SIXTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 231. 1911. 1143 attempted to be practiced by claimants- and other defenses, in like manner as he is required to efend the United §tatesin said court. Sec. 186. No person shall be excluded as a witness m the Court of c,,‘§,§{,*°*S,§§,ca’},‘;f, mg; Claims on account of color, because he or she 18 a party to or mter— wggcjjnwrsgir. _ _ ested in the cause or proceeding; and any plamtiif or party in mterest "' ’ · may be examined as a witness on the part of the Government. , Sec. 187. Reports of the Court of laims to Congress, under sec- ,,0§§1§{,'_;‘g,*,j’,,§§‘}“,§'$ tions one hundred and forty-eight and one hundred and fifty-one, upon. . . . . Vol. 22, p. 486. 1f not finally acted upon during the session at wh1ch they are reported, Am, pp. 11:27, mg. shall be continued from session to session and from Congress to Congress until the same shall be finally acted upon. Cnarrsn Erorrr. c*‘“P'*"“· mn oomrr or ousiroms Arrnsrs. A,§’,§§,ffS_ °‘ °“"*°‘“' Soc. see 188. Court of Customs Appeals; appoint- 195. Final decisions of Board oi General ment and salary of judges; quorum; Appraisers to be reviewed only by circuit and district judges may act Customs Court. in place of judge disqualified, etc. 196. Other courts deprived of jurisdiction 189. Court to be always open forbusiness; in customs cases; pending cases terms may be hel in anycircuit; excepted. when expenses of judges to be 197. Transfer to Customs Court of pendpaid. ~ ing cases; completion of testimony. 190. Marshal of the court; appointment, 198. Appeals from Board of General A · salary, and duties. praisers; time within which to g 191. Clerk of the court; appointment, taken; record to be transmitted to salary, and duties. customs court. 192. Amistant clerk, stenographic clerks, 199. Records filed in Customs Court to be andreporter; appointment, salary, at once placed on calendar; cal- . and duties. _ endar to ecalled everysixtydays. 193. Rooms for holding court to be provided; bailiffs and messengers. 194. To be a court of record; to prescribe form and style of seal, and establish rules and regulations; may aiiirm, modify, or reverse and re- ‘ mand case, etc. Sec. 188. There shall be a United §tatcs Court of Customs Appeals, ,"’,fQ\;j;¤;jy{r<;{g·,;_§{,jQ‘; which shall consist of a preesiding judge end_ four associate judges,1¤»·m··¤.»un»¤¤·. each of whom shall be appointed by the President, by and with the """· "‘ '°°‘ advice and consent of the Senate, and shall receive a salary of seven thousand dollars a year. The presiding judge shall be so designated rmssmgjmxge. in the order of appointment and in the commission issued to him by the President; and the associate judges shall have precedence according to the date of their commissions. Any three members of Quorum. said court shall constitute a quorum, and the concmrence of three members shall be necessary to any decisiorrthereof. ln case of a ggggqqics. M_ vacancy or of the temporary inab1lity or disqualification, for any p_101_l(’ °ws’ 5 ml" reason, of one or two of the judges of said court, the President may, upon the request of the presiding judge of smd court, designate any qualified United States circuit_or district judge or judges to act in his or their place; and such circuit or district judges shall be duly qualified to so act. Sec. 189. The said Court of Customs Appeals shall always be open §*g;s¤*;¤<>p¤¤ji_ for the transaction of business, and sessions thereof may, in the is- emicididriii ° sw cretion of the court, be held in the several judicial circuits, and at such places as said court may from_time to time designate. Any judge Allowance rtf Wl\0. IH pursuance of the provisions of this chapter, Shall gftgnd 3, tr¤rs1.ew-mxpenses. session o said court at any place other than the city of Vilashington, shall be paid, upon his written and itemized certificate, by the marshal of the district in which the court shall be held, his actual and necessary expenses incurred for travel and attendance, and the
