614 THIRTYTHIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 123. 1855. CASE, whether the same shall receive the favorable or adverse action of said court. Reports me bills Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That said reports, and the bills g’0rg°O:g“;;Q;gg reported es aforesaid, shall, if not Hnally acted upon during the session to another, and of Congress to which the said reports are made, be continued from mm °¤° G°¤· session to session, and from Congress to Congress, until the same shall bg gms °° °°°um‘ finally acted upon, and the consideration of said reports and bills shall, at the subsequent session of Congress, be resumed, and the said reports and bills be proceeded with in the same manner as though iinally acted upon at the session when presented. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the claims reported upon ad- Advem reports- versely shall be placed upon the calendar when reported, and if the decision of said court shall be confirmed by Congress, said decision shall be conclusive; and the said court shall not, at any subsequent period, consider said claims unless such reasons shall be presented to said court as, by the rules of common law or ehancery in suits between individuals, would furnish sufficient ground for granting a. new trial. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Rooms to be Speaker of the House of Representatives, within a. reasonable time after
- g*§l$t*}°d *° md the passage of this act, to appropriate such rooms in the Capitol at
Washington, for the use of said court, as may be necessary for their accommodation, unless it shall appear to the Speaker that such rooms cannot be appropriated without interfering with the business of Congress; and, in that event, the said court shall procure, at the city of Washington, such rooms ns may be necessary for the convenient transaction of their business. Court mayoau Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That said court shall have power
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` may deem necessary, and have the use of all recorded and printed reports made by the committees of each house, when deemed to be necessary in the prosecution of the duties assigned by this act. Said lismiilxg ”*· court shall appoint a. chief clerk, whose salary shall be two thousand Thur smrm dollars per annum, and an assistant clerk, if deemed necessary, whose __‘ x' salary shall be fifteen hundred dollars per annum, and s. messenger-, £°$°"g°' S Suwhose salary shall be eight hundred dollars per. annum, to be paid quarterly at the treasury. The said clerks shall be under the direction oi' said court in the performance of their duties, and for misconduct or incapacity may be removed from office by it; but, when so removed, said board shall make report thereof; with the cause of such removal, to Congress, if in session, or at the next session of Congress. Said clerk and Their oaths. assistant clerk shall take an oath for the feitiiful discharge of their Depminents duties : Provided, That the head of no department shall answer any call ?;fm*gt€:;¤;?u’£: for information or papers if} in his opinion, it would be injurious to the 0,,,, ,0 ,,,,;,1,,, ,,,_ public interest. tcrest Approved, February 24, 1855. Fab. 24, 1865. CHAP. CXXIII.—An Act concerning the Apprehansion and Delivery of Desertersji·0m —·-··-·-·—-·-—-·— Foreign Vessels in the Ports of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the commissioners who lfoyvm ofcom- now are, or hereafter may be, appointed by the circuit courts of the
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- jl§‘};;;cg€,n¢ United States, to take acknowledgments of bail, and for other purposes,
deserters £mm° may and shall exercise all the powers conferred on any court, judge, or
- `°¤‘¤iS¤ V¤¤S¤l¤· other magistrate by the net approved the second day of March, one
1g2g,;,;;, 41, thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, entitled "An act to provide ` for the apprehension and delivery of deserters from certain foreign vessels in the ports of the United States." Approved, February 24, 1855.
