FORTLSEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 102, 115, 116. 1883. 485 manner as the legislatures of the States may respectively prescribe, in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions in 1ife." Approved, March 3, 1883. CHAP. 115.-An act to refund to the State of Georgia certain money expended by Mm, 3, 1883, said State for the common defense in 1777. —-———; Be it enacted by the Senate and House oj Representatives of the United _ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- §,t"t° °f?:°’g“"‘ ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to pay to the State Ag;f:,m&,,D_ of Georgia, or its lawfully-autlnorized agent, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of thirty-five thousand five hundred and fifty-five dollars and forty-two cents; the payment herein directed to be made being for money paid by said State for supplies for the troops in seventeen hundred and seventy-seven, under the command of General James Jackson, engaged in local defense for the common cause of Independence, and which sum was not included in the account of the State of Georgia in the settlement with the general government under the assumption act of seventeen hundred and ninety. Approved, March 3, 1883. _ CHAP. 116.-An act to dford asistance and relief to Congress and the executive Mar. 3, 1883. departments in the invcstigxtionof claims and demands against the government. ———-———————- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rqzrcamlatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever a claim or _C1¤ims.¤t¤·,v¤¤d· matter is·pending before any committee of the Senate or House of ***8 P’°f°f°. C‘?“‘ Representatives, or before either House of Congress, which involves €;::$£:Q3uv1€§‘§Q the investigation and determination of facts, the committee or house mm-mi to Court may cause the same, with the vouchers, papers, proofs, and documents ¤f Ul¤i1¤¤. U·$- pertaining thereto, to be transmitted to the court of Claims of the United States, and the same shall there be proceeded in under such rules as the court may adopt. When the facts shall have been found, the court shall not enter judgment thereon but shall report the same to the committee or to the house by which the case was transmitted for its consideration Sec. 2. That when a claim or matter is pending in any of the executive cemm claims elepnrtmeuts which may involve controverted questions of fact or law, 1{<¤¤<li¤ds i¤ ¤¤¢<=¤· the head of such department may transmit the same, with the vouchers, 2:** b°°¥ f papers, proofs, and documents pertaining thereto, to said court, and my Bm, to C,,,,.;, the same shall be there proceeded in under such rules as the court may of Claims. adopt. When the facts and conclusions of law shall have been found, the court shall not enter judgment thereon, but shall report its Endings * and opinions to the department by which it was transmitted for its guidance and action._ · _ Sec. 3. The jurisdiction of said court shall not extend to or include _ Cl¤11}¤¤P<:§Wi*hi_ any claim against the United States growing out of the destruction or gm-}, ° °“ ° damage to property by the Army or Navy during the war for the sup- ' pression of the rebellion, or for the use and occupation of real estate by any part of the military or naval forces of the United States in the · operations of said forces during the said war at the seat of war; nor shall the said court have jurisdiction of any claim against the United States which is now barred by virtue of the provisions of any law of . the United States. _ ‘ Sec. 4, In any case of a claim for supplies or stores taken by or fur- Qlaims fvr magnished to any part of military or naval forces of the United States fm- §g*;·.:1_°:;;f:‘“#d°; their use during the late war for the suppre snon of the rebellion, the °fth° nbc2u0n_ _ petition shall aver that the person who furnished such supplies or stores,
