Public Law 441.

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(/us/pl/75/440)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the following First Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1938.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, 1938, and prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938. and for other purposes, namely:

TITLE I— GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS LEGISLATIVEGeneral appropriations.Legislative. senateSenate. For miscellaneous items, exclusive of labor, fiscal year 1938, $120,000.Miscellaneous items. house of representativesHouse of Representatives. For payment to the widow of R. P. Hill, late a Representative fromR. P. Hill.Payment to widow. the State of Oklahoma, $10,000. For payment to the widow of Edward A. Kenney, late a RepresentativeEdward A. Kenney.Payment to widow. from the State of New Jersey, $10,000. 52 Stat. 86 The two foregoing sums to be disbursed by the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives.

Contingent expenses.Contingent expenses, folding documents: For folding speeches and pamphlets, at a rate of not exceeding $1 per thousand, fiscal year 1938, $5,000. Executive.EXECUTIVE Independent Offices.INDEPENDENT OFFICES Interstate Commerce Commission.Motor transport regulation.Interstate Commerce Commission Motor transport regulation: For an additional amount for all authorized expenditures necessary to enable the Interstate Commerce Commission to carry out the provisions of the Motor Carrier Act, [49 Stat. 543–567](/us/stat/49/543/567).[49 U.

S. C., Supp. III, 301–327](/us/usc/t49/s301/327).[50 Stat. 337](/us/stat/50/337).approved August 9, 1935 (49 Stat. 543–567), fiscal year 1938, including the same objects specified under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1938, $300,000. National Labor Relations Board.national labor relations board Printing and binding.Transfer of funds.[50 Stat. 339](/us/stat/50/339).Printing and binding: Not to exceed $40,000 of the appropriation for salaries and expenses, National Labor Relations Board, fiscal year 1938, may be transferred to the appropriation for printing and binding for such Board for such fiscal year.

Railroad Retirement Board.railroad retirement board Salaries and expenses.Salaries and expenses: For an additional amount for three Board members and for all authorized and necessary expenditures of the Railroad Retirement Board in performing the duties imposed by law or in pursuance of law, fiscal year 1938, including the same objects specified under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation [50 Stat. 340](/us/stat/50/340).Act for the fiscal year 1938, $481,000. Printing and binding.[50 Stat. 341](/us/stat/50/341).Printing and binding;

For an additional amount for printing and binding for the Railroad Retirement Board, fiscal year 1938, $19,000. District of Columbia.DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA General expenses.general expenses Assessor’s office.[50 Stat. 360](/us/stat/50/360).Assessor’s office: For an additional amount for personal services, fiscal year 1938, $51,380. Collector’s office.[50 Stat. 360](/us/stat/50/360).Collector’s office: For an additional amount for personal services, fiscal year 1938, $2,850. Office of corporation counsel.Office of corporation counsel:

For an additional amount for the corporation counsel, including extra compensation as general counsel of the Public Utilities Commission, and other personal services, fiscal year 1938, $6,250. Employees’ compensation fund.Employees’ compensation fund, District of Columbia: For an additional amount for carrying out the provisions of section 11 of the [41 Stat. 104](/us/stat/41/104); [50 Stat. 362](/us/stat/50/36).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 employees of the United States suffering injuries [39 Stat. 742](/us/stat/39/742).[5 U. S. C. 751–96](/us/usc/t5/s751/96).while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes”, approved September 7, 1916, fiscal year 1938, $11,000.

Department of Vehicles and Traffic.Personal services.Department of Vehicles and Traffic: For an additional amount for personal services, payable from the special fund created by the Act entitled “An Act to provide for a tax on motor vehicle fuels sold within the District of Columbia, and for other purposes”, approved [43 Stat. 106](/us/stat/43/106).April 23, 1924, and the Act entitled “An Act to provide additional revenue for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes”, [50 Stat. 676](/us/stat/50/676).approved August 17, 1937, fiscal year 1938, $1,300. 52 Stat. 87 For an additional amount for purchase, installation, and modificationElectric lights, signals, and controls; purchase, etc. of electric lights, signals, and controls, including the same objects and under the same conditions and limitations applicable to the appropriation for this purpose in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1938, payable from the special fund[50 Stat. 362](/us/stat/50/362). created by the Act entitled “An Act to provide for a tax on motor vehicle fuels sold within the District of Columbia, and for other purposes”, approved April 23, 1924, and the Act entitled “An Act to[43 Stat. 106](/us/stat/43/106). provide additional revenue for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes”, approved August 17, 1937, fiscal year 1938, $990.[50 Stat. 676](/us/stat/50/676). contingent and miscellaneous expensesContingent and miscellaneous expenses.

Contingent expenses: For an additional amount for checks, books,Objects specified. law books, books of reference, periodicals, newspapers, stationery; surveying instruments and implements; drawing materials; binding, rebinding, repairing, and preservation of records; ice; traveling expenses not to exceed $2,000; including the same objects and under the same conditions and limitations applicable to the appropriation for this purpose in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1938, fiscal year 1938, $3,270.[50 Stat. 303](/us/stat/50/303).

General advertising: For an additional amount for general General advertising.advertising, including the. same objects and under the same conditions and limitations applicable to the appropriation for this purpose in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1937, fiscal[49 Stat. 1860](/us/stat/49/1860). year 1937, $3,758.28. Printing and binding: For an additional amount for printing andPrinting and binding. binding, including the same limitations and provisions under this heading in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act for fiscal year 1938, fiscal year 1938, $3,650.[50 Stat. 364](/us/stat/50/364). health departmentHealth Department.

Medical charities: For an additional amount for care and treatmentMedical charities.[49 Stat. 1879](/us/stat/49/1879). of indigent patients under a contract made by the Board of Public Welfare with the Eastern Dispensary and Casualty Hospital, fiscal year 1937, $5,405.47. courtsCourts. Support of convicts: For an additional amount for support, maintenance,Support of convicts. and transportation of convicts transferred from District of Columbia, including the same objects specified under this head in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1937,[40 Stat. 1676](/us/stat/40/1676). fiscal year 1937, $6,326.29. public welfarePublic welfare.

