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 966 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 145. 1917. UI§i¤u;¤¤[fi¤¤é£§é· gg? at the date of the approval of this Act. _ Upon the taking effect of mm. this Act the salaries 0 the judge and officials of the District Court of the United States for Porto Rico, together with the court expenses, shall be paid from the United States revenues in the same manner d;`¤¤*P°¤*Y "°°°“‘ as in other United States district courts. In case of vacancy or of ' the death, absence, or other leglal disabilitg on the part. of the judlge of the said District Court of the United tates for Porto Rico, the President of the United States is authorized to designate one of the judges of the Supreme Court of Porto Rico to disc argc the duties of jud e of said court until such absence or disability shal be removed, and thereupon such judge so designated for said service shall be fully authorized and emglowered to perform the duties of said office during such absence or `sability of such regular judge, and to sign all necessary papers a.nd_ records as the acting judge of said court, Umm Sums I without extra compensation. _ ' dmpwg p,w_d§,f Sec. 42. That the laws of the United States relating to appeals, •w·,¢¤ s¤v¤¤¤· wrrts of error and certiorari, removal of causes, and other matters . or proceedings as between the courts of the United States and the courts of the several States shall govern in such matters and proceedingsasbetween the district court of the United States and the courts ‘1‘¤¤¤¤- of Porto Rico. Regular terms of said United States district court shaH be held at San Juan, commencing on the tirst Monda in May and November of each year, and also at Ponce on the seconcli Monday in February of each year, and special terms may be held at Maya ez at such stated times as said judge may deem e edient. All plead§igs and proceedings  said court sh be corligucted in the_English m·&*¤<>¤¤d to ¤¤¢¤ir-  The said d1str1ct_court shall   attached to and included in e t circuit of the United States, with the right of ap al and review by said circuit court of appeals in a.ll cases where tliia same would lie from any district court to a circuit court of appeals of the United States, and with the right of appeal and review directl by the ilrprerlplel  of thai! lllirgited States in all cases where a direct ap wo e m suc trict courts. P,{{}’°"1§;,,,°*°,,;;,,g'{,°,,,",§ Size. 43. That writs of error and ap%als from the Hnal judgments ¤¤¤¤— and decrees of the Supreme Court o orto Rico ma be taken and prosecuted to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and to the Supreme Court of the United tates, as now rovided b law. {{,",,,f"’,,;“,,,,,,_ dn, Sec. 44. _That the qualifications of jurors as lixed hy the local laws gzanyrc., for émricr of Porto Rico shall not apply to jurors selected to serve in the District Court of the United States for Porto Rico; but the qualifications rcéqum-id of jurors rn sand court shall be that each shall be of the age o not less than twenty-one years and not over SlXt·y—HVB years, a resident of Porto Rico for not ess than one year, and have a. sufficient knowledgp of the  language to enab e him to serve as a juror; they sha also be citizens of the United States. Juries for the said court shall be selected, drawn and subject to exemption in accordance · with the laws of Congress regplating the same in the United States D courts m so far as locally app cable. I m_*¤v¤¤¤¤¤ff¤¤¤»¤¤¤¤, Sec. 45. That all such fees, fines, costs, and forfertur-eg as would bg degpssited to the credit of the United States if collected and paid into gy _ trrct court of the United States shall become revenues of the nrted States when collected and paid 1DtO the District Court of the mm M mw United States for Porto Rico: Provided, That $500 a year from such usmy, fees, iiinepfcosits, szhnbd forfeitures shall be retained by the clerk and e n e or aw rary purposes under the direction of the `ud e. ml:§{?’{)¤@¤°*$=*¤· frxS?;c._ 46. That the Attorney General of the United States] shill om_trme to time determine the salaries of a.ll officials and assistants appointed by the United States district court, includin the clerk his deputies, interpreter, stenogratpher, and other officigls and em; plogees, the same to be paid by e United States as other salaries an expenses of lrke character in United States courts.