Show important hearing before comptroller to his powers and test constitutionality of bounty applications washington 7 alie hearing to lay lieford comptroller howler upon the question of alio constitutionality 0 alic sugar appropriations made by lest for lie crops of 1893 anil arise upon alic claim ot alio oxnard 1 sugar company ol 01 nebraska the llast claim settled by the auditor since the passage 0 the ileon bill by the alil sugar bounties of alie mckinley act were repealed the commissioner of internal adjusted the amount of he bounties alno the Oxnard corn pany referred all papers to alio auditor tor the treasury department with a statement 0 alie account thereon the auditor allowed alio amount fixed by the commus ioner 0 internal revenue and alie decision to the comptroller or his approval disapproval or modification aa required by alio provisions of the new accounting system adopted in the act of july 31 aa a result of the labors of the dochery coin mission that act requires auditors andi tors in making an construction or modifying the existing construction ota ta tute to to alio comptroller of alie treasury decisions and suspend action uell alio comptroller liae passed apon alic juc stion the decision of the comptroller ii required to be acted upon by the auditor whose certificate i mado by law and conclusive upon by alie branch 0 alio government alie result is lint te decision of alie comptroller can nut be by any oilier executive officer of the government claims rejected liy alio comptroller however may bo sued on in the court of claims or in certain cases in circuit and district courts of alie united sta tea their de visions bein binding upon him the court of appeals for the district of columbia in the atso of the united stales ex rel lie mies and manufacturing company versus john G carlisle and joseph ai miller mandamus the secretary of the treasury and commissioner of internal revenue to compel to an point sugar inspectors under the provisions of the kckinley act held that sugar bounties acro unconstitutional the comptroller of the treasury deemed it ilia duty to be satis hed upon that point before passing ion the claim of lie oxnard company and a precedent for he aay of auar provided for by tue lie therefore shout any decision the matter halover ha tover called upon of the company to be heard upon tho question the matter gives rio immediately to considerable discussion as to the comptrollers powers and duties and the claim hag been persistently made eliat he had no jurisdiction and 9 to obey lie laws pained by contree Con pree whether constitutional or not that question MI be argued us well as tho of lie bounty appropriation ex senator manderson ot ela a lia fiade a strong argument in support of the claims |