Workhouse and Reformatory: For increasing the boiler capacityWorkhouse and Reformatory, boilers, etc. at the District of Columbia Reformatory, Lorton, Virginia, by one 300-horsepower boiler and an additional smokestack, fiscal year 1938, $27,600, to remain available until June 30, 1939. National Training School for Boys (contract): For an additionalNational Training School for Boys (contract).[49 Stat. 1879](/us/stat/49/1879). amount for care and maintenance of boys committed to the National Training School for Boys by the courts of the District of Columbia under a contract made by the Board of Public Welfare with the authorities of said school, fiscal year 1937, $16,773.14. washington channelWashington Channel.

Improvement of Washington Channel: Toward the paymentImprovement of north side; share of expenses. by the District of Columbia of its proportionate part of the cost of improving the north side of Washington Channel, District of Columbia, as52 Stat. 88 set forth in the Act, approved August 30, 1935, entitled “An Act authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public[49 Stat. 1031](/us/stat/49/1031). works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes”, fiscal year Transfer of sum to War Department.1938, $69,000, which sum shall be transferred to the War Department and expended under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers, and shall continue available until expended.

Judgments.judgments Payment of.For the payment of final judgments, including costs, rendered against the District of Columbia, as set forth in House Document Interest.Numbered 509, Seventy-fifth Congress, $5,140.74, together with the further sum to pay the interest at not exceeding 4 per centum per annum on such judgments, as provided by law, from the date the same became due until the date of payment. division of expenses Division of expenses.The foregoing sums for the District of Columbia, unless otherwise therein specifically provided, 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 Fighting forest fires.Fighting forest fires: For an additional amount for fighting and preventing forest fires, including the same purposes and objects specified under this head in the Agricultural Appropriation Act for 50 Stat. 412.the fiscal year 1938, $1,279,417. Bureau of Public Roads.bureau of public roads Inter-American highway.Inter-American highway: For the continuation of cooperation with the several governments, members of the Pan American Union, in connection with the survey and construction of the inter-American [45 Stat. 1697](/us/stat/45/1697); [51 Stat. 152](/us/stat/51/152).[39 Stat. 367](/us/stat/39/367).[16 U.S. C. § 503](/us/usc/t16/s503); [23 U. S. C. §§ 12a, 48](/us/usc/t23/s12a/48).highway as provided by the Act approved March 4, 1929 (45 Stat. 1697), and supplemental Acts, the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to expend not to exceed $34,000 from the administrative funds provided under the Act of July 11, 1916, as amended.

Department of the Interior.DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service.national park service Homestead National Monument of America, Nebr., development.[50 Stat. 606](/us/stat/50/606).Homestead National Monument of America, Nebraska: The appropriation of $24,000 made in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1938, for the Homestead National Monument of America, Nebraska, is hereby made available for the same purposes until expended. Department of Justice.DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Federal Bureau of Investigation.federal bureau of investigation Payment of claims for damages.Claims for damages:

For the payment of claims for damages to any person or damages to or loss of privately owned property caused by employees of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, acting within the scope of their employment, considered, adjusted, and determined by the Attorney General, under the provisions of the52 Stat. 89 Act entitled “An Act to provide for the adjustment and settlement of certain claims arising out of the activities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation”, approved March 20, 1936 (49 Stat. 1184), as fully[40 Stat. 1184](/us/stat/40/1184).[5 U.

S. C., Supp. III, § 300b](/us/usc/t5/s300b). set forth in House Document Numbered 503, Seventy-fifth Congress, $652.04. penal and correctional institutionsPenal and correctional institutions. Support of United States prisoners: For additional amounts forSupport of United States prisoners. support of United States prisoners, including the same objects specified under this head in the Acts making appropriations for the Department of Justice, for the following fiscal years:Fiscal year 1929.[45 Stat. 82](/us/stat/45/82).Fiscal year 1932.[40 Stat. 1326](/us/stat/40/1326).

For 1929, $172; For 1932, $230. JUDICIALJudicial. united states customs courtUnited States Customs Court. Printing and binding: For an additional amount for printing andPrinting and binding.[49 Stat. 1325](/us/stat/49/1325). binding, United States Customs Court, fiscal year 1937, $75.60. territorialTerritorial courts. Salaries, justices and judges, Territory of Hawaii: For additionalHawaii.[50 Stat. 277](/us/stat/50/277). amounts for salaries of the chief justice and two associate justices, and for the judges of the circuit courts, fiscal year 1938, $2,355. united states court for chinaUnited States Court for China.

Salaries and expenses: The appropriations for salaries andTraveling expenses.[50 Stat. 277](/us/stat/50/277). expenses, United States Court for China, for the fiscal year 1938 shall be available, under such regulations as may he prescribed by the Attorney General, for travel expenses of officers and employees of the court, and of their dependents, while en route to or from places of temporary refuge in time of war, political disturbance, earthquake, epidemic, or similar emergency. united states courtsUnited States Courts.

Salaries, fees, and expenses of marshals, United States Courts:Marshals. For an additional amount for salaries, fees, and expenses of marshals, United States courts, including the same objects specified under this head in the Department of Justice Appropriation Act, 1937, fiscal[49 Stat. 1326](/us/stat/49/1326). year 1937, $46,500. Fees of commissioners, United States courts: For an additionalCommissioners, etc. amount for fees of United States commissioners and other committing magistrates acting under section 1014, Revised Statutes (18[R.

S. § 1014](/us/usc/rs/1014).[18 U. S. C. § 591](/us/usc/t18/s591). U. S. C. 591), fiscal year 1933, $18.84. Pay of bailiffs, and so forth, United States courts: For an additionalBailiffs, etc. amount for pay of bailiffs, and so forth, United States courts, including the same objects specified under this head in the Department of Justice Appropriation Act, 1937, fiscal year 1937, $11,000.[49 Stat. 1327](/us/stat/49/1327). DEPARTMENT OF LABORDepartment of Labor. bureau of immigration and naturalizationBureau of Immigration and Naturalization.Transporting Filipinos.[50 Stat. 13](/us/stat/50/13).

The unexpended balance of the appropriation of $150,000 contained in the First Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1937, for all authorized expenditures necessary to enable the Secretary of Labor to administer the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to provide means by which certain Filipinos may 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), is hereby made available52 Stat. 90 for the same purposes during the fiscal year 1938 and to and including December 31, 1938, pursuant to the Act approved May 14, 1937 [50 Stat. 165](/us/stat/50/165).(50 Stat. 165), further amending such Act of July 10, 1935.

