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SIXTY-SIXTH ooivemgss. sm. II. cH. 153. 1920. 565 given jurisdiction and authority to enter such judgments and decrees against the principal and surety or sureties, or any of them, u on _ such undertaking as law and justice shall require: Provided, Tiiiat €§‘f,'§,'j'§;., ,6,,,,,;, nothing herein contained shall deprive any party having a claim or ¤¤* P*¤¤l¤d¤<¤· cause of action under or upon such undertaking from electing to pursue his ordinary remedy y suit at law or in equity. _ "A]l provisions of this code relating to actions, remedies and pro- ,,,§,§S“°§{’”§;,i‘,f§,g,{’,‘; ceedings upon bonds of such fiduciaries shall apply and be effective as ¤1>P1i¤¤>¤¤· to such undertakings to the same extent as such undertaking had been expressly mentioned and referred to there1n." _ f By inserting immediately after section 47 9a, a new section, as N"' S°°“°¤’· ollows: . "SEc. 479b. In any proceeding in the Supreme Court of the Dis- b0§,;*s¤;g§ •;gSg_:,§,g; trict of Columbia or any special term thereof to recover damages upon orders. ew. a bond or undertaking given to obtain a rwtraining order or prelumnary or pendente lite mjunction the court, in assessing damages to be recovered thereunder, may include such reasonable counsel or attorney fees as the party aggrieved or damaged by such restrainmg order or injimction may have been put to or incurred m obtaining a dissolution thereof." By inserting immediately after section 484 a. new section as follows: m$g',§;g§“°“°° °’P"'" " Sec. 484a. The jury commission of the District of Columbia shall Vvlaogl. p. 1263, prepare a special list of persons havi§ the Euniecaeom of jurors, ust of mm. as prescribed by section 215 of this c e, an being also freeholders 'm”‘°“°” ‘°'· of the District of Columbia. The jury commission shall from time to time as may be nwessary write the names contained in said special list on separate and similar pieces of paper, which they shall so fold Xgjfji or roll that the names can not be seen, and shall lace the same in a ' sepcial box to be provided for the purpose, and shall thereu on seal J box {md dm,,,_ and lock said special box and after thoro hly shaking tllzie same inziugy Jury commisshali deliver it to the clerk of the Supremeugourt of the District of S`°°' Columbia for safe~keeping; but the same shall not be unsealed or opened except by said j1u·y commission. From time to time, as ordered by the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, or one of the justices thereof holding a special term for the trial of condemnation proceedings, the jury commission shall publicly break the seal of said special box and proceed to draw therefrom by lot and without previous examination the names of such number of persons as the said court may from time to time direct to serve as commissioners or jurors in condemnation proceedings and certify the names so drawn to the clerk of said court. At the time of each drawing of condemna- Q"°m°m°°°’ °t°’ tion commissioners or jurors from said special box there shall be in said special box the names of not less than one hundred persons possessing the qualifications hereinbefore prescribed. Except as in A”°°'p'558' this section specially provided, sections 198 to 217, inclusive, of this code, so far as the same may be applicable, shall govern the qualifications of said commissioners and jurors in condemnation cases and the duties and conduct of said jury commissioners under this section. No person shall be eligible to serve as a condemnation commissioner or juror who has served as such commissioner or juror within one vear." U By striking out section 485 and insertin in lieu thereof: I E _ "SEc. 485. Crrarrow ro owivms.-Th§ said court holding a ergijmu to MTE -’ d1str1ct court of the United States, shall thereupon cite all the 0W¤€1'S asisiiiiisih p' mi" and other persons interested to appear in said court, at a time to be Hxed by the court, to answer said petition; and if it shall appear to the court that there are any owners or other persons interested who are disability, the court shall give public notice of the time at wh1ch_1t_w1ll proceed with the matter of condemnation; and at such time, if it shall appear that there are any persons under disability