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(/us/bill/75/pl/3)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Governor Loans to farmers for crop production, etc., during 1937.of the Farm Credit Administration, hereinafter in this Act referred to as the Governor, is hereby authorized to make loans to farmers in the United States (including Hawaii and Puerto Rico), for fallowing, for planting, for cultivation, for production of crops, for harvesting of crops, for supplies incident and necessary to such production or harvesting, and for feed for livestock, or for any of such purposes.

Such loans shall be made and collected through such agencies, upon such terms and conditions, and subject to such regulations, as the Governor may prescribe. 6 Sec. 2. Conditions prescribed.

(a)No loan shall be made under this Act to any applicant who shall not have first established to the satisfaction of the proper officer or employee of the Farm Credit Administration, under such regulations as the Governor may prescribe, that such Applicant unable to procure elsewhere.applicant is unable to procure from other sources a loan in an amount reasonably adequate to meet his needs for the purposes for which loans may be made under this Act; and preference shall be given to the applications of farmers whose cash requirements are small.

(b)Security. There shall be required as security for any such loan a first lien, or an agreement to give a first lien, upon all crops of which the production or harvesting, or both, is to be financed, in whole or in part, with the proceeds of such loan; or, in case of any loan, for the purchase or production of feed for livestock, a first lien upon the livestock to be fed.

(c)Maximum amount. No loan made under the provisions of this Act to any borrower shall exceed $400, nor shall a loan be so made in any calendar year which, together with the unpaid principal of prior loans so made to such borrower in that year, shall exceed $400 in amount:*Proviso.*Distressed emergency areas. *Provided*, *however*, That in any area certified by the President of the United States to the Governor as a distressed emergency area, the Governor may make loans without regard to the foregoing limitations as to amount, under such regulations, with such maturities, and in such amounts as he may prescribe.

(d)interest rate. Each loan shall bear interest at the rate of 4 per centum per annum. Sec. 3. Proceeds of loans impressed with a trust. The proceeds of each loan made by the Governor under the provisions of this Act shall be impressed with a trust for the purposes for which loans may be made under this Act, and may be used only for the purposes stated in the application therefor, and such trust shall continue, and the proceeds shall be free from garnishment, attachment, or the levy of an execution, until such proceeds have been used by the borrower for such purposes. Sec. 4. Recording. etc., fees.

(a)Fees for recording, filing, registration, and examination of records (including certificates) shall not exceed 75 cents per loan, and may be paid from the proceeds of the loan.

(b)Fees for releasing liens, etc. No fees for releasing liens given to secure loans made pursuant to this Act, nor any other fee not specified herein, shall be paid from the funds herein authorized to be appropriated. Sec. 5. Officers and employees authorized; pay, duties, etc.

(a)The Governor shall have power, without regard to the provisions of other laws applicable to the employment and compensation of officers and employees of the United States, to employ and fix the compensation and duties of such agents, officers, and employees as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act ; but the compensation of such officers and employees shall correspond, so far as the Governor deems practicable, to the rates established by [5 U. S. C. § 673](/us/usc/t5/s673).the Classification Act of 1923, as amended.

(b)Use of designated agencies, facilities, etc. Such agents, officers, and employees, or any of them, and the agents, officers, employees, and facilities of the Farm Credit Administration available for use in connection with loans made under the provisions of this Act or of prior crop production, seed, and feed loan Acts of the same general character, may be used by the Governor to perform services for any institution operating under the supervision of the Farm Credit Administration, upon such terms and conditions as the Governor may determine; and such institutions are hereby expressly empowered to enter into agreements with the Governor for such purpose.

(c)Other facilities and services. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, and for collecting loans made under other Acts of the same general character, including loans made by the Governor with funds appro-7priated by the Emergency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1935, or the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935, the Governor is authorized also to use the facilities and services of any agency or corporation operating under the supervision of the Farm Credit Administration, and of any officer or employee of any such agency or institution, or of the Farm Credit Administration, and may pay Payment therefor.for such services and the use of such facilities from the funds made available for the payment of necessary administrative expenses, and such agencies and institutions are hereby expressly empowered to enter into agreements with the Governor for the accomplishment of such purposes and to perform the services provided for therein. Sec. 6.

(a)Except with the written permission of the Governor Unlawful acts.or his duly authorized representative, it shall be unlawful for any borrower to willfully use the proceeds of any loan:

(1)For any purpose other than those specified in the application therefor; or

(2)For the purpose of fallowing, or for the planting, production, or harvesting of any crops on, any land other than that described in his application for such loan.

(b)It shall be unlawful for any person to make any material False representation, etc.false representation for the purpose of obtaining, or assisting another to obtain, a loan under the provisions of this Act; or willfully to dispose of, or assist in disposing of, except for the account of the Governor, any crops or other property upon which there exists a lien securing a loan made under the provisions of this Act.

(c)It shall be unlawful for any person to charge or accept a fee Fee for preparing application.for preparing or assisting in the preparation of any papers of an applicant for a loan under the provisions of this Act.

