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 1520 Preparing, etc ., trans- cript. Furnishing certified copies of Judgments. Pro vis o. Minimum fee, certi- fie d copy of findings filed in Supreme Court. Fees for certified copy of findings of fact and op inion. Accounting and de- posit. TITLE III SnC. 1 . That when used in this title- (a) The term " United States," when used in a geographical sense, includes the United States and any place subject to the jurisdiction thereof ; (b) The terms " public use," " public building," and " public work " shall mean use by, publ ic bui lding o f, and publi c work of, the United States, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, t he Phi lippin e Isla nds, A merica n Samoa, the Canal Zone, and the Vir gin Is lands. SEC. 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and unless the hea d of t he dep artmen t or i ndepen dent es tablis hment concer ned shall determine it to be inconsistent with the public interest, or the cost to be unreasonable, only such unmanufactured articles, materials, and sup plies as hav e been mined or pr oduced in the Unite d Stat es, and only such manufactured articles, materials, and supplies as have been manufactured in the United States substantially all from articles, materia ls, or su pplies mi ned, pro duced, or manufact ured, as Articles used outside the case may be, in the United States, shall be acquired for public Uni ted st ates. use. This section shall not apply with respect to articles, materials, or supplies fo r use outside th e United States, or if articles, materials, or supplies of the class or kind to be used or the articles, materials, or supplies from which they are manufactured are not mined, pro- duced, or manufactured, as the case may be, in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities and of a satisfactory quality. SnC. 3 . (a) Every contract for the construction, alteration, or repair of any public building or public work in the United States growing out of an appropriation heretofore made or hereafter to be made shall contain a provision that in the performance of the work the contractor, subcontractors, material men, or suppliers, shall use o nly su ch unm anufac tured articl es, mat erials, and suppli es as have been mined or produced in the United States, and only such manuf acture d arti cles, materi als, a nd supp lies a s have been manu- factur ed in the United S tates sub stantiall y all fro m article s, mate- rials, or supplies mined, produced, or manufactured, as the case Terms construed. "United States ." "Public use" ; "pub- lic building" ; "public work. " Manu factur ed arti- cles, etc, produced in Unit ed stat es acq uired for public use. Materials for co n- struction, etc ., public buildings. 72d CONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 212. M ARCH 3, 1933 . (b) The court is authorized and directed to charge and collect a fee of 10 cents a folio for preparing and certifying a transcript of the record for the purpose of - a writ of certiorarii sought by the plaintiff and for furnishing certified copies of judgments or other documents in cases in said court : Provided, That not less than $5 shall be charged for each certified copy of findings of fact and o inion of the court to be filed in the Supreme Court of the United Spates. (c) The court is also authorized and directed to charge and collect for each certified copy of its findings. of fact and opinion a fee of 25 cents for five pages or less, 35 cents or those over five and not more than ten pages, 45 cents for those over ten and not more than twenty pages, and 50 cents for those of more than twenty pages. (d) The c lerk of t he Court of Claims shall ac count to the Attor ney General for all such fees and shall deposit such fees to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States in the same manner as is pro- vided in the cas e of collections by clerks of di strict courts as provided by section 9 of the Act entitled "An Act to fix the salaries of clerks of the United States district courts and to provide for their office expense s, and for o ther p urpose s," ap proved Februa ry 26, 1919, as amended (U. S. C., title 28, see . 567).