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PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 243, 244, 2 4 6 - 9 30, 1948 May 3, 1948 55 Stat. 793. D. C . Code, Supp. VI, § 45-1609 (a). 55 Stat. 790. D. C. Code, Supp. VI, § 45-1604. 55 Stat. 793. D. C . Code, Supp. VI. 45 -1609 (c). Court review. Certification of cases to court of appeals. April 30, 1948 (8. 1468] [Public Law 508] Mescalero Apache Indian Tribe. May 3, 1948 [S. 2409] [Public Law 509] D. C. Revenue Act of 1947, amendments. 61 Stat. 332 . D. C. Code, Supp. VI, 47-1551c (h). "Trade or busi- ness." SEC. 3. (a) The first sentence of section 9 (a) of such Act, as amended (D. C. Code, 1940 edition, sec. 45-1609), is amended to read as follows: "Within ten days after issuance of an order of the Admin- istrator under section 4, any party may file a petition to review such action in the municipal court of appeals for the District of Columbia, and shall forthwith serve a copy of such petition upon the Administrator." (b) Section 9 (c) of such Act, as amended (D. C . Code, 1940 edition, sec. 45-1609), is amended to read as follows: "(c) The municipal court of appeals for the District of Columbia is hereby granted exclusive jurisdiction to review any order of the Administrator made pursuant to section 4 of this Act. The judgment and decree of the court shall be final, subject to review as provided by law relative to other judgments of the court." SEC. 4. All cases now pending before the statutory three-judge court of the municipal court which have not been presented to that court for decision at the time this Act takes effect shall forthwith be certified by said court to the municipal court of appeals for the Dis- trict of Columbia. Nothing herein contained shall affect the validity of any judgment or decree of the statutory court (consisting of three judges of the municipal court as heretofore provided by law) rendered subsequent to the effective date of this Act in cases heretofore presented to that court and now awaiting decision. Approved April 29, 1948. [CHAPTER 244] AN ACT Providing for payment of $50 to each enrolled member of the Mescalero Apache Indian Tribe from funds standing to their credit in the Treasury of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to withdraw from the Treasury so much as may be necessary of the trust funds on deposit to the credit of the Mescalero Apache Tribe, and to make therefrom pay- ment of $50 to each enrolled member of such tribe. The money paid to such members under this Act shall not be subject to any lien or claim of any nature against any of such members. Approved April 30, 1948. [CHAPTER 246] AN ACT To amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide revenue for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes", approved July 16, 1947. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That paragraph lettered (h) of section 4 of title I of article I of the Act entitled "An Act to provide revenue for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes", approved July 16, 1947, is amended by striking out the period at the end of the paragraph, inserting a colon, and the follow- ig: "Provided, however, That the words 'trade or business' shall not include, for the purposes of this article- "(1) Sales of tangible personal property whereby title to such property passes within or without the District, by a corporation or unincorporated business which does not physically have or maintain an office, warehouse, or other place of business in the 206 [62 STAT.