(d)Any person violating any provision of this section of this Act Penalty for violation.shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both. Sec. 7.

(a)There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out Appropriation authorized.*Post*, p. 11.of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $50,000.000 for the purpose of enabling the Governor to carry out the provisions of this Act.

(b)The moneys appropriated in pursuance of subsection

(a)of Use of designated moneys for loans and expenses.this section, any amounts collected for services rendered under section 5 (b), and all collections of principal and interest of loans made under this Act may be used by the Governor for making loans under this Act, and for all necessary administrative expenses incurred in connection with the making and collection of such loans.

(c)Expenditures for printing and binding necessary in carrying Printing and binding.[R. S. § 3709](/us/rs/3709); [41 U. S. C. § 5](/us/usc/t41/s5).out the provisions of this Act may be made without regard to the provisions of section 3709 of the Revised Statutes. Approved, January 29, 1937. To create a joint congressional committee on Government organization. 1937-02-03 8 Chapter 50 Stat. 7 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-11-23 75 1 public [CHAPTER 8] JOINT RESOLUTION To create a joint congressional committee on Government organization. February 3, 1937[[H. J. Res. 81]](/us/bill/75/hjres/81)][[Pub. Res., No. 4](/us/bill/75/pubres/4)] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That

(a)there is hereby Joint Committee on Government Organization, establishment.established a joint congressional committee to be known as the Joint Committee on Government Organization (hereinafter referred to as the joint committee).

(b)The joint committee shall be composed of nine Members of Composition and appointment.the Senate, appointed by the President of the Senate, and nine Members of the House of Representatives, appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. 8 Sec. 2. Duties. It shall be the duty of the joint committee—

(a)Investigations. To investigate the organization and activities of the departments, independent establishments, bureaus, boards, commissions, divisions, services, offices, and other agencies of the Government, with the view to determining whether, in the interest of simplification, efficiency, or economy, or in order to eliminate conflicting or overlapping activities, any of such organizations or units should be coordinated or consolidated with any other organization or unit, reorganized, or abolished, or the personnel thereof reduced; and

