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THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-NINTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

S. 2255

TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF JUDGES IN THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS BY THREE

S. 2263

TO ESTABLISH A TRAFFIC BRANCH OF THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS AND INCREASE
THE NUMBER OF JUDGES BY FIVE

60-445

MARCH 14, 1966

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON: 1966

DEPOSITED BY

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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF GENERAL

SESSIONS

MONDAY, MARCH 14, 1966

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

SUBCOMMITTEE No. 5 OF THE

COMMITTEE ON THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,

Washington, D.C.

The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10 a.m., in room 1310, Longworth House Office Building, Hon. Basil Whitener (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding.

Present: Representatives Whitener, Nelsen, and Horton.

Also present: James T. Clark, clerk; Hayden S. Garber, counsel; Donald Tobridy, minority clerk; Leonard O. Hilder, investigator; and Clayton Gasque, staff director.

Mr. WHITENER. The subcommittee will come to order, and we will proceed with the hearings on S. 2263, an act to establish a traffic branch of the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions and to provide for the appointment to such court of five additional judges. We also have another bill, S. 2255, relating to the composition of the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions. Both bills will be inserted into the record, together with the staff memorandum thereon. (S. 2255 and S. 2263 and the staff memorandum follow :)

[S. 2255, 89th Cong., 1st sess.]

A BILL Relating to the composition of the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 11-902 (a) of the District of Columbia Code is amended by striking out "fifteen" and inserting in lieu thereof "eighteen".

[S. 2263, 89th Cong., 1st sess.]

AN ACT To establish a Traffic Branch of the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions and to provide for the appointment to such court of five additional judges

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That title 11 of the District of Columbia Code is amended by adding immediately after chapter 11 of such title the following new chapter:

"CHAPTER 12-TRAFFIC BRANCH OF COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS

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"The Traffic Branch of the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions is hereby established as a branch in the criminal division of the court.

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