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 286 FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. IL Ch. 243. 1880. Pmoho. of the Treasury: Provided, That no payment shall be made except upon the presentation to the Secretary of the Treasury of a copy_of‘ sand judgment certified by the clerk of the Court of Claims, and Slgiléd by the chief justice, or, in his absence, by the presiding judge of said court. SEO. 6. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to demand , of the sinking-fund commissioner of the District of Columb1a so many of the three sixty-five bonds authorized by act of Congress approved 187*% °h· 337» June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-fou.r, and acts amends,- §,“‘"‘> 18’ I? of tory thereof as may be necessary for the payment of the judgments; and _i,id°“gy,:`,,°DHis in said sinking-fund commissioner is hereby directed to 1ssue and deliver tnre e - sixty-Eve to the Secretary of the Treasury the amount of three sixty-five bonds l>°¤d¤· required to satisfy the judgments; which bonds shall be rece1ved._by said claimants at par in payment of such judgments, and shall bear date August first, eighteen hundred and seventyifour, and mature at the Proviao. same time as other bonds of this issue: Provided, That before the delivery of such bonds as are issued in payment of judgments rendered as aforesaid on the claims aforesaid, the coupons shall be detached therefrom from the date of said bonds to the day upon which such claims were due and payable; and the gross amount of such bonds heretofore ‘ and hereafter issued shall not exceed in the aggregate fifteen millions I’o·ov·iso. of dollars: Provided, The bonds issued by authority of this act shall be of no ·more binding force as to their payment on the Government of the 1e74,c1i. 337, United States than the three sixtyfdve bonds issued under authority of Smte 1*% l20· the act of June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four. . Prosecution. Sec. 7. In all cases prosecuted under the provisions of this act it shall be the duty of the claimant, after the commencement of said actions, to Jviuder of issue prosecute them in said court diligently; and after any issue of law or of °f,}.‘xQ';i°;ff?i;;B fact shall be joined in any ease, the Attorney»General shall have power Dismissal i-,, i to place the same on the trial calendar of said court for trial; and in all went or diligent cases when any case has been reached in its order on the calendar, and 1>¤<>¤*=<=¤ti<>¤· the trial thereof has been unreasonably delayed by the claimant, the " said court may, on motion of the Attorney General, on notice to the claimant, or his counsel, attorney, or solicitor, dismiss said claim; and such dismissal or final judgment on any claim shall be a conclusive bar against any further prosecution of such claim before any court or tribunal whatsoever. The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay, according to the provisions of this act, the said judgments from time to time as they may be presented. Claims rejected Sue. 8. No claim shall be presented to, or considered by the Court of by ,*1*** l°°°'d of Claims under the provisions of this act which was rejected by the Board audit excepted. of Audit. _ Redemption or Sec. 9. That the Treasurer of the United States as ex-oihcio sinking i’)*;*::g°*;*;° af fs: fund commissioner of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized and authorized_ directed to redeem the outstanding certificates of the late Board of Audit, created by the act approved June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, with the interest accrued on said certificates by is; suing and delivering to the owners or holders of such certificates, bonds of the District of Columbia as provided in section seven of the act ap- 1874, ch. 337, proved June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, entitled Shit-: 18: 120- "An act for the government of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes", and acts amendatory thereof, said bonds to bear the same date, same rate of interest, and interest and principal be payable at same time, and subject to all the conditions, pledges of faith, and exemptions as the bonds authorized to be issued by the said seventh section of said act, and shall be signed by the said treasurer as ex officio sinking-fund commissioner of the District of Columbia, and numbered, countersigned, sealed and registered as the said seventh section of said act prescribes dgttaclnng all coupons from said bonds up to the date of such certifies. P¢¤d¥¤ _¤¤i¤¤ Sec. 10. No suit now pending for the collection of an claim based
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