PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 843-OCT. 10, 1940 not inconsistent with law, as may be deemed necessary for the conduct of its proceedings, in securing uniformity in its decisions and in the pro- ceedings and decisions of the judges thereof, and for the production, Amendmnt of pro- care, and custody of samples and of the records of such court. Under testset. such rules as the United States Customs Court may prescribe, and in its discretion, the court may permit the amendment of a protest, appeal, Presiding Judge. or application for review. One of the judges of such court, designated for that purpose by the President of the United States, shall act as presiding judge, and in his absence the judge then present who is senior as to the date of his commission shall act as presiding judge; and until any such designation is made the chief justice of the United States clontrol ofaic Customs Court now in office shall act as presiding judge. The pre- ar. siding judge, or the acting presiding judge in his absence, shall have control of the fiscal affairs and of the clerical force of the court, making all recommendations for appointment, promotions, Assignmentofcases. or otherwise affecting such clerical force; he may at any time before trial, under the rules of the court, assign or reassign any case for hearing or determination, or both, and shall designate a judge or division of three judges and such clerical assistants as may be necessary to proceed to any port within the jurisdiction of the United States for the purpose of hearing or of hearing and determining cases assigned for hearing at such port, and shall cause Traveletc,erpens to be prepared and promulgated dockets therefor. Judges of the court shall each be allowed and paid his necessary expenses of travel and his reasonable expenses, not to exceed $10 per day actually incurred Dvsions of court. for maintenance while absent from New York on official business. The judges of said court shall be divided into three divisions of three judges each for the purpose of hearing and deciding appeals for the review of reappraisements of merchandise, and of hearing and deciding protests against decisions of collectors. A division of three judges or a single judge shall have power to order an analysis of imported merchandise and reports thereon by laboratories or bureaus of the United States. The presiding judge shall assign three judges to each of said divisions and shall designate one of such three judges to preside. The presiding judge of the court shall be competent to sit as a judge of any division or to assign one or two other judges to any of such divisions in the absence or disability of any one or two judges of such division. A majority of the judges of any division shall have full power to hear and decide all cases and questions arising therein or assigned thereto. Rehearing or retrial A division of the court deciding a case or a single judge deciding an af , appeal for a reappraisement may, upon the motion of either party made within thirty days next after such decision, grant a rehearing or retrial of such case when in the opinion of such division or single judge the ends of justice so require. Exemption as to The judges of the United States Customs Court are hereby 19 U. . c . i 49; exempted from so much of section 1790 of the Revised Statutes as sapp. V, 149. relates to their salaries. Retirement. "When any judge of the United States Customs Court resigns his office after having held a commission as judge or justice of such court or member of the Board of General Appraisers at least ten years continuously, or otherwise, and having attained the age of seventy years, he shall, during the residue of his natural life, receive the salary which is payable to a judge of such court at the time of his resignation. Any such judge, who is qualified to resign under the foregoing provisions, may retire, upon the salary of which he is then in receipt, from regular active service as a judge of such court and ctive service as- upon such retirement the President may appoint a successor; but such siment. retired judge may, with his consent, be assigned by the presiding judge of such court to serve upon such court and while so serving shall have all the powers of a judge of such court." [54 STAT.
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