The National tribune., 1900-06-21

United States which may be appealed to
to it by such claimant or applicant from
the decision Of or which may have been
rejected in whole or part by, the Secretary
of the Interior or the Commissioner of
Pensions; and in the hearing and determi-
nation of such or any case or question be-
fore it, the Court shall proceed in a sum
mary manner as may best tend to the
speedy and expeditions decision thereof,
under such rules and regulat ations as to
form and procedure and the taking of tes-
timony as shall be prescribed by the Court
within its jurisdiction as conferred by law.
All cases brought and tried under the
provisions of this Act shall be tried with
out jury, but the Court may, in its dis
erection, refer cases to an Auditor for eX
animation and report; and the several
Judges, under the assignment of the
Court, may sit and hear cases and qucs-
tons separately, but subject to the right
of rehearing before the full Court on de-
mand of the claimant or of the United
States.
Sec. Is. That the Attorney General
shall represent the United States before
the said Court; and the Secretary of the
Interior upon the requisition of the At
torney- General, shall cause to be detailed
from the Department of the Interior and
the Pension Office, for the period of two
years from the date of the organization of
the Court, such Clerks or other employees
as may be necessary to assist the Attor-
ney-General in the preparation and con-
duct of the cases before the Court giving
preference in such detail to the members
of the Board of Pension Appeals in the
said Secretary's office; and the Attorney
General may appoint and designate such
or any of the Clerks or employees so de-
tailed as he may deem necessary, to be
Assistant Attorneys.
Sec. 16. That the Board of Pension APP
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Interior as heretofore constituted, and the
right of appeal in pension cases to the
said Secretary, shall be and hereby is dis
continued: Provided, That for the period
Of two years from the date of the organi-
zation of the said Court, unless in the
opinion Of the Court their services may
wholly or in part sooner be dispensed with
by reason of the adjudication of the ap-
pealed cases before the Department of the
Interior at the date of this Act, such of
the Clerks comprising the said Board Of
Pension Appeals as may not have been
detailed to assist the Attorney General be
fore the said Court shall temporarily be
transferred and assigned to duty in the
office of the Clerk of the said Court, un-
der the direction of the Judges thereof,
after the conclusion of which service they
shall be returned to the said Department.
And for the period Of one year from the
date Of the organization of the said Court
the Secretary of the Interior shall cause
to be detailed for similar duties such ad-
ditional number of expert clerks from the
Pension Office, not to exceed 10 at any
one time, as in the opinion Of the Court
and upon its requisition based upon the
exigencies Of the business before it may
be required
Sec. II. That all cases appealed from
the decision of the Commissioner of Pen
sions, and the files and records therein,
now pending before the Department of
the Interior, shall forthwith be transmit
ted to the said Court for hearing and de-
termination under the provisions of law
applicable thereto as if originally appealed
to the said Court
Sec. IS. That the decisions of the said
Court, when certified to the Commissioner
of Pensions, shall be conclusive as to the