Jury commission; appointment, qualifications, oath, tenure, compensation, and removal

§ 11–2303. Jury commission; appointment, qualifications, oath, tenure, compensation, and removal (a) The jury commission shall continue in the District of Columbia. (b) The commission consists of three commissioners appointed by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. (c) Any person may be appointed a jury commissioner if he: (1) is a citizen of the United States; (2) is an actual resident of the District, and has been domiciled therein for at least three years prior to his appointment; (3) owns real property in the District; (4) is not engaged in the practice of 1 aw; and (5) at the time of his appointment, is not a party to any cause pending in a court of the District. A person otherwise qualified is not disqualified from service as a S commissioner by reason of sex, but a woman may not be compelled so to serve. (d) Jury commissioners shall be appointed or reappointed for terms of three years each, staggered so that one commissioner will be appointed each year; and they shall continue in office until the appointment and qualification of their successors. (e) Each jury commissioner shall receive $10 per day for each day or fraction of a day when he is actually engaged in the performance of his duties, not to exceed five days in a month, nor $250 in a year, which shall be paid, upon the commissioner’s certificate, by the United States marshal for the District of Columbia. 77 Stat. 507 (f) Each jury commissioner, when appointed, shall take an oath of office prescribed by the District Court. (g) The District Court may summarily remove a jury commissioner for: (1) absence, inability, or failure to perform his duties; or (2) misfeasance or malfeasance in office— and may appoint another person for the unexpired term. (h) If a jury commissioner is ill or otherwise unable to perform the duties of his office, or is absent from the District, the remaining two commissioners may perform the duties of the commission.