Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-09-01
Court of Claims-Important Circula,

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 SofIcltor's OJce, July 5, 1958.-Sir--I de. sire to call your attention to the rules and prac. tlce now controlling business in the court of claims.
 The rule requiring the petition to be printed no longer exists, and the claimant is relieved from all expense of printing
 Documents and papers intended to be relied upon as evidence in a cause, iii whatever form the same may exist, as we'll as dispositions. must be furnished complete and filed with the clerk with references where the originals may be found, when copies, instead of the originals. are hIed. If in any language other than English, a correct translation must also be furnished and filed
 When all the claimants evidence is in and filed with the clerk the petitioners counsel must make and file with the clerk a written schedule thereof together with notice in wri. ting that the evidence on his part is closed, ,-- " hen the testimony on the part of the United States Is closed the same course will be pursued by the solicitor. This notice aud schedule will prevent any further misapprehension concern lng the evidence to be relied upon in argument W hen the record is thus completed it will be mdexed and printed in the same manner as re- cords Tn the supreme court are now printed. IT. w hen the record shall have been printed the claimant will be entitled to four copies thereof preparatory 10 making and filing his brief with the clerk
 The brief should state and number the sev- eral facts which the claimant believes he nas proved, with references to the page of the re- cord where he thinks the evidence Is found to establish them; and, if he chooses, he may ex- tract such portions of the proof which he thinks will establish the several acts He also should state and number his propositions of law, with a reference to the authorities which sustain them. Where statute or regulation of a de- partment is involved, the material parts should be set out at length, and the essential parts of elementary works and decisions should be ac- curately quoted It is advisable to add briefly the substance of the reasons for the conclusions which are sought to be established The so- licitor will prepare his brief after seeing that of the claimant, and in doing so he designs to pur- sue the same course which is recommended to the claimant. When both briefs are completed and filed, they will be printed and form part ot the record, which, with the opinion of the court, Is to be sent to Congress-
 This course will enable the parties to ex- anime the whole case with ease, and the court readily to understand the points of fact and law in controversy. With compact record con- taining the pleadings and facts which are in evidence, and the subjects and points of diff ference the court will readily comprehend the case, aud their determination, it may be coni- dently assumed, will be correct. With such advantages for full and clear understanding of the views of both parties and of the court, Congress will have little difficulty iD forming its own conclusions.
 | Cases not heretofore argued, will be subject | ] entered upon a special trial docke ct in the order in which they shall be thus prepared for prac- teal hearing by the actual filing of the briefs. No unargued cases can be heard until the testi- mony Is closed on both sdes and schedule thereof furnished to the clerk, with notice that 1t Is closed and the record printed. and the briefs made and filed, as above suggested.- - They will be entered and heard in the order in which these proceedings shall be actually com pleted
 Gases not deemed difficult or special the soli- cltor, on written application before his brief shall be made, will consent 10 submit upon the printed records and briefs.
 Justice to other snitors will induce the soli- citor to adhere strictly to the regular order of business, and cases will not be taken up out of their order on the perfected trial docket. l understand 1t is the intention of the court, at the opening of the next session, to decide all cases heretofore argued and submitted The cases ordered for reargument will then be first taken up in their order on the docket upon which they now stand.
 It is understood to be the intention of the 1 court hereafter to go into consultation upon cases as fast as argued, to decide them as soon thereafter as the members of the court can properly investigate and prepare their written opinions, with bills for carrying their decisions | into effect where favorable to the claimant, ac- cording to the intention of the act of Congress establishing the court.
 It is the wish of the solicitor to have each case so prepared and presented that its whole merits may be easily understood and fully con- sidered and passed upon, with the hope that l the determination of the court may be such as to satisfy both suitors aud the public that ample justice has been done in the determination of the court.
 Very respectfully,
 Grrrrr Colic;for