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 1166 SEV ENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. II. Cfis. 181, 182 . 1929 . 4, 5, 6, and 7, 1929, three hundred pyramidal tents, complete with all poles, pegs, and other equipment necessary for their erection ; nine thousand blankets, olive drab, numbered 4 ; five thousand pillowcases ; five thousand canvas cots ; five thousand cotton pillows ; Provisos. five thousand bed sacks ; and nine thousand bed sheets : Provided, No Gov ern me nt ex - That no expense shall be caused the United States Government by the pense, etc. delivery and return of said property, the same to be delivered from the nearest quartermaster depot at such time prior to the holding of said encampmen t as may be a greed upon by the Secretary of War and Bond required. the business manager of the said entertainment committee : Provided further, That the Secretary of War, before delivering such property, shall take from said business manager of the Thirty-ninth Annual Confederate Reunion a good and sufficient bond for the safe return of said property in good order and condition and the whole without expense to the United States. Approved, February 13, 1929. February r31S2s . 47 .1 ' CHAP. 182 .-An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide relief [Public, No . 728 .] in cases of contracts connected with the prosecution of the war, and for other purposes," approved March 2, 1919, as amended. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives o f the War mi nera ls tract s. can - United States o f America in Congress assembled, That any claimant . Review of, in District who has heretofore filed with the Secretary of the Interior within of C olumbia Sup reme Court on questions of the time and manner provided by existing law a claim under said law. Vol .40,p. 1274. Act s generally k nown as the W ar Minerals Ac ts (Fortieth Statutes, page 1272, and its amendments) may within one year from the date of the passage and approval hereof petition the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia to review the final decision of the Secretary Decisions on ques- of the Interior upon any question of law which has arisen or which t1ons of fact not subject may hereafter arise in the adjustment, liquidation, and payment of to re view, his claim under said Acts, but the decision of the Secretary of the Interior on all questions of fact shall be conclusive and not subject Procedure. to review by any court. SEC. 2 . In any proceeding brought under the provisions of section 1 of this Act the Secretary of the Interior shall be designated as the defendant or respondent, and upon the filing of the petition the cause shall follow the usual procedure, subject to such rules or orders Juris diction con - as the court may make with respect thereto. ferred. SEC. 3 . Jurisdi ction is hereb y conferred u pon the Supre me Court of the District of Columbia, as a district court of the United States, Appeal allowed, to hear and determine all such suits and enter all orders, judgments, and decrees therein, subject to the usual right of appeal by either party to the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, whose final judgment may be reviewed by the Supreme Court of the United States by petition for certiorari or by appeal as provided by law and Adjustment of final the rules of the court. decree. SEC. 4 . Upon the final disposition of such proceeding, the clerk of the Supreme Cour t of the Dist rict of Columb ia shall with out delay certify to the Secretary of the Interior the final judgment or decree rendered therein, whereupon the Secretary of the Interior shall proceed with the final adjustment of said claim in accordance with the law as construed by the court in such judgment or decree. Approved, February 13, 1929.

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