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 72d CONG RESS. SESS. II. CHS. 110,113 . FEBRUARY 21, 23, 1933. 901 writ, the proceedings may be begun and proceeded with de novo before the district judge or district court upon the return of the district judge ." SEc. 117 . That section 427 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for the Canal Zone is hereby amended to read as follows : "SEC. 427. When the property is delivered to a court, judge, or a Stolen, etc., prop magistrate, he must, if it was stolen or embezzled, dispose of it as Disposition of. provided in sections 376 to 381, inclusive. If it was taken on a warrant issued on the grounds stated in the second and third sub- divisions of section 415, he must retain it in his possession, subject to the order of the court to which he is required to return the pro- ceedings before him, or of any other court in which the offense m respect to which the property taken is triable ." SEc. 118 . That section 447 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for the Canal Zone is hereby amended to read as follows : "SEC. 447. In case in any penal institution there should not be Transferotpriscnets t sufficient room for the prisoners confined therein, or, in the cases of women prisoners or of prisoners under eighteen years of age, if the governor determines that the public welfare will best be subserved by their imprisonment elsewhere than at Gamboa, they shall be transferred to such penal institutions within the Canal Zone as the governor may designate. " This transfer, however, will not aggravate or affect in any way the condition of the prisoners, who will serve in accordance with the penalty to which they have been sentenced ." Sac. 119. That the following sections of the Code of Criminal Pro- sections repealed cedure for the Canal Zone be, and they are hereby, repealed : Sections 13, 29, 39, 42 1 54, 55, 56, 6 5, 68, 69, 91, 95, 98, 99, 100, 102 104, 106, 120, 121, 130, 132, 152, 203, 211, 238 240, 298, 299, 300, and 301. That the Executive order of July 28 1925, prescribing rules of order, No. e~u9B practice and procedure for the District 6ourt of the Canal Zone, be, and it is hereby, repealed. SEc. 120. This Act shall apply to criminal actions and proceedings Applic abili ty of Act. from the time it takes effect except that all such actions and proceed- ings theretofore commenced shall be conducted in the same manner as if this Act had not been passed. Approved, February 21, 1933. [CH APTER 113.1 AN ACT February 23,1933. Authorizing the acceptance of title to sites for public building projects subject ]pu (R . 55858.38r.] to the reservation of ore and mineral rights . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That title to sites Publ ic Acceptance building of sites, e, and additional land for the construction thereon of public building subject projects authorized by the Emergency Relief and Construction Act Ante,p.72$amended. of 1932 and subsequent Acts, may be acquired subject to the reserva- tion of title in and the right to mine ores and minerals on such sites and land. Approved, February 23, 1933.