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 SIXTY·FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 145. 1917. 965 of public-service corporations shall rovide for the effective regu] i tion of charges thereof and for the liirchase or taking of their pro; ertivhby the authorities at a fair andp reasonable valuation. at nothing in this Act contained shall be so construed as to ab- ¤£,’°l.,,,,,°,_‘§,.°"$,;Y"°"‘* rogate or in any manner impair or affect the provision contained in V°*· °*»P·”°~ section three of the joint resolution a proved May first, nineteen hundred, with respect to the buying; sellilng, or holding of real estate. That the Governor of Porto Rico s all cause to have made and sub- mL1’{,°3 _ "‘"°'"' mitted to Congress at the session beginning the first Monday in December, mneteen hundred and seventeen, a report of all the real estate used for the purposes of agriculture and held either directl or indirectly by corporations, partnerships, or individuals in heh; ings m excess of five hundred acres. JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT. Judlcialdepartment. _Ssc. 40. That the judicial power shall be vested in the courts and ,,.,,,E’,§§’,l§’l'°° °°""' tribunals of Porto Rico now established and in operation under and by virtue of existing laws. The jurisdiction of said courts and the c;,:L,“'?§l°°*°“*°*°·*““’ i form of gfocedure in them, and the various officers and attachés thereof, s all also continue to be as now rovided imtil otherwise provided by law: Provided, however, That the chief justice and asso- {$,2*;, wm ,,,,, ciate Lustices of the supreme court shall be appointed b the Presi- ”°°°· _ dent, y and with the advice and consent of the Senate oi, the United States, and the Legislature of Porto Rico shall have authority, from time to time as it may see fit, not inconsistent with this Act, to organ- ,,,l§ °°°`· ize, modify, or rearrange the courts and their jurisdiction and procfgdure, except the District Coiu·t of the United States for Porto ico. Sec. 41. That Porto Rico shall constitute a °udicia.l district to be  °"°"°° called “ the district of Porto Rico." The President, by and with the mj§s‘}gj· °°°°¤*°>‘»¤¤¤ advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint one district judge, Appoiinmam, suwho shall serve for a term of four years and until his successor is °"°°’°°° alppointed and qualified and whose salary shall be $5,000 per annum. icre shall be appointed in like manner a district attorney, whose salary shall be $4,000 per annum, and a marshal for said district, whose salary shall be $3,500 per annum, each for a term of four vears unless sooner removed lay the President. The district court  °‘ for said district shall be calle "the District Court of the United States for Porto Rico," and shall have power to appoint all neeessa officials and assistants, including the clerk, interpreter, and suiih commissioners as ma be necessary, who shall be entitled to the same fees and have lihe powers and duties as are exercised and r- formed by United States commissioners. Such district court shall ’“"*”°”°°· have jurisdiction of all cases coegnizable in the district courts of the United States, and shall roce in the same manner. In addition said district court shall lliave jurisdiction for the naturalization of aliens and Porto Ricans, and for this purpose residence in Porto Rico shall be counted in the same manner as residence elsewhere in S _ the United States. Said district court shall have jurisdiction of all eriiiiiiiirmzsmuptrig controversies where all of the arties on either side of the controversy are citizens or subjects of a fldreign State or States, or citizens of a State, Territory, or District of the United States not domiciled in Porto Rico, wherein the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of interest or cost, the sum or value of $3,000, and of all controversies in which there is a separable controversy involving such jurisdictional amount and in which all of the parties on either side of such separable controvers are citizens or subjects of the character aforesaid: Pmmlded, That nothing in this Act shall be deemed to impair the {,’;g§gkm_ 'urisdiction of the District Court of the United States for Porto liico to hear and determine all controversies pending in said court