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76 FIFTY·NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 960. 1906. shall procepd with the trial by the same jury as if said term had not ommence . ¤·¤l>•¤¤'*¤H ***° c Sec. 15. That at least ten days before the term of service of said ju"` jurors shall begin, as herein provided for, such jurors shall be drawn as hereinbefore directed, and at least twenty-six names so drawn shall be certified by the clerk of the supreme court of said District of Colum- · bia to the said juvenile court for service as jurors for the then ensuing term. Deficiencies in any panel of any such jury may be filled according to the law a plicable to jurors in said supreme court, and for this purpose the judlge of said juvenile court shall possessall the powers of a judge of said supreme court and of said court sitting as a special term. No rson shall be eligible for service on a jury in said juvenile court 5; more than one jury term in any period of twelve consecutive months, but no verdict shall be set asi e on such ground unless objection shall be made before the trial begins. The_ marshal of said District, by himself or deputy, shall have c argleeof said jlury, and may appoint a deputy for that purpose, who shall paid t ree dollars a dav while so employed. · J¤¤¢¤»¤¤— Sec. 16. That in all cases tried before said court the judgment of the court shall be final, except as hereinafter provided. P¤¤=¤¤f°¤¤’*°•*· Sec. 17. That the said court shall have power to issue process for the arrest of persons against whom information may be filed or com Punishment for plaint under oath made, and to compel the attendance of witnesses; to °°m°m°° unish contempts by fine not exceeding twenty dollars and imprisonment for not more than forty-eight hours, or either, and to enforce any of its judgments by fine or 1m(prisonment, or both, and to make such rules and regulations as may be eemed necessary and proper for conducting P¤¤¤1•r· business in said court. In all cases where the said court shall impose a iine, it may, in default of the payment of the fine im sed, commit the defendant for such ‘a term as the court thinks righgand prope1·, Bw- not to exceed one ear. That every person charged with an offense triable in the j uvenilc court of the District of Columbia may give security for his appearance for trial or for further hearing, either by giving bond to the satisfaction of the court or by de siting money as collateral security with the appropriate officer of th; said juvenile court or the station keeper of the pplice precinct within which such person may be aqprehended. And w enever any sum of money shall be deposite as co ateral security as hereby provided it shall remain, in contemplation of law, the property of the person depositingit until duly for- "‘“’*°""'°· cited by the court; an when forfeited it shall be, in contemplation of law, the property of the United States of America, or of the District of Colum ia, according as the charge against the rson de ositing it is instituted on behalf of the said United States or oghc said District, and every person receiving any sum of money deposited as hereby provided shall be deemed inlaw the agent of the person depositing the same or of the United States or the said District, as the case may be, for all urposes "l¤*•- of properly preserving and accounting for such money. And) all fines payable and paid under jud ment of the said juvenile court shall, upon their payment immediately hecome, in contemplation of law, the roperty of the United States or the said District, according to the charge upon which such fine may be adjudged, and the person receiving any such fine shall be deemed in law the agent of the said United States or _k;*;p¤£;}¤g_' wvver- the said District, as aforesaid, as the case may be; and any person. being an agent as hereinbefore contemplated and defined, who shall wrongfully convert to his own use any money received bv him as here- P¢¤¤¤¢r- inbefore provided shall be deemed uilty of embezzlement, and upon conviction thereof shall be punishef by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars or by imprisonment not exceeding five years, or both. °'°"· ““‘ _18. That the said court shall have a seal, and the jud e or the acting judge thereof shall have power to administer oaths andgaiiirinaons.