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a 612 TIIIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 122. 1855. hovision for term cf' said court to be held at any other time, at which adjourned {gnu ”*ii°“"”°d *"’“S· any business may be transacted which could be transacted at any regular term. A copy of said order shall be posted on the door of the court. room, and advertised in some newspaper printed in the city of St. Louis, twenty days, at least, before said adjourned term shall be holden. Sec. 3. And be *it_fiu·i}2er enacted, That the district judge for said dis- Sume subject- trict may order a special term or terms of said circuit court, to be holdem at St. Louis, on any day mentioned in said order, at which special term any business may be transacted which might be transacted at any regular term of said court, and shall cause the copy of said order to be posted up and published as aforesaid. He may also rescind any such order, made either in term time or vacation, or Hx a dii‘I`erent day for said term or teréns, giving notgce thereof as aforesaid. EC. 4. nd e it urther enacted, That there shall be held at the city of Cleveland, in th]; State of Ohio, on the third Tuesday in March, f $5:¤¤i¤·il_i¢=!‘¤; this year, a special term of the district court of the United States for the gm", °nt é?;; northern district of Ohio, and also a special term of the circuit court of 1a¤d,0hio. the United States for said district, at which terms respectively any business may be transacted, which might, under existing laws, be transacted at any regu ar term. Armovev, February 21, 1855. Feb. 24, 1855. CHAP. CXXII.—- An Act to establish 5 gafpvg/br the Investigation of Claims against me -———·-—-·-—-· m e tales. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a court shall be established Court of Claims to be called a Court of Claims, to consist of three judges, to be appoint- °¤l¤b'i¤h°d· ed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and to hold their offices during good behaviour; and the said court shall Jurisdiction- hear and determine all claims founded upon any law of Congress, or upon any regulation of an executive department, or upon any contract, express or implied, with the government of the United States, which may be suggested to it by a petition filed therein ; and also all claims which may be referred to said court by either house of Congress. It shall be the duty Statement of of the claimant in all cases to set forth a full statement of the claim, and 0ii*i;:¤ W b° of the action thereon in Congress, or by any of the departments, if such maction has been had; specifying also what person or persons are owners thereof or interested therein, and when and upon what consideration such person or persons became so interested. Each of the said judges shall Compensation receive a compensation of four thousand dollars per annum, payable iing will °*` quarterly, from the treasury of the United States, and shall take an oath lu gw to support the Constitution of the United States and discharge faithfully the duties of his office. U,,,,,,,,; Sm,, Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That a solicitor for the United solicitor in mid States, to represent the government before said court, shall be appointed QQETQEOQ? b° "` by iiw Pi‘¢Sid¤¤i, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. It ms (mm- shall be the duty of said solicitor to prepare all cases on the part of the government for hearing before said court, and to argue the same when prepared; to cause testimony to be taken, when necessary to secure the interest of the United States ; to prepare forms, tile interrogatories, and supermtend the taking of testimony, in the manner prescribed by said p pourtkand gertierally tofegdezi such sfervices as may be required of him _ prom imc to 1me, in tie isc large 0 the duties of his office. Said solicp¤;3" °”h mid itor shall be svrorn to faithful discharge of the duties of his office, in the manner prescribed for the quahhcation of the judges iii the first section of this act; and he shall receive a compensation of three thousand five hundred dollars per annum for his seryiees, to be paid quarterly from the treasury of the United States.