Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 42 Part 1.djvu/1035

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SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 370. 1922. 1007 be exercised by said Circuit Court of Appeals in the same manner, under the same regulations, and by the same rocedure as nearly as practicable as is done in revie the final judigments and decrees _ of the district co1u·ts of the United States. Cases pending in the NEB °”°” ”°° said Circuit Court of Appeals at the time of the ass e of this Act shall not be affected hereby, but the same shallpbe of as though this Act had not been enacted. " (c) That it shall not be necessary in the district court of the Canal aaE1$1di§·1g5iig»?riiie£°ixSg Zone to exercise separately the law and equity jurisdiction vested in °"“"”"'·°"· said court; and the code of civil rocedure of the Canal Zone and the rules of practice adoglted in saidp zone, in so far as they authorize a blendingxpf said juris `ctions in cases at law and in equity, are hereby

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see. 4. rm section 288 of the rama code of the cmi zone is m§n°i;;l1 °°"° ’“““""‘ hereby amended to read as follows: P .1 H . MSec. 288. A person who engages in, instigates, aids, _6¤<>01¤‘8·g9S, fiehdnsmvcil mmm or does any act to further a iight commonly called a ring or prize iight, or who engages in a public or private s arring exhibition, with or without gloves, within the Canal Zone, who sends or ublishes a pihilllenge or acceptance of a challenge for such an e£il?tion og t, or trains or assists an erson in training or re arin or suc ag exhibition or fight, shall bd) guilty of a felony, anld ulpon gonviction shall be fined not more than $5,000, or be imprisoned m the eniten- P . tiary not more than three years or both: Prmrided, however, 'Fhat the Nogdzggiguugspie tp provisions of this section shall not a ply to voluntary boxing or spar- {‘,}*§‘,,,,,’,,,c_ g“]“' ring exhibitions conducted under rules and regulations to be promulgated by the President of the United States, or b the governor of ghe Panama Canal Zone by authority of the President of the United tates. Sec. 5. That section 289 of the Penal Code of the Canal Zone is hereby amended to read as follows: at 3 mo " Sec. 289. That every person willfully present as a spectator at any mt, 8 mmmlm, exhibition or iight prohibited in the preceding section is guilty of a mis emeanor. Sec. 6. That section 342 of the Penal Code of the Canal Zone, as amended by the Executive order of March 13, 1907, is hereby amended to read as ollowsz Gmdmm cms f"lSec.u342. That grand larceny is larceny committed in either oa¤¤s¤¤a¤§¤¤¢m.` o thefo owing cases: " 1. When the property taken is of the value of $50 or more; " 2. When the property is taken from the person of another; " 3. When the property taken is a horse, mare, gelding, cow, steer, bull, calf, mu e, jack or jenny." Sec. 7. That section 368 of the Penal Code of the Canal Zone is hereby amended to read as follows: Embmlm t m_ " Sec. 368. That every person guilty of embezzlement is punish- mma as reinmiiriisiy able in the manner prescribed for feloniously stealing property of “°"°““*P'°P°"‘Y· the value of that embezzled, and where the property embezzled is an evidence of debt or right of action, the sum due ujpon it or evidenced to be paid by it shall be taken as its true value.' Sec. 8. That section 343 of the Penal Code of the Canal Zone is hereby amended to read as follows: Pmtmmy "Si·;cv. 343. That larceny in other cases is petit larceny, and is Pnnishmmt.- punishable by imprisonment in jail for a term not to exceed thirty days or by a line of not to exceed $100, or by both such fine and im risonment} Sec. 9. That section 461 of the Penal Code of the Canal Zone is hereby arqpnded by adding thereto a clause numbered seventeenth to read as fo ows: "Seventeenth. That whenever any ro ert or interest is intended P{:,P°"’ °‘ “f“@‘§ to be protected by a provision of this Ipenal, Code and the general <i1iid¤<i 6¤;1¤1 term ‘person’ or any other general term is used to designate the m, °’ ” ° °