PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 646 -JUNE 25,1948 Suits by railroad companies. 45U.S.C.§86. Opium. Procurement of real estate for public use. Transmission of ac- counts to GAO. Removal of causes, etc., as between courts of U. S . and Hawaii. Ante, p. 283 the Department of Justice shall be commissioned as special assistant to the Attorney General or special attorney and shall take the oath required by law. Foreign counsel employed in special cases shall not be required to take such oath.". SEC. 4 . Section 5261 of the Revised Statutes (45 U. S. C ., section 87) is amended to read as follows: "SEc. 5261. Any railroad company from whom payments for freight and transportation have been withheld under the provisions of section 5260 may bring suit in the Court of Claims to recover the price of such freight and transportation.". SEC. 5 . Section 3 of the Act approved February 23, 1887 (chapter 210, 24 Stat. 409, 410; 21 U. S . C ., section 193) is amended by striking out the present third sentence thereof, and by striking out the final sentence thereof and substituting in lieu of such final sentence the following: "Every package of opium or package containing opium, either in whole or in part, brought, taken, or transported, trafficked, or dealt in contrary to the provisions of this section, shall be forfeited to the United States, for the benefit of China.". SEC. 6 . Section 1 of the Act approved August 1, 1888 (chapter 728, 25 Stat. 357; 40 U. S . C., sec. 257) is amended to read as follows: "That in every case in which the Secretary of the Treasury or any other officer of the Government has been, or hereafter shall be, au- thorized to procure real estate for the erection of a public building or for other public uses, he may acquire the same for the United States by condemnation, under judicial process, whenever in his opinion it is necessary or advantageous to the Government to do so, and the Attorney General of the United States, upon every application of the Secretary of the Treasury, under this Act, or such other officer, shall cause proceedings to be commenced for condemnation within thirty days from receipt of the application at the Department of Justice." . SEC. 7 . Section 13 of the Act approved July 31, 1894 (chapter 174, 28 Stat. 210) is hereby amended by striking out the second paragraph thereof (5 US. C., section 321), and by amending the first paragraph thereof (1 U.S. C., section 84) to read as follows: "SEc. 13. Before transmission to the General Accounting Office, the accounts of United States attorneys, assistant attorneys, and marshals, made out and approved as required by law, and accounts relating to prisoners convicted or held for trial in any court of the United States, and all other accounts relating to the Department of Justice, shall be sent with their vouchers to the Attorney General and examined under his supervision. Before transmission to the General Accounting Office, the accounts of United States Commissioners, clerks of court and other officers of the courts of the United States, except the Supreme Court of the United States and consular courts, made out and approved as required by law, shall be sent with their vouchers to the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts and examined under his supervision." SEC. 8. Section 86 of the Act approved April 30, 1900 (chapter 339, 31 Stat. 158; 48 U. S. C., sees. 641, 642, 643-645), as amended, is amended to read as follows: "Smc. 86 . Thq laws of the United States relating to removal of causes, appeals and other matters and proceedings as between the courts of the United States and the courts of the several States shall govern in such matters and proceedings as between the courts of the United States and the courts of the Territory of Hawaii." SEc. 9. The first paragraph of section 4 of the Act approved June 6, 1900 (chapter 786, 31 Stat. 322; 48 U. S. C., section 101, first para- graph), as amended, is amended to read as follows: 986 [62 STAT.
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