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dicatiou of cases. and shall have the usC
of all recorded and printed reports mad'
by committees of either House of Con
grcss.
See O. That ali applications for pen
Sions or to increase pensions pending III
Congress at the time of the approval oi
this act, or shall thereafter be pending
which shall include bills and petitions mo-
disposed of at the time of the organiza
zion of the Court hereby created, shall be
referred by the Secretary of the Senate
and the Clerk of the House of Represent
atives, with all papers pertaining TO eacii
| claim to the said Court, and they shaii
be entered on the docket of said court
and in the order in which they are re-
ceived Said Court shall make a hnd!rg
of the facts and recommend what action
shouId be taken therein and certify said
! finding of facts and recommendation to
! the Senate or House or committee from
whence said application was certified.
| Sec. 10. That when the record of the
| War Department shows that the ANN.
cant is deserter the said Court shaii
| have full jurisdiction and power to hear
! and determine whether said record should
, he amended: and if the said record Of de-
sertion, in the opinion Of the Court, Should
be removed, it shall make finding OF
| facts in the case. with the Courts reconl-
mendation therein. and certify the same
to the Secretary of War. who shall there
upon amend such record and certify the
| same to the Commissioner of Pensions.
Sec. IL. That the Pension Court may
Mt any time certify to the Supreme Court
of the United States any question of law
| arising in any claim pending before such
| Pension Court and concerning which 1t
desires the instruction of the Supreme
Court for its proper decision. and there
upon the Supreme Court shall give its in
struction on the question so certified.
which shall be binding upon the Pension
Court; but not more than 10 such certlb-
Gates shall be made during any calendar
year. And where it is satisfactorily
shown that n decision of the Pension
Court affects such Il number of claimants
for pension as TO make it one OF general
interest to pension claimants or OF Im-
portance to the Government, the Supreme
Court, in its discretion. may. by certior-
ari or otherwise. require the claim upon
which such decision shall have been rem
dered, or so much of the record therein
as may he necessary. to be certified TO the
Supreme Court for its review and deter
mination in like manner as il it had been
brought to that Court for review by writ
of error or appeal; but the application to
the Supreme Court for any such certiti-
cation must be made within 30 days after
the decision by the Pension Cout.
Oct. L. ludl IL SHuH De IHt uUtS VI
the Secretary of the Interior to provide
suitable rooms and accommodations for
the Pension Court. its officers and em-
ployees, and to cause the decisions of that
Court to be published and disposed of in
substantially the same manner in which
the land decisions and pension decisions
of the Interior Department are now pub
lished and disposed of.
Sec. 13. That the Government shall be
rpnrQSnutn1 lafnra fhn T.,
some competent attorney in the Interior
Department designated by the Secretary
of the Interior for that service, and shall
be represented before the Supreme Court
IN pension causes by some competent at-
torney in the Department of Justice or In
terror Department designated by the At
torney-General. No court costs shall be
taxed in any such case in either court
Sec. II. That the words "claim fer pen
sion" as used in this act shall include any
claim asserted under the pension laws to
the benefits Of pension. i'll whole or in
part, whether to accrued pension money.
the divided payment of pension. or 9TH
erwise.
Sec. Is. That it shall be the duty of the
said Court without delay after its organi-
Zation to prepare a full, annotated codifi-
cation of all the pension laws of the
United States and report the same to
congress through the President: and the
said Court shall in like manner report
TO each Congress such notifications or
amendments of the pension laws as their
experience may have shown to be neccs-
sary and proper. together with the rea-
sons and causes therefor.
Sec. 16. That the sum of $50. 600 or so
much thereof as may be necessary. is here
by appropriated. out of any moneys in
the treasury not otherwise appropriated
ana Is hereby made available to meet the
expenditures herein authorized during the
4scai years ending June 50. 1901, and
June 80. 1902. "-'u
we present the above bill in full that all
the comrades may carefully study its pro.
visions, with reference TO their attitude TO-
ward it. While it purports to follow the
lines of the Grand Army Bill, and is to
that extent concession of the underly
ing principle of that bill, yet it does NOT
attain the vital object desired by the G..
A. R.-that of affording ready recourse
Tor any claimant who feels that he has
been unjustly treated by the Commission
er. There are many features which indi
cate the purpose to keep the proposed
Court under the control OF the Secretary,
otherwise the Commissioner of Pensions.
But, as there is no immediate prospect
OF the bill coming up in Congress for CON
sideration. we shall leave it in the hands
of the comrades for study, and comment
more fully upon it at the time when it
shall come up.