(b)Reports and recommendations. To report, from time to time, to the Senate and the House of Representatives, the results of its investigations together with such recommendations as it deems advisable. Sec. 3. Hearings. The joint committee, or any subcommittee thereof, shall have power to hold hearings and to sit and act at such places and times, to require by subpena or otherwise the attendance of such witnesses and the production of such books, papers, and documents, to administer such oaths, to take such testimony, and to make such Subpenas.expenditures, as it deems advisable. Subpenas shall lie issued under the signature of the chairman of said joint committee, and shall be Expenses.*Post*, p. 9.served by any person designated by him. Amounts appropriated for the expenses of the joint committee shall be disbursed one-half by the Secretary of the Senate and one-half by the Clerk of the House. Sec. 4. Officers, experts, and employees. The joint committee shall have power to employ and fix the compensation of such officers, experts, and employees as it deems necessary for the performance of its duties, but the compensation so fixed shall not exceed the compensation fixed under the [5 U. S. C. § 673](/us/usc/t5/s673).Classification Act of 1923, as amended, for comparable duties. Details from Government offices; compensation.Officers and employees of the Government shall be detailed to the service of the joint committee, on its request, without additional compensation, and such officers and employees shall be paid from the appropriations regularly available for their salaries. Approved, February 3, 1937. Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1937, and prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1937, and for other purposes. 1937-02-09 9 Chapter 50 Stat. 8 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-11-23 75 1 public [CHAPTER 9] AN ACT Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1937, and prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1937, and for other purposes. February 9, 1937[[H. R. 3587](/us/bill/75/hr/3587)][[Public, No. 4](/us/bill/75/pl/4)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, First Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1937. That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1937, and prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1937, and for other purposes, namely: TITLE I— GENERAL APPROPRIATIONSGeneral appropriations. LEGISLATIVE Legislative. senate senate. Louis Murphy.Pay to widow.To pay to Ellen E. Murphy, widow of Honorable Louis Murphy, late a Senator from the State of Iowa, $10,000. Peter Nor beck.Pay to widow.To pay to Lydia Norbeck, widow of Honorable Peter Norbeck, late a Senator from the State of South Dakota, $10,000. Miscellaneous items.For miscellaneous items, exclusive of labor, fiscal year 1937, $160,000. 9 For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate, Inquiries and investigations.including compensation to stenographers of committees, at such rate as may be fixed by the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, but not exceeding 25 cents per hundred words, fiscal year 1937, $125,000: *Provided*, That no part *Provisos.*Per diem and subsistence expenses.[44 Stat. 688](/us/stat/44/688).[5 U. S. C. §§ 821–833](/us/usc/t5/s821–833).Rate of compensation restricted.of this appropriation shall be expended for per diem and subsistence expenses except in accordance with the Subsistence Expense Act of 1926, approved June 3, 1926, as amended: *Provided further*, That the rate of compensation for any position under the appropriations now available for, or herein or hereafter made for, expenses of inquiries and investigations of the Senate or expenses of special and select committees of the House of Representatives shall not exceed the rates fixed under the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, for positions [5 U. S. C. § 673](/us/usc/t5/s673).with comparable duties; and the salary limitations of $3,600 Certain salary limitations repealed.attached to appropriations heretofore made for expenses of inquiries and investigations of the Senate or for expenses of special and select committees of the House of Representatives are hereby repealed. Office of Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper: For two laborers, from Laborers.February 1 to June 30, 1937, at the rate of $1,260 per annum each, $1,050. house of representatives House of Representatives. For payment to the widow of Glover H. Cary, late a Representative Glover H. Cary.Pay to widow.from the State of Kentucky, $10,000. For payment to the widow of Warren J. Duffey, late a Representative Warren J. Duffey.Pay to widow.from the State of Ohio, $10,000. For payment to the widow of William V. Gregory, late a Representative William V. Gregory.Pay to widow.from the State of Kentucky, $10,000. For payment to the widow of Bernhard M. Jacobsen, late a Representative Bernhard M. Jacobsen.Pay to widow.Andrew J. Montague.Pay to widow.John J. McSwain.Pay to widow.from the State of Iowa, $10,000. For payment to the widow of Andrew J. Montague, late a Representative from the State of Virginia, $10,000. For payment to the widow of John J. McSwain, late a Representative from the State of South Carolina, $10,000. For payment to the widow of Marion A. Zioncheck, late a Representative Marion A. Zion check.Pay to widow.from the State of Washington, $10,000. The foregoing appropriations to be disbursed by the Sergeant at Arms of the House. Contingent Expenses: For telegraph and telephone service, exclusive Contingent expenses.of personal services, fiscal year 1936, $7,500. For the procurement of a portrait of Honorable Joseph W. Byrns, Portraits of former Speaker Joseph VV. Byrns and Speaker William B. Bank-head.Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Seventy-fourth Congress, $2,500: and for the procurement of a portrait of Honorable William B. Bankhead, Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Seventy-fourth and Seventy-fifth Congresses, $2,500; in all, $5,000, to be disbursed by the Clerk of the House under the direction of the Speaker of the Seventy-fifth Congress. joint committee on government organizationJoint Committee on Government Organization.Salaries and expenses.*Ante*, p. 7. For the payment of the salaries and other expenses of the Joint Committee on Government Organization as authorized by law, fiscal year 1937, to remain available during the fiscal year 1938, $30,000, one-half of such amount to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate and one-half by the Clerk of the House of Representatives. office of architect of the capitol Office of Architect of the Capitol. Air-conditioning, Capitol, Senate, and House Office Buildings: Air-conditioning, Capitol, Senate, and House Office Buildings.