rders issued thereunder, _held_ invalid as a grant of
legislative power.
Panama Refining Co. et al. _v._ Ryan et al. and Amazon
Petroleum Corp., et al. _v._ Ryan et al., 293 U.S. 388
(January 7, 1935).
65. Act of June 16, 1933 (48 Stat. 307, sec. 13).
Temporary reduction of 15 percent in retired pay of "judges (whose
compensation, prior to retirement or resignation, could not, under the
Constitution, have been diminished)", as applied to circuit or district
judges retired from active service, but still subject to perform
judicial duties under the act of March 1, 1929 (45 Stat. 1422), _held_ a
violation of the guaranty of judges' salaries under article III, section
1.
Booth _v._ United States (together with Amidon _v._ United
States), 291 U.S. 339 (February 5, 1934).
66. Act of April 27, 1934 (48 Stat. 646, sec. 6), amending section 5 (i)
of Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933.
Provision for conversion of State building and loan associations into
federal associations, upon vote of 51 percent of the votes cast at a
meeting of stockholders called to consider such action, _held_ an
encroachment on reserved powers of State.
Hopkins Federal Savings & Loan Association _v._ Cleary, 296
U.S. 315 (December 9, 1935).
67. Act of May 24, 1934 (48 Stat. 798, ch. 345).
Provision for readjustment of municipal indebtedness, _held_ invalid,
though "adequately related" to the bankruptcy power, as an interference
with State sovereignty.
Ashton _v._ Cameron County Water Improvement District No. 1,
298 U.S. 513 (May 25, 1936).
68. Act of June 27, 1934 (48 Stat. 1283, ch. 868 entire).
The Railroad Retirement Act, establishing a detailed compulsory
retirement system for employees of carriers subject to the Interstate
Commerce Act, _held_, not a regulation of commerce within the meaning of
article I, section 8, clause 3.
Railroad Retirement Board _v._ Alton R.R. et al., 295 U.S. 330
(May 6, 1935).
69. Act of June 28, 1934 (48 Stat. 1289, ch. 869).
The Frazier-Lemke Act, adding subsection (s) to section 75 of the
Bankruptcy Act, designed to preserve to mortgagors the ownership and
enjoyment of their farm property and providing specifically, in
paragraph 7, that a bankrupt left in possession has the option at any
time within 5 years of buying at the appraised value--subject meanwhile
to no monetary obligation other than payment of reasonable rental,
_held_ a viol
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