Navy Department.NAVY DEPARTMENT Office of the Secretary.office of the secretary Collision damage claims.Claims for damages by collision with naval vessels: To pay claims for damages adjusted and determined by the Secretary of the Navy under the provisions of an Act entitled “An Act to amend the Act authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to settle claims for damages to private property arising from collisions with naval vessels”, [42 Stat. 1066](/us/stat/42/1066).[34 U. S. C. § 599](/us/usc/t34/s599).approved December 28, 1922, as fully set forth in House Document Numbered 502, Seventy-fifth Congress, $1,337.97.

Personal property claims.Personal property claims: For an additional amount for relief of officers and enlisted men, Navy and Marine Corps, for loss of personal property by earthquake at Managua, Nicaragua, including the same objects specified under this head in Private Act Numbered 355, [50 Stat. 1081](/us/stat/50/1081).approved August 25, 1937, $850. Replacement of naval vessels.replacement of naval vessels Construction and machinery.Group IV

(b)employees.Replacement of naval vessels, construction, and machinery: The limitation on expenditures for employees in the field service assigned to group IV

(b)and those performing similar services carried under native and alien schedules in the Schedule of Wages for Civil Employees in the Field Service of the Navy Department under the appropriation “Replacement of Naval Vessels, Construction and Machinery” for the fiscal year 1938, contained in the Naval Appropriation[50 Stat. 114](/us/stat/50/114). Act, approved April 27, 1937, is hereby increased from $4,570,000 to $5,235,000. Post Office Department.POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT Office of Chief Inspector.office of chief inspector Chemical, etc., investigations.[50 Stat. 157](/us/stat/50/157).Traveling and miscellaneous expenses: The limitation imposed by the Post Office Department Appropriation Act, 1938, upon the amount that may be transferred under this head by the Postmaster General to other departments and independent establishments for chemical and other investigations is hereby increased from $20,000 to $25,000. Department of State.DEPARTMENT OF STATE Printing and binding.[50 Stat. 262](/us/stat/50/262).Printing and binding: For an additional amount for all printing and binding in the Department, of State, including all of its bureaus, offices, institutions, and services located in Washington, District of Columbia, and elsewhere, fiscal year 1938, $18,000. Passport agencies.Passport agencies: For an additional amount for passport agencies, Department of State, including the same objects specified under this [50 Stat. 262](/us/stat/50/262).head in the Department of State Appropriation Act, 1938, fiscal year 1938, $3,000. Foreign Service officers, transportation.Transportation of Foreign Service officers: For an additional amount for transportation of Foreign Service officers, including the same objects specified under this head in the Department of State [50 Stat. 263](/us/stat/50/263).Appropriation Act, 1938, fiscal year 1938, $71,000. Contingent expenses, Foreign Service.Contingent expenses, Foreign Service: For an additional amount for contingent expenses, Foreign Service, including the same objects specified under this head in the Department of State Appropriation [50 Stat. 265](/us/stat/50/265).Act, 1938, fiscal year 1938, $118,000. 52 Stat. 91 Mixed Claims Commission, United States and Germany: For theMixed Claims Commission, United States and Germany. Mixed Claims Commission, United States and Germany, including the same objects specified under this head in the First Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1936, fiscal year 1938, $46,650, to[49 Stat. 1631](/us/stat/49/1631). remain available until June 30, 1939. International Pacific Salmon Fisheries Commission: For an additionalInternational Pacific Salmon Fisheries Commission. amount for the share of the United States of the expenses of the International Pacific Salmon Fisheries Commission, including the same objects specified under this head in the Third Deficiency[50 Stat. 770](/us/stat/50/770).Automobile. Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1937, and including the purchase of a passenger-carrying automobile for official use in the field, fiscal year 1938, $7,500. Payment of indemnity received from Canada for damage bySmelter fumes damage, Trail, British Columbia.Determination, etc., of amounts due claimants. fumes from smelter at Trail, British Columbia: For the expenses of determining and certifying to the Secretary of the Treasury the amounts due claimants from the money received from Canada on account of damage which occurred in the United States as a result of the operation of the smelter at Trail, British Columbia, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, without regard to the civil-service laws and regulations or to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended; stenographic reporting and translating[5 U. S. C. §§ 631–652; 661–074; Supp. III. §§ 673, 673c](/us/usc/t5/s631/652/661/674/673/673c). services, by contract if deemed necessary without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S. C. 5); rent in the[R. S. § 3709](/us/rs/3709).[41 U. S. C. § 5](/us/usc/t41/s5). District of Columbia and elsewhere; traveling expenses; cost of necessary books and documents; stationery; printing and binding; andPrinting and binding. such other expenditures as may be authorized by the Secretary of State; and the Secretary of State is authorized to transfer to anyTransfer of funds. department or independent establishment of the Government with the consent of the head thereof, any part of this amount for direct expenditure by such department or establishment for the purposes of this appropriation, fiscal year 1938, $15,000, to remain available until June 30, 1939. International Joint Commission, United States and Great Britain:International Joint Commission, United States and Great Britain. The unexpended balance of the appropriation “Investigation, International Joint Commission. United States and Great Britain, 1936 and 1937”, contained in the First Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1936, is continued available for the same purposes until[49 Stat. 1631](/us/stat/49/1631). June 30, 1938. Rio Grande Rectification Project, Department of State: The unexpendedRio Grande rectification project.[48 Stat. 1621](/us/stat/48/1621).[49 Stat. 1317](/us/stat/49/1317). balance of the appropriation made for the fiscal years 1936-1937 for the construction of the Rio Grande rectification project under the jurisdiction of the Department of State and the International Boundary Commission, United States and Mexico, is hereby continued available for the same purposes until June 30, 1938. TREASURY DEPARTMENTTreasury Department. office of the secretaryOffice of the Secretary. Payments to Federal land banks, reductions in interest rate onPayments to Federal land banks, reductions In interest rate on mortgages. mortgages: For an additional amount to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay each Federal land bank 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 land bank have been reduced during the fiscal year 1938, and prior thereto, in accordance with the provisions of paragraph “Twelfth” of section 12 of the Federal Farm Loan Act (12 U. S. C. 771), as amended, fiscal year 1938, $16,700,000.