Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 84 Part 1.djvu/535

 84 STAT. ]

PUBLIC LAW 91-358-JULY 29, 1970

477

" (A) which is brought under chapter 29 of title 16 (relating D^^'code^ieto partition and assignment of dower); 2901 to 16-2925. " (B) which would have been within the jurisdiction of the Orphans Court of Washington County, District of Columbia, before June 21, 1870; " (C) relating to the execution or validity of wills devising real property within the District of Columbia, and of wills and testaments properly presented for probate in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, and the admission to probate and recording of those wills; " (D) relating to the proof of wills of either personal or real property and the revocation of probate of wills for cause; " (E) involving the granting and revocation for cause of letters testamentary, letters of administration, letters ad colligendum and letters of guardianship, and the appointment of successors to persons whose letters have been revoked. " (F) involving the hearing, examination, and issuance of decrees upon accounts, claims, and demands existing between executors or administrators and legatees or persons entitled to a distributive share of an intestate estate, or between wards and their guardians; " (G) involving the enforcement of the rendition of inventories and accounts by executors, administrators, collectors, guardians, and trustees required to account to the court, " (H) involving the enforcement of distribution of estates by executors and administrators and the payment or delivery by guardians of money or property belonging to their wards; or " (I) otherwise within the probate jurisdiction of the court on the day before such effective date. "(4) Any civil action (other than a matter over which the Superior Court of the District of Columbia has jurisdiction under paragraph (3) or (4) of section 11-921 (a)) begun in the court during the thirtymonth period beginning on such effective date wherein the amount in controversy exceeds $50,000. "§ 11-502. Criminal jurisdiction "In addition to its jurisdiction as a United States district court and any other jurisdiction conferred on it by law, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia has jurisdiction of the following: "(1) Any criminal case begun in the court by the return of an indictment or the filing of an information before the effective date of the District of Columbia Court Reorganization Act of 1970. "(2) Any criminal case which is begun in the court by the return of an indictment or the filing of an information during the eighteenmonth period beginning on such effective date and which— " (A) involves a violation of any one of the following sections of the Act entitled 'An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia', approved March 3, 1901: " (i) section 809 (D.C. Code, sec. 22-201) (relating to 67 Stat. 93. abortion), "(ii) section 803 (D.C. Code, sec. 22-501) (relating to 3i Stat. 1321. assault with intent to kill, rob, rape, or poison), "(iii) section 823(a) (D.C. Code, sec. 22-1801 (a)) (relat- si Stat. 735. ing to burglarv in the first degree), "(iv) section 812 (D.C. Code, sec. 22-2101) (relating to 47 Stat. sss. kidnaping), " (v) sections 798 through 802 (D.C. Code, sees, 22-2401 through 22-2405) (relating to murder and manslaughter), 3iJtft^\"32Y' 76 s t a t. 46.

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