JURISDICTION OF THE COURT OF CLAIMS CONSIDERED WITH RELATION TO ITS GENERAL, DEPARTMENTAL, CONGRESSIONAL AND SPECIAL POWERS BY RALSTON & SIDDONS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW Second Edition WASHINGTON, D.C. 1905COPYRIGHT By RALSTON & SIDDONS 1905PREFACE We take pleasure in presenting herewith a review of the jurisdiction of the Court of Claims. With the present rapid growth of the operations and relations of Government, touching, as they do, increasing numbers and classes of people, it has seemed to us that a summary of the jurisdiction of a court dealing, as does the Court of Claims, with controverted questions of law and fact likely to arise between Government and citizen should pos- sess a timely value. A prior edition having been exhausted, the subject has been revised and brought up to date with numerous addi- tions, which will, we hope, serve to increase the usefulness of the brochure. RALSTON & SIDDONS. December, 1905.