[12 U. S. C. § 771](/us/usc/t12/s771). 52 Stat. 92 Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation, payments on account of interest rate reductions.Payments to Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation, reduction in interest rate on mortgages: For an additional amount to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to the Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation such amount as the Governor of the Farm Credit Administration certifies to the Secretary of the Treasury is equal to the amount by which interest payments on mortgages held by such Corporation have been reduced during the fiscal year 1938, in accordance[48 Stat. 48](/us/stat/48/48).[12 U. S. C. § 1016; Supp. III, § 1016](/us/usc/t12/s1016).Quarterly payments. with the provisions of section 32 of the Emergency Farm Mortgage Act of 1933, approved May 12, 1933 (12 U. S. C. 1016), as amended, such payments to be made quarterly, beginning as soon as practicable alter October 1, 1937, fiscal year 1938, $2,500,000. Coast Guard and Public Health Service vessels.Damage claims.Claims for damages, operation of vessels, Coast Guard and Public Health Service: To pay claims for damages adjusted and determined by the Secretary of the Treasury under the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the adjustment and settlement of certain claims for damages resulting from the operation of vessels of the Coast Guard and the Public Health Service, in sums not [49 Stat. 1514](/us/stat/49/1514).[14 U. S. C., Supp. III, § 71](/us/usc/t14/s71).exceeding $3,000 in any one case”, approved June 15, 1936, as fully set forth in House Document Numbered 500. Seventy-fifth Congress, $930.57. division of printingDivision of Printing. Printing and binding.Printing and binding: For an additional amount for printing and binding, Treasury Department, fiscal year 1938, including the same objects specified under this head in the Treasury Department Appropriation[50 Stat. 139](/us/stat/50/139). Act, 1938, and for the cost of transportation to field offices of printed and bound material, including the cost of necessary packing materials, $55,000. Stationery.Stationery: For an additional amount for stationery for the Treasury Department, fiscal year 1938, including the same objects specified [50 Stat. 359](/us/stat/50/359).under this head in the Treasury Department Appropriation Act, $34,000. Public Debt Service.public debt service Expenses of loans.Limitation on amount increased.Expenses of loans: The limitation on the amount that may be obligated during the fiscal year 1938 under the indefinite appropriation “Expenses of Loans, Act September 24, 1917, as Amended and Extended”, contained in the Treasury Department Appropriation[50 Stat. 141](/us/stat/50/141). Act for the fiscal year 1938, is hereby increased from $2,978,000 to $4,000,000. bureau of customsBureau of Customs. Personal services, District, of Columbia.Limitation on amount increased.Personal services, District of Columbia: The limitation of $459,180 on the amount that may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia from the appropriation for collecting the revenue from customs contained in the Treasury Department Appropriation[50 Stat. 141](/us/stat/50/141). Act for the fiscal year 1938 is hereby increased to $466,180. Bureau of the Mint.bureau of the mint Mints and assay offices.Salaries and expenses.Salaries and expenses, mints and assay offices: For an additional amount, for salaries and expenses, mints and assay offices, including the same objects and limitations specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Treasury Department for the fiscal [50 Stat. 151](/us/stat/50/151).year 1938, and including compensation of officers and employees of West Point, N. Y., bullion depository.the bullion depository at West Point, New York, and the transportation of bullion from mints and assay offices to such depository, fiscal year 1938, $110,700, to remain available until June 30, 1939. 52 Stat. 93 WAR DEPARTMENTWar Department. military activiesMilitary activities. Army War College: There is hereby transferred to the appropriation ‘Army War College, 1938”, the sum of $3,180 from the appropriationArmy War College; sum transferred.[50 Stat. 445](/us/stat/50/445). “Pay of the Army, 1938”. civil functionsCivil functions. Protective works and measures, Lake of the Woods and RainyLake of the Woods and Rainy River, Minn., protective works, etc.[50 Stat. 843](/us/stat/50/843). River, Minnesota: For payment, as authorized by the Act approved August 26, 1937 (50 Stat. 843), of claims for damages against the United States arising out of fluctuations of the water levels of the Lake of the Woods as ascertained by the Secretary of War under authority of section 3 of the Act entitled “An Act to carry into effect provisions of the convention between the United States and Great Britain to regulate the level of the Lake of the Woods concluded on the 24th day of February 1925”, approved May 22, 1926 (44 Stat.[44 Stat. 617, 2108](/us/stat/44/617/2108). 617), fiscal year 1938, $73,270.97, to remain available until expendedAvailability. in accordance with the provisions of such Act of August 26, 1937: *Provided*, That a release, in full shall be required by the Secretary*Proviso*.Settlement of claims; release.Floods, Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, etc., 1937.Appropriations utilized; availability.Issuance of supplies, etc., validated. of War in connection with all claims settled under this appropriation. Emergency expenditures on account of floods in Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, 1937: Appropriations utilized by the War Department to meet the emergency caused by the flood of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers and their tributaries during the months of January and February 1937 are hereby made available for that purpose from the beginning of such emergency, and if any expenditures thereunder on account of the emergency are not otherwise allowable under existing law, the accounting officers shall allow credit therefor if shown to have been necessary because of the nature of the emergency. The issuance of supplies and equipment by the War Department in connection with such emergency is hereby ratified and validated. Rivers and harbors: For an additional amount for rivers and harbors,Rivers and harbors. including the same objects and under the same conditions specified under this head in the War Department Civil Appropriation Act, 1938, $280,000.[50 Stat. 516](/us/stat/50/516). Panama Canal, maintenance and operation: The appropriation forPanama Canal, relief payments. “Maintenance and Operation, Panama Canal”, is hereby made available for making relief payments during the fiscal year 1938, as authorized by the Act approved July 8, 1937 (50 Stat. 478).[50 Stat. 478](/us/stat/50/478). TITLE II— JUDGMENTS AND AUTHORIZED CLAIMSJudgments and authorized claims. Property damage claims Property damage claims. Sec. 1.

