Chapter 5. To amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide a permanent system of highways in that part of the District of (Columbia lying outside of cities,” approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-three
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CHAP. 5.— An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide a permanent system of highways in that part of the District of (Columbia lying outside of cities,” approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-three.January 21, 1896. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,*District of Columbia.Permanent system of highways.Vol. 27. p. 537. That section seventeen of the Act approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, entitled “An Act to provide a permanent system of highways in that part of the District of Columbia lying outside of cities, ” be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:
Sec. 17. ThatCourt of appeals to decide law questions, appeals, etc. said court in special term may certify to the court of appeals of the District of Columbia for decision there, in the first instance, any question of law that shall arise during any proceedings in said court in special term under this Act. Any party aggrieved by the final order or decree of said court in special term fixing the amountFIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 5–7. 1896.3 of damages, or the assessment for benefits as to any parcel of land, may take an appeal to said court of appeals, and shall be entitled to a bill of exceptions as in civil cases triable by jury, and said court of appeals may affirm, reverse, or modify the order or decree appealed from: *Provided,* That said court of appeals shall*Provisos.*Limitation.Appeals from final judgments. consider only questions of law arising on such appeal.
From a final judgment of said court in special term under this Act, distributing the damages among contending claimants, any party aggrieved may in like manner take an appeal to the court of appeals, which court in such cases shall consider both questions of law and fact. Any appeal under this Act to the court of appeals shall be taken within twenty days after the making of the final order or decree appealed from, and not afterwards, and shall be subject to the laws and rules of court regulating appeals to said court of appeals.
Gases arising under this Act shall have precedence in said court over all other cases, except criminal cases, and the decision of said court of appeals upon any question arising under this Act shall be final: *Provided,* That from any judgment or order of saidAppeals to Supremo Court. court of appeals involving any question as to the constitutionality of this Act or of any part thereof, any party aggrieved may, within thirty days after such judgment or order shall be entered, appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States.
Said court shall determine onlyJurisdiction. the questions of constitutionality involved in the case, and shall have power to make such special rules and regulations applying to appeals under this Act as may be proper to bring such cases to a speedy hearing and determination. Approved, January 21, 1896. Chapter 6: For improving Aransas Pass. 29 Stat. 3 1896-01-21 Chapter 6 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
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