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 272 Time limit. Bail. Proviso. Jurisdiction. Rules of practice and procedure. Judicial Code, amendment. 36 Stat. 1133. Review of decisions and judgments. PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 295, 296-MAY 9, 1942 [56 STAT. "From a decision arresting a judgment of conviction except where a direct appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States is provided by this Act. "The appeal in all such cases shall be taken within thirty days after the decision or judgment has been rendered and shall be diligently prosecuted. "Pending the prosecution and determination of the appeal in the foregoing instances, the defendant shall be admitted to bail on his own recognizance: Provided, That if an appeal shall be taken pur- suant to this Act to the Supreme Court of the United States which, in the opinion of that Court, should have been taken to a circuit court of appeals, or the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, the Supreme Court of the United States shall remand the cause to the circuit court of appeals or the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, as the case may be, which shall then have jurisdiction to hear and determine the same as if the appeal had been taken to that court in the first instance; and if an appeal shall be taken pursuant to this section to any circuit court of appeals or to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, which, in the opinion of such court, should have been taken directly to the Supreme Court of the United States, such court shall certify the case to the Supreme Court of the United States, which shall thereupon have jurisdiction to hear and deter- mine the cause to the same extent as if an appeal had been taken directly to that Court. "Rules of practice and procedure with respect to appeals author- ized by this Act shall be prescribed by the Supreme Court of the United States in accordance with the provisions of the Act of June 29, 1940 (54 Stat. 688, U. S . C., title 18, sec. 687)." SEC. 2. That section 128 of the Judicial Code, as amended (U. S . C ., title 28, sec. 225), be, and the same is hereby, further amended by adding at the end thereof the following paragraph: "(f) The circuit courts of appeals, including the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, are further empow- ered to review decisions and judgments of the district courts in criminal cases on appeals taken by the United States in cases where such appeals are permitted by law. Approved, May 9, 1942. [CHAPTER 296] AN ACT May 9, 1942 [S. 673] Authorizing the conveyance to Sandoval County, New Mexico, of the public land [Public Law 5441 comprising part of the site of the county courthouse. Sandoval County, N. Mex. Conveyance to. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to convey to the County of Sandoval, New Mexico, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the tract of public land (including any improve- ments thereon) containing approximately one and two-tenths acres, located in lot 17, section 31, township 13 north, range 4 east, New Mexico principal meridian, used as part of the site of the court- house and courthouse grounds at Bernalillo, New Mexico. The con- veyance of such land shall be made upon payment therefor by the county of the appraised value thereof, exclusive of improvements, but not less than $1.25 per acre. Approved, May 9, 1942.

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