1018 rms Lm.·aA11.wAYs. Secretary of Sec. 5260. The Secretary of the Treasury is directed to withhold all T"‘*°·““"Y te with' payments to any railroad company and its assigns, on account of freights holdpaymems to oritrans ortation over their respective roads of any kind, to the amount certamrailroads. P ,. dg f_.t _ t b d_ fh
of payments made by the bnite 1 tates oi in cies upon on s o t c
226,, 2,,,_’17_p_5b8_ United btates issued to any such company, and which shall not have 22 June, 1874, e. been re-imbursed, together with the five per centum of net earnings due
- 11% F- 18, P- 200 and unapplied, as provided by law. _ _ _ _
C0}¤P¤¤i<¢S may Sec. 5261. Any such company may bring suit in_the Court of Clarins 2,%;,1:2 C°“’t Of to recover the price of such freight and transportation, and in such suit ...~.w/. the right of such company to recover the same upon the law and_the 3 M=¤`·· 1871% <'· facts of the case shall be determined. and also the rights of the United gg S' 2* "‘ 17* 1* States upon the merits of all the points presented by it in answer thereto ' by them; and either party to such suit may appeal to the Supreme Court; and both said courts shall give such cause or causes precedence of all other business. _ _ Circuit court to Sec. 5262. The proper circuit court of the United States shall have
- 1** ’“““d“m""· jurisdiction to hear and determine all cases of jnandamus to compel
said Union Pacific Railroad Company to operate its road as required y
1 .,s. ,p. .. law. Union Pacific R. R. Co. r. Hall et al., 91 U. S., 343; U. S. v. Union Paciiic R. R. Co., 2 Dill., 527; Bauman v. Union Pacino R. R., 3 Dill., 367; Hall v. Union Pacific R. R., 3 Dill, 515; U. S. v. Union Pacific R. R., 3 Dill, 524.