(a)For the payment of claims for damages to or lossesPayment of, not in excess of $1,000. of 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 28,[42 Stat. 1066](/us/stat/42/1066).[31 U. S. C. 215–217](/us/usc/t31/s215/217). 1922 (U. S. C., title 31, secs. 215–217), as fully set forth in House Document Numbered 499 of the Seventy-fifth Congress, as follows:Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration, $86; Rural Electrification Administration, $7.50; Veterans’ Administration, $15.72; Works Progress Administration, $9,641.52; 52 Stat. 94 Department of Agriculture, $10,254.40; Department of the Interior, $2,628,67; Department of Labor, $214.04; Navy Department, $803.71; Treasury Department, $216.15; War Department, $13,456.27; Post Office Department (payable from postal revenues), $591.57; In all, $37,915.55.

(b)Additional property damage claims. For the payment of claims for damages to or losses of 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 [42 Stat. 1066.](/us/stat/42/1066)[31 U. S. C. §§ 215–217](/us/usc/t31/s215/217).exceeding $1,000 in any one case”, approved December 28, 1922 (U. S. C., title 31, secs. 215–217), as fully set forth in Senate Document Numbered 143 of the Seventy-fifth Congress, as follows:United States Maritime Commission, $50; Works Progress Administration, $1,681.61; Department of Agriculture, $417.72; Department of Justice, $20.05; Navy Department, $109.65; Treasury Department, $466.52; War Department, $1,970.94; Post Office Department (payable from postal revenues), $8.42: In all, $4,724.91. Judgments, United States courts. judgments, united states courts Sec. 2. Payment.

(a)For payment of the final judgments and decrees, including costs of suits, which have been rendered under the provisions of the Act of March 3, 1887, entitled “An Act to provide for the bringing of suits against the Government of the United States”, as amended [24 Stat. 505](/us/stat/24/505).[28 U. S. C., § 41, par. 20; §§ 258, 761–765](/us/usc/t28/s41/20/258/761/765).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 Senate Document Numbered 144, and House Document Numbered 490 under the following departments and establishments, namely:Civil Works Administration, $6,421.84; Department of Labor, $2,244.30; War Department, $8,972.53; Total; additional sum for interest.In all, $17,638.67, together with such additional sum as may be necessary to pay interest and costs as specified in such judgments or as provided by law.

(b)Suits in admiralty. For the payment of judgments, including costs of suit, rendered against the Government of the United States by a United States district court 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 [43 Stat. 1112](/us/stat/43/1112).[46 U. S. C. §§ 781–789](/us/usc/t46/s781/789).to the United States, and for other purposes”, approved March 3, 1925 (U. S. C., title 46, secs. 781–789), certified to the Seventy-fifth Congress in House Document Numbered 490, under the following Interest.department: Navy Department, $1,674.12; 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 payment. 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. 52 Stat. 95

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

(a)For payment of the judgments rendered by the CourtPayment. of Claims and reported to the Seventy-fifth Congress in Senate Document Numbered 145, and House Document Numbered 489 (star print), under the following departments and establishments, namely:Emergency Fleet Corporation, United States Shipping Board, $2,778,333; Interstate Commerce Commission, $1,521,696.93; Veterans’ Administration, $20,773; Department of the Interior, $42,217.42; Navy Department, $308,831.14; War Department, $95,539.14; In all, $4,767,390.63, together with such additional sum as may beTotal: additional sum (or interest. necessary to pay interest as and where specified in such judgments.

(b)None of the judgments contained under this caption shall beTime of payment. 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 Audited claims. Sec. 4.

