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SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 197. 1922. 547 _"Sr:c. 108. (a) _Unless within ten days after the filing of the com- m,L‘,';},‘,§Y °' "°*°" m1ssion’s determination any party to the complaint appeals there- ` from to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, in general term, the determination of the commission shall be Hnal and conclusive. The Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, in general $,;},*,2g;* C§,‘§,"g}’ tg'; term, is hereby given jurisdiction to hear and determine ap eals taken District, i¤ scum! from determinations of the commission, and such ap e5s shall be um" given precedence over the other business of the court. Kt the hearing of suc agxpeals the chief justice of the court shall preside, with at least two_of the associate justices thereof, to be designated by the chief justice. In the absence of the chief justice, the senior associate justice of the court shall preside, have the powers, and perform the duties of the chief justice. _" (b) If such an appeal is taken from the determination of the com- ,°§·ggn°'d*°'>°°°'*i¤•d mission, the record efore the commission or such part thereof as the ` court may order shall be certified by it to the court and shall constitute the record before the court, and the commission’ s determination shall not gx; rpfodified or set aide by lthe court}, except for elrsor of éalw. all Ord to add ‘ c an art a `es to thecourt or eave to a ucea ition °* . ¤¢=¤ evidence and, ghovnis tlbpthe satisfaction of the court that such addi- igiiilitiaohilnimwwm tional evidence is material and that there were reasonable ounds for the failure to adduce such evidence in the proceedings begdre the commission, the co11rt may order such additional evidence to be taken before the commission and to be adduced upon the hearing ilu such manner 'zignild upon such terms and cglipditiongn as the court may eem ro r. e commission may mo y its as to the Modmcstlcn oundfacts, gr riieake new iindin§, by reason of the addition evidence so i°‘°'°*°"°°°°l°'i'°‘ taken, and it shall file suc modified or new findings, which shall be conclusive, and its recommendations, if any, for e modification or setting aside of its original determination, with the return of such additional evidence. " (d) In the proceedings before such court on appeal from a determi· vcurrpmcodurc. nation of the commission, the commission shall appear by its attomey or other representative and submit oral or written arguments to support the findings and the determination of the commission. " (e) No determination of the commission shall be affirmed, set b,, ,°§, 2*,,}} aside, modified, or otherwise reviewed, or its enforcement in any ¤P¤¤•vv••l· manner stayed, except upon appeal from such determination as provided by this title." Sec. 9. That section 109 of the Food Control and the District of ,dY°""*"‘°°'·‘“‘°"°‘ Colngmbia Reng.s)A'1c; is arlnenqed to read as fipllows: f cwmummmxml " nc. 109. a e rig t o a tenant to the use or occu ancy o , ,,,,,m,,,,,,,,,,_m,, any rental roperty or apartment, existing at the time this get takes §¤¤¤1¤~¤|¤¤ ¤¢l¤¤¤· effect, or tiiereafter acquired, imder any ease or other contract for ' such use or occupancy or under any extension thereof by opgration of law, shall, notwithstanding the expiration of the term by such lease or contract, continue at the option of the tenant, subject, however, to any determination or regulation of the commission relevant thereto; and such tenant shall not be evicted or so long as he pays the rent and performs the other terms and_ conditions of the tenancy as fixed by such lease or contract, or, m case such lease or contract is modified by any determination or regulation of the commission, then as fixed by such modified lease or contract. " (b) All remedies of the owner at law or equity, based on any pro- m}:g”Qu*jg¤}¤f:g° gf vision of an such lease or contract to the effect that such lease or sussuspauaai. contract sh& be determined or forfeited if the premises are sold, are hereby suspended so lontg as this title is in force. Every purchaser shall take conveyance o any rental property or apartment subject to the rights of tenants as provided in this title.