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726 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Crrs. 447, 448. 1916. last mentioned in the cormties of Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Cherokee, Coffey, Chautau ua, Crawford, Elk, Greenwood, Labette, Linn, '1‘¤‘¤¤I·| H Miami, Montgome ,qNeosho, Wilson, and Woodson. Terms of the Fm district court for are first division shall be held at Leavenworth on the second Monday in October; at To ka on the second Monday in April; at Kansas City on the secondpe Monday in January and the first Monday in October; and at Salina on the second Monday in S°°°“°‘”"“i°“‘ Ma ; terms of the district court for the second division shall be held at §Wchita on the second Mondays in March and September; and '!‘¤¤idi'**¤¤· for the third division, at Fort Scott on the first Monday in May and I’¤¤¤*Y°”=*¤· the second Monday m November. The clerk of the district court shall appoint three deputies, one of whom shall reside and keep his D°P“*Y mmm- office at Fort Scott, one at Wichita, and the other at Salina, an the marshal shall a point a deputy who shall reside and keep his office at Fort Scott andp the marshal shall also appoint a deputy, who shall reside and keep his office at Kansas City." Approved, September 6, 1916. B?F?i¥*l:5¥$idl6` CHAP. 448.-An Act To amend the Judicial Code; to ii: the time when the

 annual term of the Supreme Court shall commence; and further to define the jurisdiction of that court. ·

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of 1i’1e£>resentat·ives of the United ¥¤¤i¤¤I ¤¤¤¤- States of America in Congress assembled, at section two hundred . and thirt of an Act to codify, revise, and amend the laws relating to the jugciary, a£proved March third, nineteen hundred and eleven, knglwn gsuthe An ial Code, be, and it hereby is, amended so as to re as 0 ows: g_¤x>~¤· ¤¤¤¤¢· "Sec. 230. The Supreme Court shall hold at the seat of governviiimis, p. nas, ment one term annual y, commencing on the first Monday in October, “"“"’°"· glnsd suclh adgourned or special terms as it may iind necessary for the ` atc o usiness.’ y;¤¤;f¤·gi: vo, 2. That section two hundred and thirty-seven of the Judicial za,p.°·mi °‘ ° Code, as amended by "An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act to codify, revise, and amend the laws relating to the judici ,’ approved Marc third, nineteen hundred and e1even," approxgd December — twenty-third, nineteen hundred and fourteen, be, and it hereby is, amen ed so so as to read as follows: Sgens or me mm "Sec. 237. A final judgmentor decree in any suit in the highest v.,;f’°'§§?‘ ,,_ me, court of a State in which a decision in the suit could be had, where ¤¤•¤¤°°· is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under the nited States, and the decision is against their validity- or where is drawn in question the validity of a statute of, or an authority exercised under any State, on the ground of their being repugnant to the Constitution, treaties, or laws of the United States, and the decision is in favor of their validity, may be reexamined and reversed or affirmed in the Supreme Court upon a writ of error. 'I`he writ shall have the same effect as if the judgment or decree complained of had been rendered or passed in a court of the United States. The Supreme Court may reverse, modify, or atlirm the judgment or decree of such State court, and may, m its diiprgtion, award exgcgtxopl or remand the same to the court from w c it was remove y the Writ. mam to san "It shall `be competent for the Su reme Court b certiorari or iiii;”?s1?1i(i’i·`iFe°r§m°:`;,?f otherwise, to realuire that there be certiiied to it for lrevliew and deter- ‘;,:;,;‘°·· ° U rmnation with e same power and authority and with like effect as uygémss, p. vw, if brought up by writ of error, any cause wherein a final judgment or decree as rendered or(passed by the highest court of a State in which a decision could be ha , where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of , or an authority exercised under the United States, and the decision is in favor of their validity; or where is drawn