(a)For the payment of the following claims, certified toPayment. 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,[18 Stat. 110](/us/stat/18/110).[31 U. S. C. § 713](/us/usc/t31/s713). sec. 713), and under appropriations heretofore treated as permanent, being for the service of the fiscal year 1935 and prior years, unless otherwise stated, and which have been certified to Congress under section 2 of the Act of July 7, 1884 (U. S. C., title 5, sec. 266), as fully[23 Stat. 254](/us/stat/23/254).[5 U. S. C. § 266](/us/usc/t5/s266). set forth in House Document Numbered 498, Seventy-fifth Congress, there is appropriated as follows: **Legislative Establishment:** For public printing and binding,Legislative Establishment. Government Printing Office, $2,206.56. **Executive Office:** For traveling expenses of the President, $4.40.Executive Office. **Independent Offices:** For Federal Civil Works Administration,Independent Offices. $2,922.13. For National Industrial Recovery, Civil Works Administration, $775.02. For Federal Emergency Relief Administration (Act June 19, 1934), $20.05.[48 Stat. 1055](/us/stat/48/1055). For National Industrial Recovery, National Emergency Council, 31 cents. For Public Works Administration, allotment to National Emergency Council, $9.70. For Public Works Administration, allotment to National Industrial Recovery Administration, $57. For Public Works Administration, allotment to National Resources Board, $11,429.08. For farmers’ crop-production and harvesting loans, Farm Credit Administration, $1,776.06. For loans and relief in stricken agricultural areas (transfer to Farm Credit Administration), $1,822. For loans to farmers in drought- and storm-stricken areas, emergency relief, $179.90. 52 Stat. 96 For loans to farmers in storm- and flood-stricken areas. South-eastern States, $179.66. For administrative expenses, Federal Farm Board, $35. For salaries and expenses, Farm Credit Administration, 21 cents. For agricultural credits and rehabilitation, emergency relief, $37.77. For salaries and expenses, Civil Service Commission, $2.23. For salaries and expenses, Federal Radio Commission, $8.16. For administrative expenses, Federal Home Loan Bank Board, $39,50. For contingent expenses, General Accounting Office, $7.64. For Interstate Commerce Commission, $19.06. For United States Tariff Commission, $9.28. For payment to officers and employees of the United States in foreign countries due to appreciation of foreign currencies (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics), $233.38. For Petroleum Administration, $190.35. For Army pensions, $126. For Army and Navy pensions, $618.13. For military and naval compensation, Veterans’ Administration, $52. For medical and hospital services, Veterans’ Bureau, $493.80. For salaries and expenses, Veterans’ Bureau, $4.50. For salaries and expenses, Veterans’ Administration. $3,791.82. Post Office Department. **Post Office Department:** For operating supplies for public buildings, general fund, $52.98. Department of Agriculture. **Department of Agriculture:** For salaries and expenses, Extension Service, $7.50. For salaries and expenses, Weather Bureau, $2.71. For salaries and expenses, Bureau of Animal Industry, $224.34. For salaries and expenses. Bureau of Dairy Industry, $4,873.70. For salaries and expenses, Bureau of Plant Industry, $368.27. For salaries and expenses, Forest Service, $664.93. For salaries and expenses, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, 65 cents. For migratory bird conservation refuges, $7.02. For salaries and expenses, Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, $3.65. For salaries and expenses, Food and Drug Administration, $35. For salaries and expenses, Bureau of Plant Quarantine, $4.13, For salaries and expenses, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, $42.20. For grasshopper control, $113.39. For chinch bug control, Department of Agriculture, $49.89. For payment to officers and employees of the United States in foreign countries due to appreciation of foreign currencies (Agriculture), $51.06. For National Industrial Recovery, Resettlement Administration, subsistence homesteads (transfer to Agriculture), $1,633.29. For Emergency Conservation Fund (transfer from War to Agriculture, Act March 31, 1933), $105.19. For Emergency Conservation Fund (transfer from War to Agriculture, Act June 19, 1934), $5,449.85. For emergency relief and public works, Agriculture, wildlife refuges, $636.50. For loans and relief in stricken agricultural areas (transfer to Agriculture), $2,621.51. For loans and relief in stricken agricultural areas (transfer to Agriculture—Silviculture), $8.11. For National Industrial Recovery, Agricultural Adjustment Administration, $36.45. 52 Stat. 97 **Department of Commerce:** For increase of compensation, DepartmentDepartment of Commerce. of Commerce, $46.44. For payment to officers and employees of the United States in foreign countries due to appreciation of foreign currencies (Commerce), $72.70. For aircraft in commerce, $89.50. For air-navigation facilities, $14,546.31. For salaries, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, $4.03. For export industries, Department of Commerce, $2.41. For expenses of the Fifteenth Census, $10.15. For salaries and expenses, Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection, $12.79. For general expenses, Bureau of Standards, $3.15. For salaries, Lighthouse Service, $4.27. For general expenses, Lighthouse Service, $1,200. For retired pay, Lighthouse Service, $43.02. For miscellaneous expenses, Bureau of Fisheries, $26.39. **Department of the Interior:** For contingent expenses, DepartmentDepartment of the Interior. of the Interior, $25.63. For contingent expenses of land offices, $67.58. For general expenses, General Land Office, $2.20. For salaries and expenses, public buildings and grounds in the District of Columbia, National Park Service, $8. For surveying the public lands, $25.74. For Geological Survey, $36.92. For National Park Service, $73.65. For salaries and expenses, Office of National Parks, buildings and reservations, $51.70. For National Industrial Recovery, Interior, oil regulations, $1.25. For Petroleum Administration (transfer to Interior), $37.73. For agriculture and stock raising among Indians, $20.80. For conservation of health among Indians, $2,046.92. For fulfilling treaties with Sioux of different tribes, including Santee Sioux of Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota, $125.50. For Indian boarding schools, $982.85. For Indian school support, $977.71. For Indian schools, Five Civilized Tribes, 30 cents. For improvement, maintenance, and operation, irrigation systems, Crow Reservation, Montana (reimbursable), $8.76. For obtaining employment for Indians, $12.65. For pay of Indian police, $15.41. For purchase and transportation of Indian supplies, $50.30. For relieving distress and prevention, and so forth, of diseases among Indians, $63.75. For support of Indians and administration of Indian property, $999.05. For education, Sioux Nation, $270.07. For emergency conservation fund (transfer from War to Interior, Indians, Act March 31, 1933), $898.23.[48 Stat. 22](/us/stat/48/22). For emergency conservation fund (transfer from War to Interior, Indians, Act June 19, 1934), $234.51.[48 Stat. 1021](/us/stat/48/1021). For loans and relief in stricken agricultural areas (transfer from Agriculture to Interior, Indians), $218.63. **Department of Justice:** For increase of compensation, DepartmentDepartment of Justice. of Justice, $50. For salaries and expenses, Bureau of Prohibition, $2.50. For salaries and expenses, Alcoholic Beverage Unit, Department of Justice, $69.38. For contingent expenses, Department of Justice, $4.16. For detection and prosecution of crimes, $7. 