Chapter XIX. in Relation to the Court of Claims
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CHAP. XIX.— An Act in Relation to the Court of Claims.March 17, 1866. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the fourteenth section ofRepeal of § 14 of the act of 1863, ch. 92.Vol. xii. p. 768.Appeals from court of claims to the supreme court of the United States. an act approved the third day of March, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-three, entitled “An act to amend an act to establish a court for the investigation of claims against the United States,” approved February twenty-fourth, eighteen [hundred] and fifty-five, be, and the same is hereby, repealed; and from the final judgment, or decree, in all cases heretofore decided by the Court of Claims, of the character mentioned in the fifth section of said act of March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, an appeal shall be allowed to the Supreme Court of the United States, at any time within ninety days after the passage of this act, except in such cases where the amounts found due by said Court have been paid at the treasury.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That the regular session of theRegular session of court of claims to commence when. Court of Claims shall hereafter commence on the first Monday of December in each year. Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That at the end of every term ofClerk of court of claims, at end of every term, to send copy of its decisions to heads of departments, &c. the Court of Claims, the Clerk of said Court transmit a copy of the decisions thereof to the heads of Departments; to the Solicitor, Comptrollers, and Auditors of the Treasury; to the Commissioners of the General Land Office and of Indian Affairs; to the Chiefs of Bureaus; and to other officers charged with adjusting claims against the United States.
Approved, March 17, 1866.