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_held_ an attempt to enlarge the judicial power restricted by article III, section 2, to cases and controversies. Muskrat _v._ United States and Brown and Gritts _v._ United States, 219 U.S. 346 (January 23, 1911). 40. Act of May 27, 1908 (35 Stat. 313, sec. 4). Provision making locally taxable "all land [of Indians of the Five Civilized Tribes] from which restrictions have been or shall be removed," _held_ a violation of the Fifth Amendment, in view of the Atoka Agreement, embodied in the Curtis Act of June 28, 1898, providing tax-exemption for allotted lands while title in original allottee, not exceeding 21 years. Choate _v._ Trapp, 224 U.S. 665 (May 13, 1912). 41. Act of August 19, 1911 (37 Stat. 28). A proviso in section 8 of the Federal Corrupt Practices Act fixing a maximum authorized expenditure by a candidate for Senator "in any campaign for his nomination and election," as applied to a primary election, _held_ not supported by article I, section 4, giving Congress power to regulate the manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives. Newberry _v._ United States, 256 U.S. 232 (May 2, 1921). 42. Act of June 18, 1912 (37 Stat. 136, sec. 8). Part of section 8 giving the Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia (proceeding upon information) concurrent jurisdiction of desertion cases (which were, by law, misdemeanors punishable by fine or imprisonment in the workhouse at hard labor for 1 year), _held_ invalid under the Fifth Amendment, which gives right to presentment by a grand jury in case of infamous crimes. United States _v._ Moreland, 258 U.S. 433 (April 17, 1922). 43. Act of March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. 988, part of par. 64). Provision of the District of Columbia Public Utility Commission Act authorizing appeal to the United States Supreme Court from decrees of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals modifying valuation decisions of the Utilities Commission, _held_ an attempt to extend the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court to cases not strictly judicial within the meaning of article III, section 2. Keller _v._ Potomac Electric Power Co. et al., 261 U.S. 428 (April 9, 1923). 44. Act of September 1, 1916 (39 Stat. 675, ch. 432, entire). The original Child Labor Law, providing "that no producer * * * shall ship * * * in interstate commerce * * * any article or commodity the product of any mill * * * in which within 30 days p
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