578 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Rus. 29, 30. 1908. ments, the same to be paid by the Treasurer of the United States as and when they shall be certined to the Secretary of the Treasnuy by R°’“'“°*l*'*”°°· the said court, and any balance remaining after all such claims ave been adjudicated and paid shall be returned to the Chinese Government in such manner as the Secretary of State shall decide, and the Secretar of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to so ` m{,';'}°”°°*°*°°“”‘ return the same: And provided further, That all evidence furnished ` by the claimants, and statements made by them to the said commissioners or to the Department of State, shall be transmitted by the said De rtment to the said Court of Claims and considered together with _ sucliuother additional testimony as may be presented by either side, ”°‘°'**“¤8°'•·*”¤· and the Government of the United States shall defend the said claims in the said court by such attorney or attorne s as may be desi ted for such service b the Attorney-Generaly of the United Slsldtesz ·'“'”°* '°°°'*°°°°· Provided further, That in no case shall the Court of Claims award a principal sum to any claimant which, together with the principal sums said c aimant may have alread received by decision of the United States commissioners and the Igepartment of State, shall exceed the amount originally claimed by said claimant. Approved, May 25, 1908. g;§_”é_1,’,¥j] Bugg. 30.] Joint Resolution Relating to the assignment of space in the Home Office [Pub. Kes,. No. N.] D2. ` Resolved by the Senate and House 0_fl€;y>·z·ese¢z¢atives of the United ‘ ,ug°"'° °¤°° B"”‘*‘ States of America in Congress aaeemb , That the assignment of Assignment or rooms in the office building of the House of Representatives, which mm shall hereafter be designated as the House Office uilding, heretofore made by resolution or order of the House of Representatives, shall continue in force until modified or changed in accordance with the provisions of this resolution, and the room so assigned to any Representative shall continue to be held by such Representative as his individual office room so long as he shal remain a member or men1berelect of the House of Representatives, or until he shall relinquish the `same, subject, however, to the provisions of this resolution, and no Representative shall allow his office room to be used for any other purpose. rum; wrmen rc- Any member or member-elect of the House of Representatives may 2,,`{,§,:_°” f°” V"'"' tile with the Superintendent of the Capitol Building and Grounds a request in writing that any individual office room be assigned to him whenever it shall become vacant. If only one such request has been made for any room which shall at any time have become vacant, the rmmme rights mom shall be assigned as requested. If two or more requests are made for the same.vacant room, preference shall be given to the Representative making the request who has been longest in continuous service as a member and member-elect of the House of Representatives. g:`},’{’:df°¤“°“‘ *" *’° If two or more Representatives with equal length of continuous service, or two or more Repgesentatives-elect make request for the same room, preference shall given to the one first referring his request. A Representative or ·Representative-elect maliing request for the assignment of a vacant room may withdraw the same at any time and no one shall have pending at the same time more than one such request. mQ:*8;:¤¢¤* ¤f wr The assignment of a new room to a Representative, upon his request, 'or the appointment of any Representative having an individual oizlice room as c airman of a committee having a committee room, shall act as a relinquishment by him of the room previously assigned to him. mcmgeermm. Representatives having rooms assigned to them in the foregoing manner may exchange moms one with another, but such exchange shall be valid only so long as both members making the exchange shall
