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 1006 SIXTY-SEVENTH coucsuss. sm. II. oa. evo. 1922. Q¤¤“¤°•¤°¤¤·°'°°· by cablegram or otherwise, and who shall be an attorney at law ua.l`ed to practice before the courts of the Canal_ Zone or any of ilie United States district courts or ang of the superior courts of any State, Territory, or possession of the mted States, and who during such service shall be paid at the same rate of compensation and the same mileage and per diem as that paid the district judge of the Canal Zone. ,;§,§._°' '"“*"°t '"` "(f) There shall be a district attorney for said court, who shall be aid a sal of $5,000 er annum. P P. . D°“°°‘· “It shalllie the duty of the district attorney to conduct all legal ‘ proceedings, civil and criminal for the Government, and to advise the Governor of the Panama Canal on all legal questions touching the o eration of the canal and the administration of civil affairs. D““*¤°'m“"“‘~ "There shall be a marshallfor said district. It shall be the duty_of the marshal to execute all process of the court, preserve order therein, P°" and do all things incident to the office of marshal. 'l‘he marshal shall Apxmmmgtmute be paid a salary of $§,000 per annum. . mq of ,,,.18,, dm,-ic, ‘ ) The district judge the district attorney, and the marshal °“°'°°Y· °”d“'°""°*· shallgbe a pointed by the President, as heretofore, by and with the advice  consent of the Senate, for terms of four {gears each, and until their successors are appointed and qualified; ey shall reside within the Canal Zone during their term of office, and shall be allowed L°'"‘°“ °'“°°`“°°‘ six weeks’ leave of absence each year with pay, under such regulations as the President may from time to time prescribe." £’°‘·*"·P·5°°·*’°°¤"· Sec. 3. Section 9 of the Panama Canal Act is hereby amended so ' as to read as follows: muse or moms. "Sec. 9. That the records of the existing courts and all causes, °*°" °"¤°u"‘ °°°"“' roceedings, and criminal prosecutions pending therein as shown by the dockets thereof, except as herein otherwise provided, shall immediately upon the organization of the courts created by this Act be transferred to such new courts having jurisdiction of like cases, be entered upon the dockets thereof, and proceed as if they had originally _ been broiéght therein, whereupon all the existing courts except the w'§,,°"Q,'}°"$,",,,,,,‘}°"‘,·§,$‘},',§ Supreme ourt of the Canal Zone, shall cease to exist. The President S¤r>¤•¤¤¤ °¤¤¤- my continue the Supreme Court of the Canal Zone and retain the ju (gas thereof in office for such time as to him may seem necessa? D u HB S O, mm to etermine finally any causes and proceedings which may be pen - emmmunuw. ing therein. All laws of the Canal Zone imposing duties u on the clerks or ministerial officers of existing courts shall ply andp impose such duties ugon the clerks and ministerial officers {dg the new courts greeted by t `s Act having jurisdiction of like cases, matters, and . uties. uiiiemgiicinm. pm"} "All existing laws in the Canal Zone governin practice and procedie in eipisting cphurts shall be applicab e and acgipted to the practice Juygadjcuon of cu-. EH TOCG UIBIII BDBW 00l11'$S. §?€§. $‘,,€ ‘ " lh) The C‘ir<>¤it_C<>¤rt oi Appeals of the Fifth Circuit or the United ew. ’ States shall have jurisdiction to review, revise, modify, reverse, or affirm the final judgments and  of the district court of the Canal Zone, and to render such jlpdgnients as in the opinion of the said appellate court should have een rendered by the trial court in all actions and proceedings in which the Constitution or any statute, treaty, title, rig} t, or privilege of the United States is involved, and in cases inwhich the value in controverstyexceeds $1,000, to be ascertained 1,,,,,, 0, 1,,,,,,,,, by the oath of either party or by other competent evidence, and also ¤¤¤*¤¤*·¤¤¤¤¤· in criminal cases wherein the offense charged is punishable as a felony; and also in civil and criminal cases in which the jurisdiction of the trial court is in issue, but whenever any such case is not otherhmm wise reviewable in said appellate court the question of `urisdictiou ‘ alone shall be reviewable by said qppellate court. And suclh a pellate jurisdiction, subject to the right o review by or a peal to the Siipreme Coiu·t of the United States as in other cases augiorized by law, may