[49 Stat. 671](/us/stat/49/671).The appropriation for air-conditioning, Capitol, Senate, and House Office Buildings, contained in the Second Deficiency Appropriation10 Act, fiscal year 1935, approved August 12, 1935, shall continue available for the same purposes until June 30, 1938; and in addition there Availability.is appropriated, to be merged with, and to be available for the same purposes as, the appropriation hereinbefore extended, the sum of $1,672,000, to remain available until June 30, 1938; all funds to be available for structural changes, alterations and additions at the Capitol Power Plant. EXECUTIVE Executive. independent offices Independent offices. relief and work reliefEmergency relief. Relief and work relief.[49 Stat. 1608](/us/stat/49/1608).To continue to provide relief and work relief as authorized in the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1936, and subject to all the provisions thereof, $789,000,000, which amount shall be added to, and proportionately increase the specified amounts of the limitations *Proviso.*Legislative investigating committees.Details to, limitation.prescribed under, the appropriation made in such Act: *Provided*, That no part of this appropriation or of the appropriation in the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1936 shall be used to pay the compensation of any person, not taken from relief rolls, detailed or loaned for service in connection with any investigation or inquiry undertaken by any committee of either House of Congress under Effective date.special resolution thereof. This proviso shall not take effect until thirty days after the date of the enactment of this Act. charles carroll of carrollton bicentenary commissionCharles Carroll of Carrollton Bicente nary Commission.Expenses. For every expenditure requisite for and incident to the performance of the duties of the Charles Carroll of Carrollton Bicentenary Commission in carrying into effect the provisions of Public Resolution [49 Stat. 1516](/us/stat/49/1516).Numbered 106, Seventy-fourth Congress, approved June 15, 1936, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; travel expenses, and subsistence at pot to exceed $5 per day; erection of markers and memorials; postage, printing and binding, services, office supplies and equipment; pageantry, cartographic maps and publications and their distribution, promotion and stimulation of school activities through and by means of essay Cooperation with Maryland.and public-speaking contests and by other methods, cooperation with the State of Maryland and patriotic societies; fiscal year 1937, to remain available during the fiscal year 1938, $12.500. district of columbia airport commissionDistrict of Columbia Airport Commission.Expenses.[49 Stat. 1236](/us/stat/49/1236). For the payment of all necessary expenses in carrying out the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to establish a commercial airport for the District of Columbia”, approved April 21, 1936, including compensation of experts and other assistants, printing and binding, contract stenographic reporting service without regard to [R. S. § 3709](/us/rs/3709).[41 U. S. C. § 5](/us/usc/t41/s5).section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 41, sec. 5), and for the payment of obligations heretofore incurred in carrying out the purposes of such Act, $10,000, one-half of such sum to be paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia and one-half from any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. emergency conservation work Emergency Conservation Work. Administrative expenses and compensation payments.[48 Stat. 22](/us/stat/48/22).For an additional amount for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act for the relief of unemployment through the performance of useful public work, and for other purposes”, approved March 31, 1933, which Act, as amended, is hereby continued in full force and effect to and including June 30, 111937, $95,000,000, to be expended under the direction of the President and to be available until June 30, 1937, for the same purposes and objects as those specified under this head in the First Deficiency[49 Stat. 1601](/us/stat/49/1601). Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1936. farm credit administration Farm Credit Administration. Crop production and harvesting loans: To enable the Governor of Crop production and harvesting loans.the Farm Credit Administration to carry into effect the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for loans to farmers for crop *Ante*, p. 5.production and harvesting during the year 1937, and for other purposes”, approved January 29, 1937, including personal services and rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; traveling expenses; paper, printing, and binding; supplies and services without regard Supplies and services.[41 U. S. C. § 5](/us/usc/t41/s5).to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 41, sec. 5) when the aggregate involved does not exceed $50, and such other expenses as may be necessary, fiscal year 1937, to remain available until June 30, 1938, $50,000,000. federal communications commission Federal Communications Commission. For an additional amount for all authorized expenditures of the Investigation of telephone companies.Federal Communications Commission, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, in completing the investigation and reporting to Congress on matters with respect to the American Telephone and Telegraph Company and all other companies engaged directly or indirectly in telephone communication in interstate commerce, as authorized and directed in Public Resolution [49 Stat. 43](/us/stat/49/43).Numbered 8, Seventy-fourth Congress, approved March 15, 1935 (49 Stat. 43), $350,000, to continue available until June 30, 1938. veterans’ administration Veterans’ Administration. Adjusted service and dependent pay: For an additional amount Adjusted service and dependent pay.for “Adjusted-service and dependent pay, Veterans’ Administration”, and for reimbursing the adjusted-service certificate fund in the amount of disbursements heretofore made therefrom and properly chargeable to the appropriation “Adjusted-service and dependent [49 Stat. 1182](/us/stat/49/1182).pay”, $1,000,000, to remain available until June 30, 1938. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA District of Columbia. general expenses General expenses. Boiler Inspection and Regulation: For personal services, equipment, Boiler Inspection service.instruments, supplies, transportation, and other contingent expenses necessary for the enforcement of the Act. entitled “An Act to [49 Stat. 1917](/us/stat/49/1917).provide for the inspection, control, and regulation of steam boilers and unfired pressure vessels in the District of Columbia”, approved June 25, 1936 (49 Stat., 1917), fiscal year 1937, $3,000. Employees’ Compensation Fund: For an additional amount for Employees’ Compensation Fund.