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 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 359. 1887. 5'D7 Sec. 9. That tho plaintiff or the United States, in any suit brought Ammlv wld under the provisions of this act shall have the same rights of appeal or “'“" °f °"°"· writ of error as are now reserved in tho statutes of tho United States in that behalf made, and upon the conditions and limitations therein contained. The modes of procedure in claiming and perfecting an ap- Pmudum paul or writ of error shall conform in all respects, and as near as may bo, to the statutes and rules of court governing appeals and writs of -orror in like causes. · Sec. 10. That when the findings of fact and the law applicable thereto Adverse judghave been filed in any casa as provided in section six of this act, and g;°*;°° t*° bU“"*!* the judgment or decree is adverse to the Government, it shall be the M2 °:° °M:0f;§]f duty of the district attorney to transmit to the Attorney-Gcncml of the amen;. United States certified copies of all the papers tiled in the cause, with si transcript of the testimony taken, the written iindiugs of the court, and - "his written opinion as to the same; whereupon the Attorney-General shall determine and direct whether an appeal or writ of error shall be APP°“1· iaken or not; and when so directed the district attorney shall cause an appeal or writ of error to be perfbctcd in accordance with tho terms -0f the statutes and rules of practice governing the same: Provided, Pf°”‘•°· That 110 appeal or writ of error shall he allowed after six months from I·*mi*'***°¤· tho judgment or decree in such suit. From the date of such iinal judg· I¤*°¤‘°¤*- ment or decree interest shall be computed thereon, at the mtc of four per centum per annum, until the time when an appropriation is made Jor tho payment of the judgment or decree. Sec. 11. That the Attomcy-General shall report to Congress, and at R°P°W ’¢¤ 0¤¤· tho beginning of each` session of Congress, the suits under this not in g'°"· which a tinal judgment or decree has been rendered giving tho date of each, and a statement of tho costs taxed in each case. Sec. 12. That when any claim or matter may be pending in any of Claims referred the Executive Departments which involves coutrovertod questions of ihct; by D°P¤*°¤¤°¤*¤· or law, the head of such Department, with the consent of the claimant, may transmit tho same, with the vouchers, papers, proofs, anddocuments pertaining thereto, to said Court of Claims, and tho same shall be there proceeded in under such rules as the oourtz may adopt. When tho facts and couconclusiona of law shall have been found, the court shall report its findings to the Department by which it was transmitted. Sec. 13. That in every casa which shall como before the Court of Claims refermd Claims, or is now pending therein, under the provisions of an act on- unfff "B°‘"“°¤ titled “An act to aiibrd assistance and relief to Cougres and the Ex- °°y;0l  2.2 IL 485 ccutive Departments in the investigation of claims and demands against ' the G0verument," approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty- three, if it shall appear to the satisfaction ol the court, upon the ihcts established, that it has jurisdiction to rcmler judgment cv decree there- Judgment. -0Il under existing laws or under the provisions of this act, it shall procoed to do so, giving to either party such further opportunity for henriug as in its judgment justice shall require, and report its proceedings iherciu to either House of Congress or to the Department by which the ysamo was referred to said court. Sec. 14. That whenever any bill, except for a pension, shall be pend- B¤*`¤¤¤¤¤•>_ Q f ing in either House of Congress providing for the payment of a claim g:;'“;_’eg‘:"d‘“$ “‘ against tho United States, legal or equitable, or {br a grant, gift, or g ` bounty to any person, the House in which such bill is pending may refer the same to the Court of Claims, who shall proceed with the same iu accordance with the provisions of the not approved March third, eighteen hundred and eightythreo, entitled un •‘Aci: to afford assistance Vol.22, p. 485. and relief to Congress and the Executive Departments in the investigation of claims and demands against the Govern mem," and report to such Report to can- Honso the facts in tho case and the amount, where the same can be s¤¤¤¤· liquidated including any facts bmriu g upon the question whether there has been delay or Iaohes in presenting auch claim or applying for such grant, gift, or bounty, and any facts bearing upon the question whether zahe bar of any statute of limitation should be removed or which shall bo