In the year 191516 there were 126 condemnation cases. "Again. habeas corpus proceedings in the District of Columbia may be heard before any of the six justices of the District Supreme Court. In the year 191516 there were 28 such proceedings. a considerable increase over the number existing 10 years ago. I "Likewise this court is the only court that may dispose of naturalization petitions in the District. These applications have increased from 4 in October. 1906. to an average of 25 each month at the present time. These cases go alternately to the justices of the two already overcrowded and overworked equity divisions. "As has already been said. the District Supreme Court is the only court that can exercise the most important and the most delicate jurisdiction in proceedings to control the heads of governmental departments and bureausin effect the Federal.
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