Sec. 251. In any case in which the judg ment or decree of said court of appeals is made final by the section last preceding, it shall be competent for the supreme court of the United States to require, by certiorari or otherwise, any such case to be certified to it for its review and determination, with the same power and authority in the case as if it had been carried by writ of error or ap peal to said supreme court. It shall also be competent for said court of appeals, in any case in which its judgment or decree is made final under the section last preceding, at any time to certify to the supreme court of the United States any questions or propositions of law concerning which it desires the in struction of that court for their proper deci sion; and thereupon the,supreme court may either give its instruction on the questions and propositions certified to it, which shall be binding upon said court of appeals in such case, or it may require that the whole record and cause be sent up to it for its considera tion, and thereupon shall decide the whole matter in controversy in the same manner as if it had been brought there for review by writ of error or appeal.
Sec. 252. The ,court has appellate jurisdic tion from the courts of bankruptcy from which it has appellate jurisdiction in other cases, and has a like jurisdiction not within any organized circuit of the United States and from the supreme court of the District of Columbia. An appeal may be taken from any final decision of a court of appeals, al lowing or rejecting a claim in bankruptcy, under rules to be prescribed by the supreme court, in the following cases and no other: I. Where the amount in controversy ex ceeds $2,000 and the question involved is one which might have been taken ou appeal or writ of error from the highest court of a state to the supreme court.
2. Whore some justice of the supreme court shall certify that in his opinion the determin ation of the question involved in the allow ante or rejection of such claim is essential to the uniform construction of laws relating to bankruptcy. Controversies may be certi fied to the supreme court from other federal courts, and the supreme court may exercise jurisdiction thereof and may issue writs of certiorari.
Sec. 255. Any woman who shall have been a member of the bar of the highest court of any state or territory or of the court of ap peals of the District of Columbia for three years and maintained a good standing there, and shall be a person of good moral charac ter, shall be admitted to practice before the supreme court.
The Supreme Court may review a judg ment of the circuit court of appeals upon certiorari in a case where no appeal lies ; City & County of Denver v. New York Trust
Co., 229 U. S. 123, 33 Sup. Ct. 657, 57 ra. Ed. 1101.
Where the jurisdiction of the federal court of a suit brought by a trustee in bankruptcy rests in diverse citizenship alone, the judg ment of the circuit court of appeals is final. If, however, the petition also discloses as an additional ground of jurisdiction that the case arises under the laws of the United States, the judgment of the circuit court of appeals is not final, but can be reviewed by this court ; Lovell v. Newman, 227 U. S. 412, 33 Sup. Ct. 375, 57 L. Ed. 577. Whether the case is one arising under the laws of the United States must be determined upon the statements in the petition itself, and not up on questions subsequently arising in the prog ress of the case ; id; 'MacFadden v. U. S., 213 U. S. 288, 29 Sup. Ct. 490, 53 L. Ed. 801.
Provisions comnnon to more than one court. Sec. 256. The jurisdiction vested in the courts of the United States in the cases and proceedings hereinafter mentioned, shall be exclusive of the courts of the several states: 1. Of all crimes and offenses cognizable un der the authority of the United States.
2. Of all suits for penalties and forfeitures incurred under the laws of the United States.
3. Of all civil causes of admiralty and mar itime jurisdiction ; saving to suitors, in all cases, the right of a common-law remedy, where the common law is competent to give it.
4. Of all seizures under the laws of the United States, on land or on waters not with in admiralty and maritime jurisdiction ; of all prizes brought into the United States ; and of all proceedings for the condemnation of property taken as prize.
5. Of all cases arising under the patent right, or copyright laws of the United States.
6. Of all matters and proceedings in bank ruptcy.
7. Of all controversies of a civil nature, where a state is a party, except between a state and its citizens, or between a state and citizens of other states, or aliens.
8. Of all suits and proceedings against am bassadors, or other public ministers, or their domestics, or domestic servants, or against consuls or vice consuls.
Sec. 258. Judges appointed under the au thority of the United States are forbidden to exercise the profession of counsel or attor ney, or to be engaged in the practice of the law. Disobedience is made a high misde meanor.
Sec. 260. When any judge of any court of the United States, appointed to hold office during good behavior, resigns his office, aft er ten years of continuous service and having attained seventy years of age, he •shall re ceive during his natural life the salary which was payable at the time of his retirement.