-SIXT H CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 854. 1901. THE JUDICIARY. T"°j"‘“°l""*'· Sec. 2. The judicial power in the District shall continue as at present to be vested in- ··i¤fo*i··f···>¤¤¤· First. Inferior courts, namely, justices of the peace and the police court; and ··*¤1*>*i·** ·‘·* ****5- Second. Superior courts, namely, the supreme court of the District of Columbia, the court of appeals of the District of Columbia, and the Supreme Court of the United States. Suscnmyrnn ONE. Justicesof thepeaoe.
- PP°l“”m€¤*· Sec. 3. Arroiwmmnr AND QUALIFICATIONS.—·Th€F8 shall be ten justices of the eace in the District, who shall be appointed by the President of the Ylnited States, by and with the advice and consent of the
_ Senate, for a term of four years, unless sooner removed as provided {,",}yi§,;’g,,,0ns_ by law: Provided, That no person shall be appointed to said office unless he shall have been a bona fide resident of said District for the continuous period of at least five years immediately preceding his appointment, and shall either have held the office of justice of the peace in said District for a period of at least two years or shall have been engaged in the actual practice of law before the .supreme court of the District for a period of at least five years prior to his appointment. Each of said justices before entering upon the duties of his office shall take an oath for the faithful and impartial performance of the duties of his office, and shall give bond in such form, in such penalty, and with such surety or sureties as may be prescribed by the supreme court of Bigjlbgjsgrjsgctdjgji- the District. And said supreme court shall divide the said District em. °’ into ten subdistricts and prescribe the place in each subdistrict where the justice thereof shall have his office for the transaction of business, and may change the boundaries of such subdistricts and the localities of the offices of the justices therein from time to time as the volume _ and convenience of the business may require. Wj§§§,‘§§,c”§,S§§c,;’,gj{ Sec. 4. SUBDISTRICTS.—N0 justice of the peace shall sit for the trial of causes in any subdistrict other than the one in which his office is _g;;»$gs- tem M situated: Provided, That in case the office of any justice of the peace assignmenrgoeig shall become vacant by death or otherwise, the said supreme court, or _ ""”“’d‘ any justice thereof, may designate one of the other justices to preside temporarily in that subdistrict until the vacancy shall be filled: And p1·0*videdfd7·the7·, That if any justice of the peace shall be disqualified to act by reason of interest, illness, or other cause, any other justice of the peace of the District, on the written request of the justice so disqualified, may preside in his absence, or, if no such written request be made, such justice as may be designated by the said supreme court, or one of the justices thereof, shall preside. insgégdggtggtbggljggf Sec. 5. No resident of the District shall be sued in any subdistrict dem.other than the one in which he resides, and no nonresident of the District having a place of business therein shall be sued in any subdistrict Prom"- . other than the one in which such place of business is situated: Pm-
- g*;;*;;gp§j$tg0;j;¤ 0* vided, That where two or more persons are sued together the suit may
be brought in the subdistrict in which any one of the defendants resides. When a corporation is a defendant, its place of business shall be deemed its residence for the purpose of this section, and if it shall have in the District more than one place of business the suit may be brought in the subdistrict in which any one of its places of business is situated. Should a suit be brought against any party or corporation in any district in which he or it does not reside or hold business, and a plea
