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 1156 SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 231. 1911. back and current volumes of such reports and digests, the distribution of which is provided for in this section. '§°§““,,;c 6,,, p_m_ Sec. 230. The Supreme Court shall hold at the seat of govern- ` " ' ment, one term annually, commencing on the second Monday m October, and such adjourned or special terms as it may find necessary for the dispatch of business. A¤i<>¤r¤¤¤¢¤¢ for Sec. 231. If, at any session of the Supreme_Court, a quorum does ]°`iais)ii$l$iis`i;is?i>.1za not attend on the day} appointed for ho ding rt, the justices who do attend may adjoum the court from day to day for twentlyf days after said appointed time,· unless there be sooner a quorum. a quorum does not attend within said twenty days, the business of the court shall be continued over till the next Qqppornted session; and if, during a term, after a quorum has assembl, less than that number atten on any day, the justices attending may adjoum the court from day to day until there is a quorum, or may adjourn without day. mQg*:*;&g$&1bY‘” Sec. 232. The justices attending at any term, when_less than a rr.s.,¤ecss¤,}».12*r. quorum is present, mag, within the twenty days mentioned in the preceding section, ma e all necessary orders touching any suit, - proceeding, or process, depending in or returned to the court, prepara- _ . to to the hearin, trial, or decision thereof. _0r1si¤¤¤ J¤¤·1¤·1i·=- 1Si.o. 233. The Sirpreme Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction of ¤°I2.8.,sec.687,p.12'I. all controversies of a civil nature where a State is a party, except between a State and its citizens, or between a State and citizens of · other States, or aliens, in which latter cases it shall have original Sum ¤s:i¤¤¢ ¤¤¤- but not exclusive, ijurisdiction. And it shall have exclusivey all ”* such jurisdiction o suits or proceedings ainst ambassadors or other public ministers, or their domestics orndomestic servants, as a · court of law can have consistently with the law of nations; and o ` al, but not exclusive, juris 'ction, of all suits brought by amgassadors, or other public ministers, or in which a consul or vice consul is a party. wVg{;¢;g$:;>\{¤;¤i¤¤¤ Sec._234. The Supreme Court shall have power to issue writs of rz. s., see. asap. 121. prohibition to the district courts, when proceeding as courts of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction; and writs of mandamus, in cases warranted byl the principles and usages of law, to any courts - appointed under the authoriqy of the United States, or to persons ho ding office under the authority of the United States, where a State, or an ambassador, or other public minister, or a consul, or vice consul is a party. {g¤g¤¤ p m Sec. 235. The trial of issues of fact in the Supreme Court, in all ` " ' actions at law against citizens of the United States, shall be by jury. u$‘¤pe¤¤¢¤ r¤r¤¤¤i¤- Sec. 236, The Supreme Court shall have appellate jurisdiction m 1r.'s.,¤ec.m,p.12s. the cases hereinafter specially provided for. waaer error {rom Sec. 237. A final judgment or decree in any-suit in the highest ““f,‘f’S‘ff’T,‘,§,,‘f’··,-,,,_,,_,,,,_ 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 United 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 repu ant to the Constitution, treaties, or laws of the United States, anglizhedecision is in favor of their validity; or where any title, right, privilege, or immunity is claimed under the Constitution or any treat or statute of, or commission held or authority exercised under, the llnited States, and the decision is against the title, right, privilege, or immunity especially set up or claimed, by either party, under such Constitution, treaty, statute, commission, or authority, may be reexamined and reversed or ailirmed in the Su reme Court new erm-ra. upon a writ of error. The writ shall have the same eifgct as if the judgment or decree com lained of had been rendered or passed in a. ¤¢¤i¤=¤¤¤· court of the United §ates. The Supreme Court may reverse,