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vided, shall immediately upon the organization of the Courts created by this Act be transferred to such new Courts having jurisdiction of like cases, be entered upon the dockets thereof, and proceed as if they had originally been brought therein, whereupon all the existing Courts, except the Supreme Court of the Canal Zone, shall cease to exist. The President may continue the Supreme Court of the Canal Zone and retain the Judges thereof in office for such time as to him may seem necessary to determine finally any causes and proceedings which may be pending therein. All laws of the Canal Zone imposing duties upon the Clerks or ministerial officers of existing Courts shall apply and impose such duties upon the Clerks and ministerial officers of the new Courts created by this Act having jurisdiction of like cases, matters, and duties. All existing laws in the Canal Zone governing practice and procedure in existing Courts shall be applicable and adapted to the practice and. procedure in the new Courts. The Circuit Court of Appeals of the Fifth Circuit of the United States shall have jurisdiction to review, revise, modify, reverse, or affirm the final judgments and decrees of the District Court of the Canal Zone, and to render such judgments as in the opinion of the said Appellate Court should have been rendered by the trial Court in all actions and proceedings in which the constitution, or any statute, treaty, title, right, or privilege of the United States is involved and a right thereunder denied, and in cases in which the value in controversy exceeds 1,000 dollars, to be ascertained by the oath of either party, or by other competent evidence, and also in criminal causes wherein the offence charged is punishable as a felony. And such appellate jurisdiction, subject to the right of review by or appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States as in other cases authorized by law, may be exercised by said Circuit Court of Appeals in the same manner, under the same regulations, and by the same procedure as nearly as practicable as is done in reviewing the final judgments and decrees of the District Courts of the United States. Sec. 10. That after the Panama Canal shall have been completed and opened for operation the Governor of the Panama Canal shall have the right to make such rules and regulations, subject to the approval of the President, touching the right of any person to remain upon or pass over any part of the Canal Zone as may be necessary. Any person violating any of such rules or regulations shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and on conviction in the District Court of the Canal Zone shall be punished by a fine not exceeding 500 dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding a year, or both, in the discretion of the Court. It shall be unlawful for any person, by any means or in any way, to injure or obstruct, or attempt to injure or obstruct, any part of the Panama Canal, or the locks thereof, or the approaches thereto. Any person violating this provision shall be guilty of a felony, and on conviction in the District Court of the Canal Zone shall be punished by a fine not exceeding 10,000 dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding twenty years, or both, in the discretion of the Court. If the act shall cause the death of any person within a year and a day. thereafter, the person so convicted shall be guilty of murder and shall be punished accordingly. Sec. 11. That section 5 of the Act to regulate commerce, approved the 4th February, 1887, as heretofore amended, is hereby amended by adding thereto a new paragraph at the end thereof, as follows :— . " From and after the Ist day of July, 1914, it shall be unlawful for any railroad company or other common carrier subject to the Act to regulate commerce, to own, lease, operate, control, or have any interest whatsoever (by stock ownership or otherwise, either directly, indirectly, through any holding company, or by stockholders or directors in common, or in any other manner) in any common carrier by water operated through the Panama Canal or elsewhere with which said railroad or other carrier aforesaid does or may compete for traffic, or any vessel carrying freight or passengers upon said water route or elsewhere with which said railroad or other carrier aforesaid does or may compete for traffic; and in case of the violation of this provision each day in which such violation continues shall be deemed a separate offence." Jurisdiction is hereby conferred on the Inter-State Commerce Commission to determine questions of fact as to the competition or possibility of competition, after full hearing, on the application of any railroad company or other carrier. Such application may be filed for the purpose of determining whether any existing service is in violation of this section, and pray for an order permitting the continuance of any vessel or vessels already in operation, or for the purpose of asking an order to install new service not in conflict with the provisions of this paragraph. The Commission may on its own motion or the application of any shipper institute proceedings to inquire into the operation of any vessel in use by any railroad or other carrier which has not applied to the Commission and had the question of competition or the possibility of competition determined as herein provided. In all such cases the order of said Commission shall be final. If the Inter-State Commerce Commission shall be of the opinion that any such existing specified service by water other than through the Panama Canal is being operated in' the interest of the public, and is of advantage to the convenience and commerce of the people, and that such extension will neither exclude, prevent, nor reduce competition on the route by water under consideration, the Inter-State Commerce Commission may, by order, extend the time during which such service by water may continue to be operated beyond the Ist July, 1914. In every case of such extension the rates, schedules, and practices of such water carrier shall be filed with the Inter-State Commerce Commission, and shall be subject to the Act to regulate commerce and all amendments thereto in the same manner and to the same extent as is the railroad or other common carrier controlling such water carrier or interested in any manner in its operation : Provided any application for extension under the terms of this provision filed with the Inter-State Commerce Commission prior to the Ist July, 1914, but for any reason not heard and disposed of before said date, may be considered and granted thereafter. No vessel permitted to engage in the coastwise or foreign trade of the United States shall be permitted to enter or pass through said canal if such ship is owned, chartered, operated, or