388 LAWS APPLICABLE TO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Procedure in cases transmitted by departments. 



Sec. 149. All cases transmitted by the head of any department. 



* * * according to the provisions of the preceding section, shall 

 be proceeded in as other casea pending in the Court of Claims, and 

 shall, in all respects, l)e subject to the same rules and regulations. 



Act March 3, 1911, c. 231, s. 149. 36 Stat. 1138. 



Tills section incorporates therein the provisions of Rev. St. sec. 1064. 

 which section is expressly repealed by section 297 of this act. 



Judgments In cases transmitted by departments; payment. 



Sec. 150. The amount of any final judgment or decree rendered in 

 favor of the chiimant, in any case transmitted to the Court of Claims 

 under tlie two preceding .sections, .-hall be paid out of any specific 

 appropriation applicable to the case, if any there be; and where nc 

 such appropriation exists, the judgment or decree shall be paid in 

 the same manner as other judgments of the said court. 



Act March 3, 1911, c. 231, s. 150. 36 Stat. 11.38. 



This section incorporates therein the provisions of Rev. St. sec. 106.j. 

 which section is expx'essly repealed by section 297 of this act. 



Power to call upon departments for information. 



Sec. IQi. The said court shall have power to call upon any of thi 

 departments for any information or papers it may deem necessary 



* * *. But the head of any department may refuse and omit h 

 comply with any call for information or papers when, in his opinion, 

 such compliance would he injurious to the public interest. 



Act March 3, 1911, c. 231, s. 164. 36 Stat. 1140. 



This section incorjmrates therein the provisions of Rev. St. sec. lOT*. 

 which section is expressly repealed by section 297 of this act. 



Claims forfeited for fraud. 



Sec. 172. An}' person who corrui)tly practices or attempts to prac- 

 tice any fraud against the United States in the proof, statement, 

 establishment, or allowance of any claim or of any part of any claim 

 against the United States shall, ipso facto, forfeit the same to the 

 Government ; and it shall be the duty of the Court of Claims, in such 

 cases, to tind specifically that such fraud was practiced or attempted 

 to be practiced, and thereupon to give judgment that such claim i; 

 forfeited to the Government, and that the claimant be forever barred 

 from prosecuting the same. 



Act March 3, 1911, c. 231, s. 172. 36 Stat. 1141. 



This section incorporates therein the provisions of Rev. St. sec. 10"^'' 

 which section is expressly re|x»alod by section 297 of this act. 



Disallowance of fraudulent claims for more than is justly due, or on false 

 evidence. 



Sec. 173. Xo claim shall be allowed by the accounting officer^ 



* * * or by the Court of Claims, or by Congress, to any jiersoii 

 where such chumanl. or those under whom he claims, shall willfully 

 knowingly, and with intent to defraud the United States, hav 

 claimed more than is justly due in respect of such claim, or pre- 

 .senled any false evidence to Congres.s, or to any department or court, 

 in sup{)«>rt thereof. 



Act March 3, 1911, c. 231. s. 173, 36 Stat. 1141. 



This section incorjiorates therein the provisions of section 2, act Apr! 

 30. 1S7S, c. 77, 20 Stat. 524. 



