not ready to start on her voyage by reason of not having completed loading. Dr. CARLOS MAYER, for Libellant. Dr. CARLOS G. BOLLAERT, for Respondent. Reported in Gaceta del Foro, January 23, 1925, at page 146. LA MASCOTA. JOSE MIGLIANELLI ET AL., Libellants, 08. LEO LEHMANN, Respondent. District Court, City of Buenos Aires, November 20, 1924. CHARTER—11. Requisites-AFFREIGHTMENT-11. Formation of Contract. A contract of affreightment of a vessel, in whole or in part, must be evidenced in writing. Reported in Gaceta del Foro, January 25, 1925 at page 162. 1925 A. M. C. TREATY. CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND PANAMA FOR THE PREVENTION OF SMUGGLING OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS. Signed at Washington, June 6, 1924. Ratification Advised by the Senate, December 10, 1924. Ratified by the President, January 15, 1925. Ratified by Panama, December 30, 1924. Ratifications Exchanged at Washington, January 19, 1925. The English text of the Panama treaty follows word for word the text of the Norwegian Treaty of July 2, 1924, printed at 1924 A. M. C. 1556, with the exception of the material there mentioned in the footnotes, and of Article II, paragraph (3). The footnote corrections are as follows: Note 1. Panama: The President of Panama agrees that Panama, etc. Note 2. Panama: Panaman flag. Note 3. Panama: Panaman vessel. Article II, paragraph (3), reads as follows: ARTICLE II. (3) The rights conferred by this article shall not be exercised at a greater distance from the coast of the United States its territories or possessions than can be traversed in one hour by the vessel suspected of endeavoring to commit the offense, and shall not be exercised in waters adjacent to territorial waters of the Canal Zone. In cases, however, in which the liquor is intended to be conveyed to the United States its territories or possessions by a vessel other than the one boarded and searched, it shall be the speed of such other vessel and not the speed of the vessel boarded, which shall determine the distance from the coast at which the right under this article can be exercised. LEGISLATION. INTERLOCUTORY APPEALS ACT Repealed FROM MAY 13, 1925. The Act of February 7, 1925, amending Judicial Code § 128, to permit appeals from interlocutory decrees in Admiralty, appears to have been inadvertently repealed by the Court Act of February 13, 1925, which takes effect on May 13, 1925. The text of the Interlocutory Appeals Act has been printed in 1925 A. M. C. (February) p. xxxix, and 1925 A. M. C. (March) 436, where appropriate notations should be made. The text of the Court Act, being of general interest to Admiralty proctors, is printed herewith. ACT AMENDING THE JUDICIAL CODE. JURISDICTION OF SUPREME COURT AND CIRCUIT COURTS OF APPEALS. Act of Congress, February 13, 1925. An Act to amend the Judicial Code, and to further define the Jurisdiction of the Circuit Courts of Appeals and of the Supreme Court and for other purposes.* Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That sections 128, 129, 237, 238, 239, and 240 of the Judicial Code as now existing be, and they are severally, amended and reenacted to read as follows: CIRCUIT COURTS OF APPEALS-APPELLATE JURISDICTION-FINAL DECISIONS "SEC. 128. (a) The circuit courts of appeals shall have appellate jurisdiction to review by appeal or writ of error final decisions: DISTRICT COURTS "First. In the district courts, in all cases, save where a direct review of the decision may be had in the Supreme Court under section 238. *Sub-headings by Editor. HAWAII & PORTO RICO-U. S. COURTS 1925 A. M. C. "Second. In the United States district courts for Hawaii and for Porto Rico in all cases. ALASKA, VIRGIN ISLANDS & CANAL ZONE "Third. In the district courts for Alaska or any division thereof, for the Virgin Islands, and for the Canal Zone, in all cases, civil or criminal, wherein the Constitution, or a statute or treaty of the United States, or an authority exercised thereunder is involved; in all other civil cases wherein the value in controversy, exclusive of interest and costs, exceeds $1,000; in all other criminal cases where the offense charged is punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year or by death, and in all habeas corpus proceedings. HAWAII & PORTO RICO, SUPREME COURTS "Fourth. In the supreme courts of the Territory of Hawaii and of Porto Rico, in all cases, civil or criminal, wherein the Constitution, or a statute or treaty of the United States, or an authority exercised thereunder is involved; in all other civil cases wherein the value in controversy, exclusive of interest and costs, exceeds $5,000, and in all habeas corpus proceedings. CHINA 66 Fifth. In the United States Court for China, in all cases. INTERLOCUTORY DECREES "(b) The circuit courts of appeals shall also have appellate jurisdiction: DISTRICT COURTS-8 129 "First. To review the interlocutory orders or decrees of the district courts which are specified in section 129. INTERSTATE RAILWAY EMPLOYEES ARBITRATION CASES "Second. To review decisions of the district courts sustaining or overruling exceptions to awards in arbitrations, as provided in section. 8 of An Act providing for mediation, conciliation, and arbitration in controversies between certain employers and their employees,' approved July 15, 1913. BANKRUPTCY "(c) The circuit courts of appeals shall also have an appellate and supervisory jurisdiction under sections 24 and 25 of the Bank ruptcy Act of July 1, 1898, over all proceedings, controversies, and cases had or brought in the district courts under that Act or any of its amendments, and shall exercise the same in the manner prescribed in those sections; and the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in this regard shall cover the courts of bankruptcy in Alaska and Hawaii, and that of the Circuit Court of Appeals for the First Circuit shall cover the court of bankruptcy in Porto Rico. APPEALS WHERE HEARD "(d) The review under this section shall be in the following circuit courts of appeals: The decisions of a district court of the United States within a State in the circuit court of appeals for the circuit embracing such State; those of the district court of Alaska or any division thereof, the United States district court and the Supreme Court of Hawaii, and the United States Court for China, in the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; those of the United States district court and the Supreme Court of Porto Rico in the Circuit Court of Appeals for the First Circuit; those of the district court of the Virgin Islands in the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit; and, those of the district court of the Canal Zone in the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION, FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD "(e) The circuit courts of appeals are further empowered to enforce, set aside, or modify orders of the Federal Trade Commission, as provided in section 5 of 'An Act to create a Federal Trade Commission, to define its powers and duties, and for other purposes,' approved September 26, 1914; and orders of the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Federal Reserve Board, and the Federal Trade Commission, as provided in section 11 of 'An Act to supplement existing laws against unlawful restraints and monopolies, and for other purposes,' approved October 15, 1914. APPEALS FROM INTERLOCUTORY DECREES "SEC. 129. Where, upon a hearing in a district court, or by a judge thereof in vacation, an injunction is granted, continued, modified, refused, or dissolved by an interlocutory order or decree, or an application to dissolve or modify an injunction is refused, or an inter |