[41 Stat. 104](/us/stat/41/104).carrying out the provisions of section 11 of the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, approved July 11, 1919, extending to the employees of the government of the District of Columbia the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to provide compensation for [39 Stat. 742](/us/stat/39/742).[6 U. S. C. §§ 751–796](/us/usc/t6/s751–796).employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes”, approved September 7, 1916, fiscal year 1937, $10,000. Office of Register of Wills: For an additional amount for miscellaneous Register of Wills, office expenses.and contingent expenses, including the same objects specified under this head in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act for [49 Stat. 1858](/us/stat/49/1858).the fiscal year 1937, $3,000. 12 contingent and miscellaneous expenses Contingent, etc., expenses. Postage.Postage: For an additional amount for postage for strictly official mail matter, including the rental of postage-meter equipment, fiscal year 1937, $3,000. Printing and Wilding.Printing and Binding: For an additional amount for printing and binding, including the same limitations and provisions under [49 Stat. 1859](/us/stat/49/1859).this heading in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1937, $5,000. fire department Fire Department. Purchases modified.The appropriation, contained in the 1937 District of Columbia [49 Stat. 1872](/us/stat/49/1872).Appropriation Act, approved June 23, 1936 (49 Stat. 1872), reading “For three aerial hook and ladder trucks, four combination hose wagons, and two pumping engines, triple combination, all motor driven, $92,000”, is hereby changed to read as follows: “For additional fire-fighting apparatus, $92,000”. division of expenses Division of expenses.The foregoing sums for the District of Columbia shall be paid out of the revenues of the District of Columbia and the Treasury of the United States in the manner prescribed by the District of Columbia Appropriation Acts for the respective fiscal years for which such sums are provided. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Department of Agriculture. forest service Forest Service. Forest lire prevention, etc.Fighting and preventing forest fires: For an additional amount for fighting and preventing forest fires, including the same objects [49 Stat. 1439](/us/stat/49/1439).specified under this head in the Agricultural Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1937, $2,045,000. enforcement of the commodity exchange act Commodity Exchange Act. Enforcement expenses.7 U. S. C., Supp. II, 1–17a.For carrying into effect the provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act (U. S. C., Supp. II, title 7, secs. 1–17 (a)) including the employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, fiscal year 1937, $100,000. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Department of the Interior. war minerals relief commission War Minerals Relief Commission. Administrative expenses.Administrative expenses: For an additional amount for administrative expenses of the War Minerals Relief Commission for the fiscal year 1937, including the same objects specified under this head [49 Stat. 1760](/us/stat/49/1760).in the Interior Department Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1937, $6,400. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Department of Justice. office of the attorney general Attorney General’s office. Salaries.Salaries: For an additional amount for salaries, Department of [49 Stat. 1322](/us/stat/49/1322).Justice, including the same objects specified under this head in the Department of Justice Appropriation Act, 1937, $10,450. 13 miscellaneous objects, department of justice Miscellaneous. Preparation of Rules in Actions at Law: For an additional amount Preparation of rules in actions at law.for preparation of rules in actions at law, including the same objects specified under this head in the First Deficiency Appropriation Act, [49 Stat. 52](/us/stat/49/52).fiscal year 1935, $23,500, to remain available until June 30, 1938. united states supreme court United States Supreme Court. Miscellaneous Expenses: For an additional amount for miscellaneous Miscellaneous expenses.expenses, United States Supreme Court, including the same objects specified under this head in the First Deficiency Appropriation [49 Stat. 1625](/us/stat/49/1625).Act, fiscal year 1936, $25,000, to remain available until June 30, 1938. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Department of Labor. office of the secretary Secretary’s office. Division of Public Contracts: For personal services in the District Division of Public Contracts.Salaries and expenses.of Columbia and elsewhere, in performing the duties imposed by the Act entitled “An Act to provide conditions for the purchase of supplies and the making of contracts by the United States, and for other purposes”, approved June 30, 1936 (49 Stat. 2036), including [49 Stat. 2036](/us/stat/49/2036).[41 U. S. C., Supp. II. §§ 35–45](/us/usc/t41/s35–45).supplies, stationery, printing and binding, telephone service, telegrams, furniture, office equipment, traveling expenses, contract stenographic reporting services, and other necessary expenses fiscal year 1937, $50,000. Transporting Filipinos to the Philippine Islands: For all authorized Transporting Filipinos to the Philippine Islands.expenditures in the fiscal year 1937 and to and including December 31, 1937, necessary to enable the Secretary of Labor to administer the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to provide means by which certain Filipinos can emigrate from the United States”, approved July 10, 1935 (49 Stat., 478), as amended by the [49 Stat. 478, 1462](/us/stat/49/478/1462).Act approved June 4, 1936 (49 Stat., 1462) , $150,000, together with Sum reappropriated.[49 Stat. 1121](/us/stat/49/1121).the unexpended balance of the appropriation for this purpose contained in the Supplemental Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1936. NAVY DEPARTMENT Navy Department. office of the secretary Secretary’s office. Claims for damages by collision with naval vessels: To pay claims Collision damage claims.for damages adjusted and determined by the Secretary of the Navy under the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to amend the Act [42 Stat. 1066](/us/stat/42/1066).