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 979 62 STAT.] 80TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 646-JUNE 25, 1948 (b) Interest on judgments against the United States affirmed by the Supreme Court after review on petition of the United States shall be paid at the rate of four per cent per annum from the date of the filing of the transcript of the judgment in the Treasury Department to the date of the mandate of affirmance. Such interest shall not be allowed after the term of the Supreme Court at which the judgment was affirmed. § 2517. Payment of judgments (a) Every final judgment rendered by the Court of Claims against the United States shall be paid out of any general appropriation therefor, on presentation to the General Accounting Office of a certifi- cation of the judgment by the clerk and chief judge of the court. (b) Payment of any such judgment and of interest thereon shall be a full discharge to the United States of all claims and demands arising out of the matters involved in the case or controversy. § 2518. Certification of judgments for appropriation The Secretary of the Treasury shall certify to Congress for appro- priation only such judgments of the Court of Claims as are not to be reviewed or are entered upon mandate of the Supreme Court. § 2519. Conclusiveness of judgment A final judgment of the Court of Claims against any plaintiff shall forever bar any further claim, suit, or demand against the United States arising out of the matters involved in the case or controversy. § 2520. Fees; cost of printing record (a) The Court of Claims shall by rules impose a fee not exceeding $10, for the filing of any petition and the hearing of any case before the court, a judge, or a commissioner. (b) The clerk shall collect a fee of 10 cents a folio for preparing and certifying a transcript of the record for the purpose of a writ of certiorari sought by the plaintiff, and for furnishing certified copies of judgments or other documents. Not less than $5 shall be charged for each certified copy of findings of fact and opinion of the court to be filed in the Supreme Court. (c) The clerk shall also collect for each certified copy of the court's findings of fact and opinion a fee of 25 cents for five pages or less, 35 cents for 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 cost of printing the record in every pending case in the court shall be taxed against the losing party, collected by the clerk of the court, except when the judgment is against the United States, and paid into the Treasury. CHAPTER 167-COURT OF CUSTOMS AND PATENT APPEALS PROCEDURE Sec. 2001. Customs Court decisions. 202. Precedence of classification cases. § 2601. Customs Court decisions Any party to a proceeding before the Customs Court who is dis- satisfied with the decision of such court as to the construction of the law and the facts respecting the classification of imported merchan- dise and the rate of duty imposed thereon under such classification, or with any other appealable decision of such court, may, not later than sixty days after the entry of the decision, apply to the Court of Cus- toms and Patent Appeals for a review of all questions of law and fact.

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