...eighty41 two," approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, are hereby continued in force. " An Act to afford assistance and relief to Congress...Government," approved March third, eighteen hundred and eightythree. " An Act regulating appeals from the supreme court of the District of Columbia and...

...eighty -two," approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, are hereby continued in force. "An Act to afford assistance and relief to Congress...Government," approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three. "An Act regulating appeals from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia and...

...opinion of the court in accordance with the provisions of § 2 of the act of Congress of March 3, 1883, entitled 'An Act to Afford Assistance and Relief to...Investigation of Claims and Demands against the Government' (22 Stat. at L. 485, chap. U«, U. а. Сотр. Stat. 1901, p. 748), and Congress, by the act of March...

...March 3, 1887, that eminent man enlarged upon the Act of March 3, 1883, commonly known as the Bowman Act, entitled "An Act to afford assistance and relief...investigation of claims and demands against the Government." The Act of 1883 provided for the investigation of claims for supplies or stores taken by or furnished...

...accordance with the provisions of the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, entitled •An act to afford assistance and relief...investigation of claims and demands against the Government- |the Bowman Act], and report to such House the facts in the case and the amount, where the same can...

...judgments of the said court." We come now to what is known as the Bowman Act, of March 3, 1883 (c. 116), entitled "An act to afford assistance and relief to...investigation of claims and demands against the Government." (22 Stat., 485.) By the first section of that act it is provided : " Section 1. Whenever a claim or...

...public prints, and is so well known to most intelligent men, that I refrain from dwelling upon it. An act to afford assistance and relief to Congress...investigation of claims and demands against the government, is important, as recognizing the fact that the judicial function does not properly belong either to...

...hundred and eighty- three, entitled an "Act to afford assistance V»l.£i,p. 485. andrelief to Congiess and the Executive Departments in the investigation of claims and demands against the Government," and report to such Report to ConHouse the facts in the case and the amount, where the same can be grees....

...until the further order of Congress. On the same day that the Austin Act was passed, March 3, 1883, an Act entitled "An Act to Afford Assistance and Relief...Investigation of Claims and Demands Against the Government" (22 Stat. at L. 485, chap. 116) was approved, of which the fourth section was as follows: "Sec. 4....

...every case which shall come before the Courtof Claims. or is now pending therein, under the provisions of an act entitled " An act to afford assistance and...Government," approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, if it shall appear to the satisfaction of the court, upon the facts established,...