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Sec. 8. That there shall be in the Canal Zone one district
court with two divisions, one including Balboa and the other
including Cristobal; and one district judge of the said district,
who shall hold his court in both divisions at such time as he may
designate by order, at least once a month in each division. The
rules of practice in such district court shall be prescribed. or
amended by order of the President. The said district court sha
have original jurisdiction of all felony cases, of offenses arising
under section ten of this Act, all causes in equity; admiralty and
all cases at law involving principal sums exceeding three un ie ^
dollars and all appeals from judgments rendered in magistrates
courts. The jurisdiction in admiralty herein conferred upon the
district judge and the district court shall be the same that is
exercised by the United States district judges and the United
States district courts, and the precedure and practice shall also be
the same. The district court or...”
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