52 Stat. 98 For traveling and miscellaneous expenses, Department of Justice, $56.85. For salaries, fees, and expenses of marshals, United States courts, $2,737.81. For salaries and expenses, United States Court of Customs and. Patent Appeals, $24. For salaries of circuit, district and retired judges, $83.33. For expenses of circuit and retired judges, $43.24. For fees and expenses of conciliation commissioners, United States courts, $8.50. For salaries and expenses of district attorneys, United States courts, $82.48. For salaries and expenses of clerks, United States courts, $13.64. For fees of jurors and witnesses, United States courts, $282.49. For support, of United States prisoners, $236.25. For miscellaneous expenses, United States courts, $57.20. For salaries and expenses, Division of Investigation, $144.80. For salaries and expenses, Division of Investigation, Department of Justice, $23.57. For salaries and expenses, veterans’ insurance litigation, Department of Justice, $128.14. For fees of commissioners, United States courts, $157.20. For United States southwestern reformatory, maintenance, $63. For United States industrial reformatory, Chillicothe, Ohio, maintenance, $18.85. For United States hospital for defective delinquents, maintenance, 14 cents. For National Training School for Boys, Washington, District of Columbia, maintenance, $4.10. Department of Labor. **Department of Labor:** For contingent expenses, Department of Labor, $5.76. For investigation of cost of living in the United States, $15. For payment to officers and employees of the United States in foreign countries due to appreciation of foreign currencies (Labor), $188.59. For salaries and expenses, Bureau of Immigration, $31. For salaries and expenses, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 40 cents. For salaries and expenses, Immigration and Naturalization Service, $73.88. Navy Department. **Navy Department:** For payment to officers and employees of the United States in foreign countries due to appreciation of foreign currencies (Navy), $17,553.44. For miscellaneous expenses, Navy, $1. For transportation, Bureau of Navigation, $137.01. For gunnery and engineering exercises, Bureau of Navigation, $20. For instruments and supplies, Bureau of Navigation, $1,505. For organizing the Naval Reserve, $296.57. For engineering, Bureau of Engineering, $131,674.31. For construction and repair, Bureau of Construction and Repair, $34,588.17. For ordnance and ordnance stores, Bureau of Ordnance, $58,947.68. For pay, subsistence, and transportation, Navy, $4,075.46. For pay of the Navy, $1,171.23. For care of the dead, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, $44.36. For maintenance, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, $50.93. For maintenance, Bureau of Yards and Docks, $22.11. For contingent, Bureau of Yards and Docks, $251.34. For general expenses, Marine Corps, $62.93. 52 Stat. 99 For pay, Marine Corps, $35,489.20. For maintenance and repairs, Naval Academy, $5,204.21. For judgments, bounty for destruction of enemy’s vessels, $22.63. For aviation, Navy, $44,272.64. For increase of the Navy, emergency construction, $59,388.65. **Department of State:** For contingent expenses, Department ofDepartment of State. State, $7.68. For payment to officers and employees of the United States in foreign countries due to appreciation of foreign currencies (State), $1,145.06. For transportation of Foreign Service officers, $1,152.75. For contingent expenses, foreign missions, $31.57. For contingent expenses, Foreign Service, $37.20. For office and living quarters, Foreign Service, $87.98. For salaries, Foreign Service officers, $529.93. For salaries, Foreign Service clerks, $445.03. **Treasury Department:** For collecting the internal revenue,Treasury Department. $399.48. For collecting the revenue from customs, $1,579.67. For stationery, Treasury Department, $636.36. For salaries and expenses, Bureau of the Budget, 24 cents. For salaries and expenses, Bureau of Industrial Alcohol, $48.91. For salaries and expenses, Division of Disbursement, $4.72. For payment to officers and employees of the United States in foreign countries due to appreciation of foreign currencies (Treasury), $723.59. For contingent expenses, Coast Guard, $558.14. For fuel and water, Coast Guard, $464.90. For outfits, Coast Guard, $1,920. For pay and allowances, Coast Guard, $195.25. For rebuilding and repairing stations, and so forth, Coast Guard, $20. For repairs to Coast Guard vessels, $636,34. For suppressing counterfeiting and other crimes, $13.77. For expenses, Division of Mental Hygiene, Public Health Service. $37.43. For maintenance, National Institute of Health, $19. For pay of other employees, Public Health Service, $12.58. For pay of personnel and maintenance of hospitals, Public Health Service, $122.52. For preventing the spread of epidemic diseases, $203.37. For medical and hospital service, penal institutions (Justice transfer to Treasury, Public Health Service, Act April 7, 1934), $24. For furniture and repairs of same for public buildings, Procurement Division, $19.49. For general expenses of public buildings, Procurement Division, $14. For general expenses, Procurement Division, $6.67. For mechanical equipment for public buildings, $4.44. For mechanical equipment for public buildings, Procurement Division, $14.39. For operating expenses, Treasury buildings, Procurement Division, $379.92. For operating supplies for public buildings, Procurement Division, $5.15. For salaries and expenses, Branch of Supply, Procurement Division, $11.89. For contingent expenses, Treasury Department, $1,50. For quarantine service, $10.27. 52 Stat. 100 For freight, transportation, and so forth, Public Health Service, $133.25. For repairs and preservation of public buildings, Procurement Division, $1. For expenses, Division of Venereal Diseases, Public Health Service, $7.22. War Department. **War Department:** For pay, and so forth, of the Army, $15,659.39. For pay of the Army, $2,939.92. For increase of compensation, Military Establishment, $2,691.10. For extra pay to volunteers, War with Spain, $104. For Army transportation, $1,711.57. For clothing and equipage, $387.81. For barracks and quarters, $2,041.86. For subsistence of the Army, $802.49. For supplies, services, and transportation, Quartermaster Corps, $38.34. For general appropriations, Quartermaster Corps, $1,514.09. For ordnance service and supplies, Army, $529.63. For replacing ordnance and ordnance stores, $160.04. For National Guard, $12,679.51. For pay of National Guard for armory drills, $9.20. For arming, equipping, and training the National Guard, $440.98. For Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, $39.34. For Organized Reserves, $435.86. For citizens’ military training camps, $1.44. For pay, and so forth, of the Army, War with Spain, $334.83. For replacing barracks and quarters, $13.09. For travel, military and civil personnel, War Department, $95.35. For pay of Military Academy, $6.70. For maintenance, United States Military Academy, $5,521.70. For transportation of the Army and its supplies. $2. For incidental expenses of the Army, $576.67. For construction and repair of hospitals, $286.25. For payment to officers and employees of the United States in foreign countries due to appreciation of foreign currencies (War), $162.15. For special field exercises, Army, $259.10. For Signal Service of the Army, $2,000. For infantry school, Fort Benning, Georgia, $217.60. For field artillery armament, $39.35. For horses, draft and pack animals, $260.06. For Air Corps, Army, $2,456.41. For emergency conservation fund (transfer to War, Act March 31, [48 Stat. 22](/us/stat/48/22).1933), $19,950.77. For emergency conservation fund (transfer to War, Act June 19, [48 Stat. 1021](/us/stat/48/1021).1934), $6,718.12. For loans and relief in stricken agricultural areas (transfer from Emergency Conservation Work to War. Act June 19, 1934), $671.67. Post Office Department **Post Office Department—Postal Service (out of the postal revenues):** For clerks, first- and second-class post offices, $90.54. For compensation to postmasters, $162 37. For contract air-mail service, $16,492.13. For foreign mail transportation, $28.95. For freight, express, or motor transportation of equipment, and so forth, $239.08. For furniture, carpets, and safes for public buildings, Post Office Department, $133 24. For indemnities, domestic mail, $99.78. For indemnities, international mail, $101.09. 52 Stat. 101 For operating force, public buildings, Post Office Department, $117.37. For operating supplies for public buildings, Post Office Department, $129.15. For powerboat service, $2. For railroad transportation and mail messenger service, $26.66. For railway mail service, salaries, $80,544.12. For rural delivery service, $1,017.71. For village delivery service, $10.98. Total, audited claims, section 4 (a), $659,374.37, together with suchTotal; additional sum, increases in rates of exchange. 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.

