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 SIXTY—SEVEN TH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 303-306. 1922. 837 the consent in writing of the owners of all rivate property in square eighty-eight is first had and obtained; and) upon the closing of said sy3i?,§?f°"°° t° pm street between the limits named the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized to transfer the land contained in the bed of said street to the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, as a part of the park system of the District of Columbia. Approved, September 6, 1922. CHAP. 304.-An Act To amend an Act entitled "A11 Act to provide, in the interest of public health, comforts, morals, and safety, for the discontinuance of the use as Public, N°·@6-l dwellings of buildings situated in the alleys of the District of Columbia,’ ’ approved September 25, 1914. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re esentatives of the United _ _ States of America in Congress assembled, Tbiit the operation of the %§s.l$lF§1$y°§lu"{§‘ilL'§g second paragraph of section 1, relating to the use or occupation of gggwsd mm ·‘¤¤° M alle buildings as dwellings, of- the Act of Congress approved Se — V<iL38,p.717,amendtemlier 25, 1914, entitled "An Act to provide, in the interest of public °d{r,,1_ ,0, ,,_ 56,, health, comfort, morals, and safety, for the discontinuance of the use as dwellings of buildings situated in the alleys in the District of Columbia," be, and the same hereby is, postponed until June 1, 1923. Approved, September 6, 1922. _ _ _ September 14 19%. CHAP. 305.-An Act To amend the Judicial Code, m reference to appeals and wits of Bums [Public, N o. ZW.] Be it enacted theSenutean.dHousele4(fRe esentativeso theUn’ited yu - _ States of Amengilz in Congress assemb, Tlizt the Judicial Code is  hereby amepded by adding thereto a new section to be known as a1.°` ’p` ° ’°m°°d` section 238 a . "lf an appeal or writ of error has been or shall be taken to, or ,,,§,$P°"1S °‘ “"“s °‘ issued out o , any circuit court of a peals in a case wherein such b§:Sg,¢jt¤f,¤¤§¤¤¤¤¤1r alppeal or writ of error should have li)een taken to or issued out of com or iimfipiiix t e Supreme Court; or if an appeal or writ of error has been or shall §,,?,,*§)$§l;,';,‘;,,,l}°cf,§,‘?‘ be taken to, or issued out of, the Supreme Court in a case wherein such appeal or writ of error should have been taken to, or issued out of, a circuit court of appeals, such ap eal or writ of error shall not for such reason be dismissed, but shall) be transferred to the (proper court, which shall thereupon be possessed of the same an shall proceed to the determination thereof, with the same force and effect as if such appeal or writ of error had been duly taken to, or issued out of, the court to which it is so transferred/’ Approved, September 14, 1922. tember14,1922. CHAP. 306.-An Act For the appointment of an additional circuit judge for the Fourth Judicial Circuit, for the appointment of additional district judges for certain [Pubns N0-M1 districts, providing for an annual conference of certain judges, and for other purposes. Be it enacted b the Senate and House o Representatives of the United _ _ States of Ame:-tag in Congress assembled;fThat_ the President be, and ,,§,‘§,‘};$’°’°°“°·““‘°“°‘ he is hereby, authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and con- jugggggxjp sent of the Senate, the following number of district judges for the ignited States district lpoiirts in e districts specified in addition to t ose now authorized aw: E. .. For the district of Miissachusetts, two; for the eastern district of v¤i.as,;.°i6°§`v,ime¤£i- New York, one; for the southern district of New York, two; for the °°‘ district of New Jersey, one; for the eastern district of Pennsylvania,