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PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 805-807-JUNE 29, 1938 Conditions. Suspension of pro- visions. be sent, conveyed, and delivered otherwise than by mail, provided such envelope shall be duly directed and properly sealed, so that the letter cannot be taken therefrom without defacing the envelope, and the date of the letter or of the transmission or receipt thereof shall be written or stamped upon the envelope, and that where stamps are affixed they be canceled with ink by the sender. But the Postmaster General may suspend the operation of this section or any part thereof upon any mail route where the public interest may require such suspension." Approved, June 29, 1938. [CHAPTER 806] ANT APT' June 29, 1938 - I [H. R . 61781 To abolish appeals in habeas corpus proceedings brought to test the validity of [Public, No. 772] orders of removal. Judicial Code, amendments. Habeas corpus pro- ceedings. 43 Stat. 940. 28U. S. C. g§ 452, 463. Review of final or- der by circuit court of appeals. Proviso. Proceedings to test validity of warrant of removal, etc.; restric- tion on right of appeal. R. S. §1014. 18U.S.C.§591. Power of circuit judge to grant writs, etc. Proceedings in Dis- trict Court of United States for D. C .; review. Provisn. Proceedings to test validity of warrant of removal, etc.; restric- tion on right of appeal. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsections (a) and (b) of section 6 of the Act of February 13, 1925, entitled "An Act to amend the Judicial Code, and to further define the juris- diction of the circuit courts of appeals and of the Supreme Court, and for other purposes" (43 Stat. 940; U. S. C., title 28, sec. 452 and sec. 463, subsecs. (a) and (b)), be, and they are hereby, amended to read as follows: "(a) In a proceeding in habeas corpus in a district court, or before a district judge or a circuit judge, the final order shall be subject to review, on appeal, by the circuit court of appeals of the circuit wherein the proceeding is had: Provided, however, That there shall be no right of appear from such order in any habeas corpus pro- ceeding to test the validity of a warrant of removal issued pursuant to the provisions of section 1014 of the Revised Statutes (U. S . C., title 18, sec. 591) or the detention pending removal proceedings. A circuit judge shall have the same power to grant writs of habeas corpus within his circuit that a district judge has within his district. The order of the circuit judge shall be entered in the records of the district court of the district wherein the restraint complained of is had. "(b) In such a proceeding in the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia, or before a justice thereof, the final order shall be subject to review on appeal, by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia: Provided, however, That there shall be no right of appeal from such order in any habeas corpus proceeding to test the validity of a warrant of removal issued pursuant to the provisions of section 1014 of the Revised Statutes (U. S. C ., title 18, sec. 591) or the detention pending removal proceedings." Approved, June 29, 1938. [CHAPTER 807] AN ACT June 29, 1938 [H. R . 6591] To exempt from cancelation certain desert-land entries in Riverside County, [Public, No. 773] California. Riverside County, Calif. Exemption from cancelation of certain desert-land entries. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That no desert- land entry made in good faith prior to June 7, 1912, under the public- land laws for lands and water in townships 4 and 5 south, range 15 east; townships 4 and 5 south, range 16 east; townships 4, 5, and 6 1232 [52 STAT.