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 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 448. 1916. 727 m question the validity of a statute of, or an authority exercised under any State, on the ground of their being repugnant to the Constitution, treaties, or laws of the United States, and the decision is against their validity; or where any title, right, privilege, or immunity is claimed under the Constitution, or an treaty or statute of, or commission held or authority exercised undllar the United States, and the decision is either in favor of or against the title, right, privilege, or immunity especially set up or claimed, by either party, under such Constitution, treaty, statute, commission, or authority." Sec. 3. That section four of "An Act to amend an Act entitled P§{§°°"°"““°‘°P‘ ‘An Act to codify, revise, and amend the laws relating to the judi- V¤i-3¤.r·11=4:V•>¤- c1ary,’ approved March third, nineteen hundred and eleven," approved 38’p`m°' January twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and fifteen, be, and it herpgiy IS, ailnhendedal so as to regdl as follotwsii mc.4. at]u gmentsan ecreeso thecircuitcoiuts ofa eals 1*`*¤•¤*¥•*¤•¤**°¤¤~ in a1l proceedings and causes arising imder ‘An Act to estabqish a °*°"°°°°°d` uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States ’  *" °°‘· approved uly nrst, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and in all controversies arising in such proceedings and causes; also, in all _}§{g**•¤ 1** ¤*1¤¤•·* causes arising under ‘An Act relating to the liability of common ol.y°3§·p. as; vu. carriers by railroad to their employees in certain cases} approved °°·"°°" April twenty-second, nineteen hundred and eight; also, in a causes ,,,,R,,}'§'§f’ °""‘°°”‘ arising imder ‘An Act to promote the safety of employees and trav- V°l·3*·P- 1*15- elers upon railroads by hmitin the hours of service of employees thereon} approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and seven· also, u1gj{;•tg¤¢¢v•vv¤- in all causes arising imder ‘An Act to promote the safety of employees vn. ¤v,'p. sa; v¤1. and travelers upon railroads by compelling common carriers mgag °°· P' °°· in interstate commerce to equip their cars with automatic coup and continuous brakes and their locomotives with driving·wheel brakes, and for other p1u·poses,’ approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-three; and, also, in all causes arising under any amendment or supplement to any one of the aforementioned Acts. which has been heretofore or may ereafter be enacted, shall be final, save only that it shall be competent for the Supreme Court to require ,,,,°§§*"C§,'Q‘,,“°,u‘},‘,,'?,‘f' by certiorari, upon the petition of any party thereto, that the pro- · ceeding, case, or controversy be certiiied to it for review and determination, with the same power and authority and with like effect as if taken to that court by alppeal or writ of error." Sec. 4. That no court aving power to review a judgment or decree ggyggmddy rendered or passed by another shall dismiss a writ of error solely ar mhtske dill pro because an appeal should have been taken, or dismiss an appeal solely °'°“"°· '°'°*° °"‘ because a writ of error should have been sued out, but when suc mistake or error occurs it shall disregard the same and take the action xggigclg Yioulgidbe appropriate if the proper appellate procedure had n o ow. Sec. 5. That no judgment or decree rendered or_ passed by the Su- §,F£”;,§ M preme Court of the Philibplpine Islands more than sixty dayzafter the approval of this Act sh be_ reviewed by the Supreme urt upon minmn writ of error or appeal; but 1t_ shall be competent for the Supreme *‘°·P- Court, by certiorari or otherwise, to l‘9%(111‘0 that there be certified c.¢a¤¤¤-1 mamma. to it for review and determination, with the same power and authority and with like effect as if brought up bly writ of error or appeal, cause wherein, after such sixty days, the Supreme Court o the Phi - ippine Islands may render or pass a faudgment or decree which would be subject to review under existing ws. _ _ _ _ Tmlmphum Sec. 6. That no writ of error, appeal or writ of certiorari intended wmstsumuw. to bring up any cause for reviewcbiy the Sxtilpiiileme Court shall be allowed or entertained unless duly appli for wi three_months after entry PMN. of the judgment or decree complained of: Provided, That wnts of Emu certiorari addressed to the Supreme Court of the_Ph1l1ppme Islands may be granted if application therefor be made within six months.