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604 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 309-JUNE 1, 1938 [52 STAT. Proo not to - of his intention to apply for an appeal: Provided, That the appeal pend juvenile court or application for the allowance of such appeal shall not suspend order, etc. the order of the juvenile court, nor shall it discharge the child from the custody of that court or of the person, institution, or agency to whose care such child shall have been committed, unless the court pdpellate court or- of appeals shall so order. If the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia does not dismiss the proceedings and discharge the child, it shall affirm or modify the order of the juvenile court and remand the child to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court for supervision and care, and thereafter the child shall be and remain under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court in the same manner as if such court had made said order without an appeal having been taken. Fee prohibited. "SE. 34. FEEs PROHIBITED. -No fee shall be charged for any service rendered by the clerk or by any officers of the court. inry; term of serv- "SEC. 35. JURY; TERM OF sERVICE.- The jury for service in said court shall consist of twelve persons, who shall have the legal quali- fications necessary for jurors in the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia, and shall receive a like com- pensation for their services, and such jurors shall be drawn and selected under and in pursuance of the laws concerning the drawing and selection of jurors for service in said court. The term of service of jurors drawn for service in said juvenile court shall be for three successive monthly terms of said court, and in any case on trial at the expiration of such time until a verdict shall have been rendered or the jury shall be discharged. The said jury terms shall begin on the first Monday in January, the first Monday in April, the first Monday in July, and the first Monday in October of each year, and shall terminate, subject to the foregoing provisions, on the Saturday prior to the beginning of the following term. When at any term of said court it shall happen that in a pending trial no verdict shall be found, nor the jury otherwise discharged before the next succeeding term of the court, the court shall proceed with the trial by the same jury as if said term had not commenced. Impaneling the "SEc. 36. IMPANELING THE JURY. -At least ten days before the term of service of said 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 District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia to the said juvenile court for service as jurors for the then ensuing term. Defi- ciencies in any panel of any such jury may be filled according to the law applicable to jurors in said supreme court, and for this purpose the judge of said juvenile court shall possess all the powers of a judge of said supreme court and of said court sitting as a special term. No person shall be eligible for service on a jury in said juve- nile court for more than one jury term in any period of twelve con- secutive months, but no verdict shall be set aside on such ground unless objection shall be made before the trial begins. The marshal of said District, by himself or deputy, shall have charge of said jury, and may appoint a deputy for that purpose. dfinal.e to b SEC. 37. JUDGMENTS TO BE FINAL.-In all cases tried before said court the judgment of the court shall be final, except as provided in section 33 of this Act. Fines to be paid to "SEC. 39. FINES TO BE PAID TO CLERK; DEPOSIT OF RECEIPTS; STATE- MENTS. -All fines, penalties, costs, and forfeitures imposed or taxed by the said juvenile court shall be paid to the clerk of said court, either with or without process, or on process ordered by said court. Deposit of rcipt. The clerk of said court shall, on the first secular day of each week, deposit with the collector of taxes the total amount of all fines,