[34 U. S. C. § 599](/us/usc/t34/s599).authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to settle claims for damages to private property arising from collisions with naval vessels”, approved December 28, 1922, as fully set forth in House Document Numbered 110 Seventy-fifth Congress, $1,285.83. POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT Post Office Department. out of the postal revenues office of the second assistant postmaster general Second Assistant Postmaster General. Contract Air Mail Service: For an additional amount for the Contract Air Mail Service.inland transportation of mail by aircraft, including the same objects specified under this head in the Post. Office Department Appropriation [49 Stat. 1850](/us/stat/49/1850).Act for the fiscal year 1937, $984,000. 14 TREASURY DEPARTMENT Treasury Department. office of the secretary of the secretary Secretary’s office. Payments to Feder al land banks on account of interest rate reductions.Payments to Federal land banks on account of reductions in interest rate on mortgages: For an additional amount for payments to each Federal land bank of such amount as the Land Bank Commissioner certifies to the Secretary of the Treasury is equal to the amount by which interest payments on mortgages held by such bank have been reduced during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1936, in [49 Stat. 314](/us/stat/49/314).[12 U. S. C., Supp. II. § 771](/us/usc/t12/s771).accordance with the provisions of paragraph “Twelfth” of section 12 of the Federal Farm Loan Act, as amended, to supplement the [49 Stat. 1635](/us/stat/49/1635).amount made available for this purpose for the fiscal year 1937 in one fund by the “First Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1936”, $6,000,000. office of commissioner of accounts and deposits Accounts and Deposits office. Contingent expenses, public moneys.Contingent expenses, public moneys: For an additional amount for contingent expenses, public moneys, including the same objects, specified [49 Stat. 1831](/us/stat/49/1831).under this head in the Treasury Department Appropriation Act, 1937, $75,000. bureau of the budget Bureau of the Budget. Printing and binding.Funds transferred.[49 Stat. 1833](/us/stat/49/1833).Printing and binding11So in original.: Not to exceed $5,000 of the appropration 11So in original. for salaries and expenses, Bureau of the Budget, fiscal year 1937, may be transferred to the appropriation for printing and binding, Bureau of the Budget, fiscal year 1937. coast guard Coast Guard. Contingent expenses.Contingent expenses: For an additional amount for contingent expenses, Coast Guard, including the same objects specified under [49 Stat. 1836](/us/stat/49/1836).this head in the Treasury Department Appropriation Act, 1937, $25,000. bureau of engraving and printing Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Salaries and expenses.Salaries and expenses: For an additional amount for salaries and expenses, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, including the same [49 Stat. 1837](/us/stat/49/1837).objects specified tinder this head in the Treasury Department Appropriation Act, 1937, $1,400,000, to remain available until June 30, 1938. procurement division—public building branch Procurement Division-Public Buildings Branch.Los Angeles, Calif., post office, etc.; cost limit increased.[49 Stat. 599](/us/stat/49/599). Los Angeles, California, post office and courthouse, and so forth: The limit of cost authorized under the provisions of the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1935, for the construction of a post office and courthouse building in Los Angeles, California, is hereby increased from $6.250,000 to $7,280,000; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to enter into contracts for said building at a cost of not to exceed the latter amount. Peoria, III.Peoria, Illinois, post office and courthouse: The limit of cost authorized under the provisions of the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1935, for the construction of a post office and courthouse building in Peoria, Illinois, is hereby increased from $1,000,000 to $1,200,000; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to enter into contracts for said building at a cost of not to exceed the latter amount. Springerville, Ariz.Springerville, Arizona, forestry and post office building: The limit of cost authorized under the provisions of the Second Deficiency 15Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1935, for the construction of a post office and forestry building in Springerville, Arizona, is hereby increased from $75,000 to $105,000; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to enter into contracts for said building at a cost of not to exceed the latter amount. WAR DEPARTMENT War Department. office of the secretary of war Secretary’s office. Claims for damages by collision with river and harbor vessels: Collision damage claims.To pay claims for damages by collision with river and harbor vessels adjusted and determined by the War Department under the provision of section 9 of the River and Harbor Act, approved June 5, [41 Stat. 1015](/us/stat/41/1015).[33 U. S. C. § 564](/us/usc/t33/s564).1920 (U. S. C., title 33, sec. 564), as set forth in House Document Numbered 120, Seventy-fifth Congress, $2,087.20. quartermaster corps Quartermaster Corps. Regular supplies of the Army: There is hereby transferred to the Regular supplies.Bums transferred.[49 Stat. 1283, 1282, 1294, 1295](/us/stat/49/1283/1282/1294/1295).appropriation “Regular Supplies of the Army. 1937”, the following amounts from the following appropriations: “Travel of the Army, 1937”, $240,000; “Pay of the Army, 1937”, $180,000; “Medical and Hospital Department, 1937”, $13,000; and “Ordnance Services and Supplies, 1937”, $7,000; in all, $440,000. TITLE II— JUDGMENTS AND AUTHORIZED CLAIMS Judgments and authorized claims. property damage claims Section 1. Property damage claims. For the payment of claims for damages to or losses of Settlement of, not in excess of $1,000.privately owned property, adjusted and determined by the following respective departments and independent offices, under the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to provide a method for the settlement of claims arising against the Government of the United States in the sums not exceeding $1,000 in any one case”, approved December [42 Stat. 1066](/us/stat/42/1066).[31 U. S. C. §§ 215–217](/us/usc/t31/s215–217).28, 1922 (U. S. C., title 31, secs. 215–217), as fully set forth in House Document Numbered 114 of the Seventy-fifth Congress, as follows: Works Progress Administration, $10,340.22; Department of Commerce, $291.05; Department of the Interior, $165.56; Navy Department, $61.66; Treasury Department, $1,220.40; War Department, $21,051.22; Post Office Department (payable from postal revenues), $743.81; In all, $33,873.92. judgements, united states courts Sec. 2. United States courts, judgments.

