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 FIFTH-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 541. 1898. 553 c The United States circuit courts shall have concurrent jurisdiction d.C•2¤°¤¤¤¤* Juriswith the courts of bankruptcy, within their respective territorial limits, l°h°°` of the offenses enumerated in this Act. Sec. 24. Jmusnrcuon OF APPELLATE CoURTs.—a The Supreme Jurisdiction of ap Court of the United States, the circuit courts of appeals of the United "°u“"’ °°“"“‘ States, and the supreme courts of the Territories, in vacation in chambers and during their respective terms, as now or as they may be hereafter held, are hereby invested with appellate jurisdiction of controversies arising in bankruptcy proceedings from the courts of bankruptcy from which they have aplwllate jurisdiction in other cases. The Supreme Court of the United States shall exercise a like jurisdiction from courts of bankruptcy not within any organized circuit of the United States and from the supreme court of the District of Columbia. b The several circuit courts of appeal shall have jurisdiction in equity, either interlocutory or final, to superintend and revise in matter of law the proceedings of the several inferior courts of bankruptcy within their jurisdiction. Such power shall be exercised on due notice and petition by any party aggrieved. i Sec. 25. Arrnns nin Wnrrs or Eason.-a That appeals, as in 0,A1u>••1¤ me win equity cases, may be taken in bankruptcy proceedings from the courts _;;'.;" tgkgp from of bankruptcy to the circuit court of appeals of the United States, and °°°”·'* °f b°¤l¤'¤P*°¥· to the supreme court of the Territories, in the following cases, to wit, (1) from a judgment adjudging or refusing to adjudge the defendant a bankrupt ; (2) from a judgment granting or denying a discharge; and (3) from a judgment allowing or rejecting a debt or claim of five hundred dollars or over. Such appeal shall be taken within ten days after the judgment appealed from has been rendered, and may be heard and determined by' the appellate court in term or vacation, as the case may be. · b From any final decision of a court of appeals, allowing or reiecting —?,¤¤¤ ¤<>¤¤¤ of ¤r- a claim under this Act, an appeal may be had under such rules and W ° within such time as may be prescribed by the Supreme Court of the UnitedStates, in the following cases and no other: 1. Where the amount in controversy exceeds the sum of two thou sand dollars, and the question involved is one which might have been taken on appeal or writ of error from the highest court of a State to the Supreme Court of the United States; or 2. Where some Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States shall certify that in his opinion the determination of the question or questions involved in the allowance or rejection of such claim is gssential to a uniform construction of this Act throughout the United tates. c Trustees shall not be required to give bond when they take appeals fr£’_?tQ3¤;Qe·;s¤¤¤i¤d or sue out writs of error. . _ _ ` d Controversies may be certified to the Supreme Court of the United pr§g;}’gf,j]Q,_ *° S¤· States from other courts of the United States, and the former court may exercise jurisdiction thereof and issue writs of certiorari pursuant to the provisions of the United States laws now in force or such as may be hereafter enacted. Sec. 26. Annicmyrion or Conrnomnsms.—a The trustee may, m-;j}g;;jgi<·¤ of ·=¤¤- pursuant to the direction of the court, submit to arbitration any con- ' troversy arising in the settlement of the estate. b Three arbitrators shall be chosen by mutual consent, or one by the §{1*;:]{*;{.j"•· *1* trustee, one by the other party to the controversy, and the third by p° the two so chosen, or if they fail to agree in five days after their appointment the court shall appoint the third arbitrator. c The written finding of the arbitrators, or a maiority of them, as to Fi¤*“¤g·‘°'°° °‘· the issues presented. may be filed in court and shall have like force and eflect as the verdict of a jury. _ Sec. 27. Conrnomsins.-a. The trustee may, with the approval of °°*“P'°'”“°* the court, compromise any controversy arising in the administration of