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1226 F1r*rY-six*rH conennss. sms. 11. cs. sti. 1901. _ _ the United States, the District of Columbia, or any defendant to any

    • 1**0* °X°°P“°“S· ruling or instruction of the court upon matter of law, the same shall

be reduced to writing and stated in a bill of exceptions,. with so much of the evidence as may be material to the question or questions raised, which said bill of exceptions shall be settled and signed by the judge within such time as may be prescribed by rules and regulations which shall be made by the court of appeals of the District of Columbia for the transaction of business to be brought before it under this section, Wfi¤<>f¤¤¤f·¢¤¤- and for the time and method of the entry of appeals and for giving notice of writs of error thereto from the police court of the District of Columbia; and if, upon presentation to any justice of the court of appeals of the District of Columbia of a petition which, in the case of a defendant, shall be veriBed, setting forth the matter or matters so excepted to, such justice shall be of opinion that the same ought to bei reviewed, he may allow a writ of error in the cause, which shall issue out of the said court of appeals, addressed to the judge of the police court, who shall forthwith send up the information Bled in the cause and a transcript of the record therein, certiBed under the seal of said court, to said court of appeals for review and such action as the law may. require, which record shall be Bled in said court of appeals within such time as may be prescribed by the court of appeals, as hereinbefore provided. Any party desiring the benefit of the provisions of this section shall give notice in o en court of his or its intention to apply for a writ of error upon sutgi exceptions and there- _§g;>$¥*°· upon proceedings therein shall be staye for ten days: Provided, That ` the defendant seeking an appeal shall then and there enter into recognizance, with sufficient surety to be approved by the judge of the police court, conditioned that in the event of a denial of his application for a writ of error he will, within Bve days next after the expiration of said ten days appear in said police court and abide by and perform its judgment, and that in the event of the granting of such writ of error he will ap ear in said court of appeals of the District of Columbia and prosecute the writ of error and abide by and perform its judgment in the premises. Upon failure of any defendant to enter into the recognizance rovided for in this section the sentence of the police court shall stand and be executed; otherwise execution shall be stayed pending proceedings upon his application for a writ of error and until Bnal disposition thereof by the said court of appeals. migigziij gpoggiggg Sec. 228. APPEALS Faoin COMMISSIONER or PA*rriN·rs.—'l`he determi- V0l.27,p.436.nation of appeals from the decisions of the Commissioner of Patents shall remain vested in said court of appeals, as provided by the Act approved February ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, chapter seventy-four, entitled "An Act to establish a court of appeals for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes," and any party aggrieved by`a decision of the Commissioner of Patents in anyinterference case may appeal therefrom to said court of appeals. OP*¤i°¤S· Sec. 229. OPINIONS.-ThE opinion of the said court of appeals in every case shall be rendered in writing, and shall be Bled in such case R**P°’°€*· as a part of the record thereof, and the said court of appeals is authorized to appoint a reporter, who shall serve during the pleasure of the court an with a salary of one thousand dollars per annum, and whose duty shall be to report, edit, and publish, in form to be prescribed by the court, its opinions.- ' u,§§gg§¢§S,gge;>·; ,;*1*- 4 And the said reporter shall furnish and deliver one copy of each vol- ’ume of the reports of said opinions which shall have been published at the date of the passage of this code to each of the justices of the said court of appeals, the supreme court, and the judges of the police court of said District, immediately after the passage hereof, and shall thereafter furnishand deliver one copy of each volume of the reports of said opinions that shall thereafter be published immediately after the