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436 FIFTY· SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 74. 1893. hereby created, which said court of appeals is hereby vested with authority and jurisdiction to hear and determine the causes so transferred. Arvcllnw power or The appelate power and jurisdiction of said general term is hereby abro- Ei.’£°° °;;° °u` gallgsnd abolished, glad nglcauses shall hereafter be heard in the sam Ag¤·l· i¤*¤‘- n term. Appe s sh also be allowed to said court of appea s I ”°°‘°°` ggm all interlocutory orders of the supreme court of the District of Columbia, or by any justice thereof, whereby the possession of property is changed or affected, such as orders for the appointment of receivers granting injunctions, dissolving writs of attachment, and the like; and also from any other interlocutory order, in the discretion of said court -of appeal , whenever it is made to appear to said court upon petition that it will be in the interest of justice to allow such appeal.

  • "°},‘·0$~ x 5: Sec. 8. That any final judgment or decree of the said court of appeals

hum sam. may be re-examined and auirmed, reversed, or modilied by the Supreme Court of the United States, upon writ of error or appeal, in all causes in which the matter in dispute, exclusive of costs, shall exceed the sum of five thousand dollars, in the same manner and under the same regulations as heretofore provided for in cases of writs of error on judment or appeals from decrees rendered in the supreme court of the District of Columbia; and also in cases, without regard to the sum or value of the matter in dispute, wherein is involved the validity of any patent or copyright, or in which is drawn in question the validity of a ° treaty or statute of or an authority exercised under the United States. c'1`¤ in ev1>¤•¤=} gw: SEG 9. That the determination of appeals irom the decision of the Com- .LT°”'"°°°r °' missioner of Patents, now vested in the general term of the supreme court of the District of Columbia, in pursuance of the provisions of iz. s. n. c., see. vac, section seven hundred and eighty of the Revised Statutes of the United

  • " °3‘ States, relating to the District of Columbia, shall hereafter be and the

same is hereby vested in the court of appeals created by this act; and in addition, any party aggrieved by a decision of the Commissioner of 1;_atents:ilx;• any interference case may appeal therefrom to said court 0 ¤PP° ' ",°;':" *° "° *¤ Smc 10. That the opinion of the said court of appeals in every case shall be rendered in writing, and shall be filed in such case as a part of the record thereotl Wnb. Smc 11. That the said court of appeals shall have power to issue all necessary and proper remedial prerogative writs in aid of its appellate 'urisdiction. ·°"“" '°°'“‘· I Sec. 12. That the Attorney-General is hereby empowered and di- ` rected to provide suitable rooms and accommodations in the city of Waslnngtou for the court of appeals hereby created and for the transaction of its business. Bx•¤¤¢i¤¤ ¤!¤¤1•=r¤ Sec. 13. That the marshal of the United States for the District of ‘“° "°°”"" Columbia shall execute the orders and processes of the court of appeals hereby created in the same manner as he now executes those of the supreme court of the District of Columbia. slums or justices, Sec. 14. That the justices of the supreme court of the District of •“P'°'“*’ ""‘""· D· °· Columbia shall hereafter receive an annual salary of five thousand R. s. D. C..¤¤¤. 751. dollars each payable quarterly at the Treasury of the United States. l’·"’· Sec. 15. That hereafter one-halt of the amounts paid on account of oueimir of salaries salary to the justices of the court of appeals hereby created, and to the Yew; ”***'** l ’"°‘ justices of the supreme court of the District of Columbia, shall be paid mu from the revenues of the District of Columbia. Tu mt ··¢r····: A rril Sec. 16. That this act shall take etlect on the third day of April, “· ‘“"”· eighteen hundred and ninety-three, said day being the iirst day of the April term of the supreme court of the District of Columbia in general term. u.ps¤1.»¤». suc. 1 7. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. Approved, February 9, 1893.