(a)For payment of the final judgments and decrees, Payment of.including costs of suits, which have been rendered under the provisions of the Act of March 3, 1887, entitled “An Act to provide for [24 Stat. 505](/us/stat/24/505).[28 U. S. C. § 41, par, 20; § 258; 751–765](/us/usc/t28/s41/par20/s258/751–765).the bringing of suits against the Government of the United States”, as amended by the Judicial Code, approved March 3, 1911 (U. S. C., title 28, sec. 41, par. 20; sec. 258; secs. 761–765), certified to the Seventy-fifth Congress in House Document Numbered 117 under the following departments and establishments, namely: Department of Agriculture, $539.25; Post Office Department, $600; Treasury Department, $1,749.86; War Department, $23,014.89;16 Interest.In all, $25,904, together with such additional sum as may be necessary to pay interest as specified in such judgments or as provided by law.

(b)Suits in admiralty. For the payment of judgments, including costs of suits, rendered against the Government of the United States by United States [43 Stat. 1112](/us/stat/43/1112).[46 U. S. C. §§ 7811–789](/us/usc/t46/s7811–789).District Courts under the provisions of an Act entitled “An Act authorizing suits against the United States in admiralty for damages caused by and salvage services rendered to public vessels belonging to the United States, and for other purposes”, approved March 3, 1925 (U. S. C., title 46, secs 7811–789), certified to the Seventy-fifth Congress in House Document Numbered 117, under the following departments, namely: Navy Department, $6,013.83; Treasury Department, $11,468.70; War Department, $6,656.64; Interest.In all, $24,139.17, together with such additional sum as may be necessary to pay interest as specified in such judgments or as provided by law.

