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the United States, or a guarantor, surety or personal representative of any such officer, agent or contractor, and to render judgment thereon, where— "(1) claimant or the person he represents has applied to the proper department of the Government for settlement of the account; "(2) three years have elapsed from the date of such application without settlement; and "(3) no suit upon the same has been brought by the United States." SEC. 10. Section 2508, title 28, United States Code, is hereby amended to read as follows: "Upon the trial of any suit in the United States Court of Claims in which any setoff, counterclaim, claim for damages, or other demand is set up on the part of the United States against any plaintiff making claim agaiiist the United States in said court, the court shall hear and determine such claim or demand both for and against the United States and plaintiff. "If upon the whole case it finds that the plaintiff is indebted to the United States it shall render judgment to that effect, and such judgment shall be final and reviewable. "The transcript of such judgment, filed in the clerk's office of any district court, shall be entered upon the records and shall be enforceable as other judgments." SEC. 11. Section 2510, title 28, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "The Comptroller General may transmit to the Court of Claims for trial and adjudication any claim or matter of which the Court of Claims might take jurisdiction on the voluntary action of the claimant, together with all vouchers, papers, documents, and proofs pertaining thereto. "The Court of Claims shall proceed with the claims or matters so referred as in other cases pending in such court and shall render judgment thereon." SEC. 12. Section 2511, title 28, United States Code, is hereby amended to read as follows: "Notice of suit under section 1494 of this title shall be given to the Attorney General, to the Comptroller General, and to the head of the department requested to settle the account in question. "The judgment of the Court of Claims in such suit, or of the Supreme Court upon review, shall be conclusive upon the parties, and payment of the amount found due shall discharge the obligation. "The transcript of such judgment, filed in the clerk's office of any district court, shall be entered upon the records, and shall be enforceable as other judgments." Approved July 28, 1953. Public Law 159
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CHAPTER 254 AN ACT To amend the Color of Title Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the part of section 1 of the Act of December 22, 1928 (45 Stat. 1069; 43 U.S.C. 1946 ed., sec. 1068 et seq.), preceding the first proviso is amended to read as follows:
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C o l o r of T ith: Act, amendments.
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