SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 231. 1911. 1135 Sec. 135_. appeals, and write of error, and other cases, coming c,8·‘§,’P°°{§6Q{,‘§,’},'Q,f""'g; from the district court for the district of Alaska to the circuit court 0 Ssgtheés 585 appeals for the nmth circuit _ shall be entered umn the docket and °‘ ’p‘ heard at San_ Francisco, California, or at Port d, Oregon, or_at Seattle, Washmgton as the tnal court before whom the_case was tried below shall iix and determine: Provided, That at any time before the f,’g“'f€',;;m D, omg hearmglof any appeal,_ writ of error, or other case, the parties thereto, new throng their respective attorneys, may stipulate at which of the above·named places the same shall be heard m which case the case shall be remitted to and entered upon the doclret at the place so stipulated and shall be heard there. Cnarrnn Snvmr. °**¤P'*°*’· THE COURT OF CLAIMS. Gcurtofvlsimssee. sea. 136. Appointment, oath, and salary of 160. Petition dismissed, when. judges. 161. Burden of proof and evidence as to 137. Seal. loyalty. 138. Semion; guoruin. 162. Claims for dproceeds arising from sales 139. Omcers 0 the court. of aban oned property. 140. Salaries of officers. 163. Commissioners to take testimony. 141. Clerk’s bond. 164. Power to call upon departments for , 142. Contingent fund. infomation. 143. Reports to Congress; copies for de- 165. When testimonty notto be taken. partments, etc. 166. Examination o claimant. 144. Members of Congress not to practice 167; Testimony; where taken. in theeourt. 168. Witnases before commisioners. 145. Jurisdiction. _ 169. Crum-examinations. Par. 1. Claims against the United 170. Witnesses; how sworn. . States. 171. Fees of commimioners, by whom 2. Set-offs. paid. 3. Disbursing officers. 172. Claims forfeited for fraud. 146. Judgments for set·off or counter- 173. Claims under act of June 16, 1874. claims; how enforced. 174. New trial on motion of claimant. 147. Decree on accounts of disbursing of- 175. New trial on motion of United States. iicers. 176. Cost of printing record. 148. Claims referred by departments. 177. No interest on claims. 149. Procedure in cases transmitted by 178. Effect of dpayment of judgment. departments. 179. Final ju gments a bar. 150. Judgments in cases transmitted by 180. Debtors to the United States may departments; how paid. have amount due ascertained. 151. Either House of Congress may refer 181. Appeals. certain claims to court. 182. Appeals in Indian cases. 152. Costs may be allowed prevailing { 183. Attorney General ’s report to Conremv- . . sms . 153. Claims growing out of treaties not 184. Loyalty a jurisdictional fact in cer— cognizable therein. tain cases. 154. Claims pending in other courts. 185. Attorney General to appear for the 155. Aliens. defense. 156. All claims to be filed within six 186. Persons not to be excluded as wit~ years; exceptions. nesses on account of color or be~' 157. Rules of practice; may punish con- cause of interest; plaintiff may be tempts. I witness for Government. 158. Oaths and acknowledgments. _ 187. Reports of court to Congress. 159. Petitions and verihcation. 1 °SEc. 136. The Court of Claims, established by the Act of Februagy ,f§{*§§;°°j‘¤‘,¥ Q5; twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, shall be continu . iugges. It shall consist o a chief justice and four judges, who shall be aps S"°°°‘l°”""1°’° pointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and hold theiroflices during good behavior. Each of them shall om]. take an oath to support the Conshtution of the United States, and to discharge faithfully the duties of his office. The chief (justice shall be Sek-¤*°¤~ entitled to receive an annual salary of six thousan five hundred dollars, and each of the other judves an annual salary of six thousand dollars, payable monthly, from the Treasury. l