(c)Time of payments. None of the judgments contained under this caption shall be paid until the right of appeal shall have expired except such as have become final and conclusive against the United States by failure of the parties to appeal or otherwise.

(d)Restriction on interest payments. Payment of interest wherever provided for judgments contained in this Act shall not in any case continue for more than thirty days after the date of approval of the Act. judgements, court of claims Sec. 3. Judgments, Court of Claims.

(a)Payment of. For payment of the judgments rendered by the Court of Claims and reported to the Seventy-fifth Congress in House Document Numbered 115, under the following departments and establishments, namely: Architect of the Capitol, $1,662.50; United States Shipping Board. Emergency Fleet Corporation, $194,500.50; Veterans Administration, $1,680; Department of Commerce, $19,914.01; Navy Department, $12,568.74; Treasury Department, $3,787.73; War Department, $132,414.87; Interest.In all, $366,528.35, together with such additional sum as may be necessary to pay interest as and where specified in such judgments.

(b)Time of payments. None of the judgments contained under this caption shall be paid until the right of appeal shall have expired except such as have become final and conclusive against the United States by failure of the parties to appeal or otherwise. audited claims Sec. 4 Audited claims. (a). Payment of. For the payment of the following claims, certified to be due by the General Accounting Office under appropriations the balances of which have been carried to the surplus fund under the provisions of section 5 of the Act of June 20, 1874 (U. S. C., title 31, sec. [18 Stat. 110](/us/stat/18/110).[31 U. S. C. § 713](/us/usc/t31/s713).713), and under appropriations heretofore treated as permanent, being for the service of the fiscal year 1934 and prior years, unless otherwise stated, and which have been certified to Congress under [23 Stat. 254](/us/stat/23/254).[5 U. S. C. § 266](/us/usc/t5/s266).section 2 of the Act of July 7, 1884 (U. S. C., title 5, sec. 266), as fully set. forth in House Document Numbered 113, Seventy-fifth Congress, there is appropriated as follows: 17 **Independent offices:** For salaries and expenses, Veterans’ Administration, Independent offices.$897.05. **Department of Commerce:** For increase of compensation, Department Department of Commerce.of Commerce, $76.73. For air-navigation facilities, $4,347.63. For salaries and expenses, Bureau of the Census, 45 cents. For promoting commerce in Europe and other areas, $41.91. For transportation of families and effects of officers and employees, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce $46.49. For general expenses, lighthouse service, $650.28. For salaries, lighthouse vessels, $123.13. For surveying expenses, Coast and Geodetic Survey, $200. **Navy Department:** For pay, subsistence, and transportation, Navy Department.Navy, $1,113.83. For general expenses, Marine Corps, $29.50. For judgments, bounty for destruction of enemy’s vessels, $22.15. For prize money to captors, Spanish War, $85.62. **Treasury Department:** For salaries, Office of Chief Clerk and Treasury Department.Superintendent, $32.40. For collecting the revenue from customs, $83.11. For Coast Guard, $217.97. For pay and allowances, Coast Guard, $1,362.41. For contingent expenses, Coast Guard, $6.09. For fuel and water, Coast Guard, $98.40. For rebuilding and repairing stations, and so forth, Coast Guard, $223. For retired pay, former life-saving service, $1,858.19. For collecting the internal revenue, $32.48. For enforcement of Narcotic and National Prohibition Acts, $6.24. For salaries and expenses, Bureau of Narcotics, $26.07. For suppressing counterfeiting and other crimes, $4.16. For pay of other employees, Public Health Service, $68.17. For pay of personnel and maintenance of hospitals, Public Health Service, $610.58. For collecting the war revenue, $87.50. For increase of compensation, Treasury Department, $14. For mechanical equipment for public buildings, $146.28. For operating force for public buildings, $14.16. For operating supplies for public buildings, $16.38. For furniture and repairs of same for public buildings, $5.64. For salaries, Procurement Division, $250. For general expenses, Procurement Division, $3. For operating expenses, Treasury buildings, Procurement Division, $1,466.49. **War Department:** For pay, and so forth, of the Army, $13,262.53.War Department. For pay of the Army, $256.59. For general appropriations, Quartermaster Corps, $182.52. For clothing and equipage, $72.90. For subsistence of the Army, 80 cents. For National Guard, $2,249.66. For Ordnance service and supplies, Army, $150. **Post Office Department—Postal Service (out of the postal revenues):**Post Office Department. For carfare and bicycle allowance, $50. For city-delivery carriers, $234.32. For clerks, first- and second-class post-offices, $1,095.90. For clerks, third-class post offices, $479.21. For compensation to postmasters, $9,791.26. For compensation to assistant postmasters, $48.72.18 For foreign-mail transportation, $1,512. For freight, express, or motor transportation of equipment, and so forth, $45.12. For indemnities, domestic mail, $279.40. For indemnities, international mail, $406.73. For labor-saving devices, $3. For miscellaneous items, first- and second-class post offices $257.33. For operating force, public buildings, Post Office Department, $278.24. For operating supplies for public buildings, Post Office Department, $477.77. For post-office equipment and supplies, $374.99. For railroad transportation and mail messenger service, $1,765.82. For Railway Mail Service, miscellaneous expenses, $3,722.36. For Railway Mail Service, salaries, $23.67. For rent, light, and fuel, $10,523.46. For Rural Delivery Service, $487.56. For separating mails, $58.19. For special delivery fees, $28.80. For star-route service, $390.16. For unusual conditions at post offices, $38.50. For vehicle service, $969.76. For village delivery service, $68.40. Total; additional sum, increases in rates of exchange.Total, audited claims, section 4 (a), $63,853.16, together with such additional sum due to increases in rates of exchange as may be necessary to pay claims in the foreign currency as specified in certain of the. settlements of the General Accounting Office. Sec. 5. Judgments against collectors of customs. Judgments against collectors of customs: For the payment of claims allowed by the General Accounting Office covering judgments rendered by United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against collectors of customs, where certificates of probable cause have been issued as provided for under section [R. S. § 989](/us/rs/989).[28 U. S. C. § 842](/us/usc/t28/s842).989, Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 28, sec. 842), and certified to the Seventy-fifth Congress in House Document Numbered 112, under the Department of Labor, $65,954.49. Sec. 6. Army disbursing officers; allowance for certain automobile shipments.[49 Stat. 1107](/us/stat/49/1107).[5 U. S. C. § 260](/us/usc/t5/s260). For the payment of claims allowed by the General Accounting Office pursuant to Public Act Numbered 436 of the Seventy-fourth Congress, which have been certified to Congress under section 2 of the Act of July 7, 1884 (U. S. C., title 5, sec. 266), in House Document Numbered 116, Seventy-fifth Congress, under the War Department, $1,353.01. Sec. 7. Francis J. Baker.Payment of claim.[45 Stat. 2362](/us/stat/45/2362). For the payment of a claim allowed by the General Accounting Office pursuant to Private Act Numbered 524 of the Seventieth Congress, which has been certified to Congress under [23 Stat. 254](/us/stat/23/254).[5 U. S. C. § 266](/us/usc/t5/s266).section 2 of the Act of July 7, 1884 (U. S. C., title 5, sec. 266), in House Document Numbered 121, Seventy-fifth Congress, under the War Department, $141. Sec. 8. Interest withheld from claimants. Interest withheld from claimants: For payment of interest on amounts withheld from claimants by the Comptroller General of the United States, Act of March 3, 1875, as amended by section [47 Stat. 1516](/us/stat/47/1516).[31 U. S. C. § 227](/us/usc/t31/s227).13 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (47 Stat., 1516), as allowed by the General Accounting Office, and certified to the Seventy-fifth Congress in House Document Numbered 118, under the Post Office Department. $391.20, and under the Treasury Department, $8,406.14; in all, $8,797.34. Sec. 9. Interest on Judgments against collectors of customs. Payment of interest on judgments against collector of customs: For payment of interest in certain cases where the original judgments in favor of the Transatlantica Italiana made no provision 19for the payment of interest, but where interest was subsequently ordered by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, as certified to the Seventy-fifth Congress in House Document Numbered 111, under the Department of Labor, $551,42. Sec. 10. This Act may be cited as the First Deficiency Appropriation Citation of Act.Act, fiscal year 1937. Approved, February 9, 1937. To provide for loans made necessary by floods or other catastrophes in the year 1937. 1937-02-11 10 Chapter 50 Stat. 19 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. 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