1136 SIXTY-FIRST oonennss. sage. III. oe. 231. 1911. %*g~ M mop 1% Sec. 137. The Court of Claims shall have a seal, with such device ' " ' 't a order. ’ §§¤§*°¤¤- wm m 1}g8. The Court of Claims shall hold one annual session at the ` "m` ’p` city of Washington, beginning on the first Monday in December and continuing asiong as may be necessary for the prom t disposition of °“°“““‘ — the business of the court. Any three of the judges of) said court shall constitute a quorum, and may hold a court for the_ transaction of gregggeh business: Provided, That the concurrence of three judges shall be ° S` 'necessary to the decision of any case. _ _ _ §§%?f,'§,;_,,,5,,p_1,,4_ Sno: 139. The said court shall appomt a chief clerk, an assistant clerk, if deemed necessary, a bailiff, and a chief messenger. The clerks shall take an oath for the lfaithful disclharge of their uties, iand slqall be under the direction of the court in the performance thereo · and or · misconduct or incapacity they may be removed by it from office; but the court shall report such removals, with the cause thereof, to Con- B"“‘”· gress, if session, or iffnot, at the next session. The baiililff shall hold his office or a term of our years, unless sooner remove y the court for cause. §{'g”;’cf*{0‘g*:;:;‘f{“,;‘_ Sec. 140. The salary of the chief clerk shall be three thousand five ' hundred dollars a year; of the assistant clerk two thousand five hundred dolliari a yealrgcfof the bailiff one ltrihousanddfiyle hundred dollars a year, an o the c messenger one thousand dollars a year, payable i monthly from the Treas . - gd crepgclgigg. Sec. 141. The chief clisiik shall give bond to the United States in ‘ "°°"‘ ’p‘ ‘ i4)uchha.mé>6i;nt, in su)qhépr%, and wit such security as shall be approved t e retary e reas . msbnmqenri or yS1•1c. 142. The said clerk shlxhave authority when he has given °°§§'j§,',§T1.{'I;'ir,p_1g5_ bond as provided m the preceding section, to disburse, under the direction of the court, the contingent fund which may from time to tilme be appropriated forfgts usef; gnc%_rhis accounts shall be settled by t e proper accountm officers o the easury in the same wa as th accounts of other disgursing agents of the Government are se&led. 9 mg*!3;¤,ggu;{€g;{d¢· Sec. 143. On the first day of every regular session of Congress, the clerk of the Court of Claims shall transmit to Congress a. full and complete statement of all the judgments rendered bg the court during the previous year, stating the amounts thereof an the parties in whose avor they were rendered, together with a brief synopsis of the nature ueeiaeumnepea- of the claims upon which they were rendered. At the end of eve ’“"“'·’·"‘°·· term of the court he shall transmit a copy of its decisions to the healdg of deipartments; to the Solicitor, the Comptroller, and the Auditors of the_ reasury ; to the Commissioner of the General Land Office and of Irrdran Affairs; to the chiefs of bureaus, and to other officers charged P 1 h t f wig; theillaldjpzsélilment ogclaimsi aggaipst the Unite? Sgates. M b un S men or Ec. . oever e111¤’ eec e or appom e a e t Z{SY’$§£r$.§li€.€°”' of, or Delegate to Congress? or a Resident Commissioril;-,(;rhal1?];}t(;; 'his election car appointment, and either before or after he has qualified and during is continuance in office practice in the Co t Cl , shall be fined not more than ten thoiisand dollars and iriilprigonedlgost more than two years; and shall, moreover, thereafter be incapable of holding any office of hono1·, trust, or profit under the Govemment ofghe Lllmter%`?tages. f ·’¤**$<*i¤¤·2¤; no. 145. ne `ourt o Claims shall have ‘ d' { t h d v°1““H'p`°°°` determine the following matters: Jung lc mn 0 Bm- an mgjgyyggggggggse ‘ _ First. Allvelaims (except for pensions) founded upon the Constitution of the United States or any law of Congress, upon any regulation of an Executive Department, upon any contract, express or im lied namagee,¤er¤eu¤o· with the Government of the United States, or for damages liqui; mg ‘“"’"· dated or unliquidated, in cases not sounding in tort, in respect of which claims the party would be entitled to redress against the United States either in a court of law, equity, or admiralty if the