(b)For the payment of the following claims, certified to be dueAdditional audited claims. 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. 713),[18 Stat. 110](/us/stat/18/110).[31 U. S. C. § 713](/us/usc/t31/s713). and under appropriations heretofore treated as permanent, being for the service of the fiscal year 1935 and prior years, unless otherwise stated, and which have been certified to Congress under section 2 of the Act of July 7, 1881 (U. S. C., title 5, sec. 266), as fully set forth[23 Stat. 254](/us/stat/23/254).[5 U. S. C. § 266](/us/usc/t5/s266). in Senate Document Numbered 146, Seventy-fifth Congress, there is appropriated as follows: **Independent Offices:** For Federal Civil Works Administration,Independent Offices. $9.31. For farmers’ crop production and harvesting loans, Farm Credit Administration, $358.61. For loans and relief in stricken agricultural areas (transfer to Farm Credit Administration), $56. For Army and Navy pensions, $37.50. For salaries and expenses. Veterans’ Administration, $330.78. **Department of Agriculture:** For loans and relief in strickenDepartment of Agriculture. agricultural areas (transfer to Agriculture), $16,443.72. For loans and relief in stricken agricultural areas (transfer to Agriculture—Silviculture), $25.68. For emergency conservation fund (transfer from War to Agriculture, Act June 19, 1934), $13,467.33. **Department of Commerce:** For air-navigation facilities, $1,540.Department of Commerce.Department of the Interior. **Department of the Interior:** For conservation of health among Indians, $38.06. For support of Indians and administration of Indian property, $1.92. For emergency conservation fund (transfer from War to Interior, Indians, Act March 31, 1933), $2.25. For emergency conservation fund (transfer from War to Interior, Indians, Act June 19, 1934), $1,009.69.[48 Stat. 1021](/us/stat/48/1021). **Department of Justice:** For salaries, fees, and expenses ofDepartment of Justice. marshals, United States courts, $2.04. For fees of jurors and witnesses, United States courts, $18.05. For miscellaneous expenses. United States courts, $12.25. For payment to officers and employees of the United States in foreign countries due to appreciation of foreign currencies (Justice), $67.99. For United States industrial reformatory, Chillicothe, Ohio, maintenance, $10.59. **Navy Department:** For payment to officers and employees of theNavy Department United States in foreign countries due to appreciation of foreign currencies (Navy), $47.32. For transportation, Bureau of Navigation, $40.10. 52 Stat. 102 For pay, subsistence, and transportation, Navy, $73.36. For maintenance, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, $54.97. For increase of the Navy, emergency construction, $8,425. Department of State, **Department of State:** For contingent expenses, foreign service, $2,150.77. Treasury Department. **Treasury Department:** For repairs to Coast Guard vessels, $100.50. For collecting the internal revenue, $26.30. For pay of other employees, Public Health Service, $2. For collecting the revenue from customs, $2.32. War Department. **War Department:** For pay, and so forth, of the Army, $785.52. For pay of the Army, $97.12. For increase of compensation, Military Establishment, $49.69. For extra pay to volunteers, War with Spain, $26. For Army transportation, $168.55. For clothing and equipage, $11.38. For subsistence of the Army, $33.18. For general appropriations, Quartermaster Corps, $135.52. For ordnance service and supplies, Army, $2.24. For Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, $16.99. For Organized Reserves, 16 cents. For travel, military and civil personnel, War Department, $231.08. For Signal Service of the Army, $2,116.80. For registration and selection for military service, $403.30. For emergency conservation fund (transfer to War, Act March [48 Stat. 22](/us/stat/48/22).31, 1933), $117.70. For emergency conservation fund (transfer to War, Act June 19, [48 Stat. 1021](/us/stat/48/1021).1934), $212.87. Post Office Department. **Post Office Department—Postal Service (out of the postal revenues):** For clerks, first- and second-class post offices, $67.50. For compensation to postmasters, $80.37. For electric and cable car service, $40.09. For freight, express or motor transportation of equipment, and so forth, $6.63. For indemnities, domestic mail, $34.22. For indemnities, international mail, $19.59. For railway mail service, salaries, $984.75. Total; additional sum, increases in rates of exchange.Total, audited claims, section 4 (b), $49,995.69, 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 492, under the Department of Labor, $14,941.92. Sec. 6. Short title. This Act may be cited as the “First Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1938”. Approved, March 5, 1938. Establishing a small claims and conciliation branch in the municipal court of the District of Columbia for improving the administration of justice in small cases and providing assistance to needy litigants, and for other purposes. 1938-03-05 43 Chapter 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 2024-11-15 52 Stat. 103 75 3 public [CHAPTER 43] 52 Stat. 103 AN ACT Establishing a small claims and conciliation branch in the municipal court of the District of Columbia for improving the administration of justice in small cases and providing assistance to needy litigants, and for other purposes. March 5, 1938[[S. 1835](/us/bill/75/s/1835)][[Public, No. 441](/us/pl/75/441)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That there is hereby Municipal court. District of Columbia.Small claims and conciliation branch, establishment.Definitions.“Branch.”established in the municipal court of the District of Columbia a small claims and conciliation branch. Sec. 2. Whenever used in this Act—

(a)“Branch” means the small claims and conciliation branch of the municipal court, herein created.

(b)“Judge” means the judge or judges presiding in said branch.“Judge.”

(c)“Clerk” means the clerk or any assistant clerk of said municipal“Clerk.” court assigned to said branch.

(d)“Court” means the municipal court of the District of Columbia“Court.” and the several judges thereof. Sec. 3. One or more judges of the municipal court shall serve inAssignment of Judges. said branch for such periods and in such order of rotation as the judges of the court may determine. Sec. 4.

(a)Said branch shall have exclusive jurisdiction over allJurisdiction. cases within the jurisdiction of the court in which the amount of the plaintiff’s claim or the claimed value of personal property in controversy does not exceed $50 exclusive of interest, attorneys’ fees, protest fees, and costs. Said jurisdiction shall not include actionsExceptions. for recovery of the possession of real estate, whether or not such actions include a claim for arrears of rent, or personalty, or both arrears of rent and personalty.

(b)In order to effect the speedy settlement of controversies saidSettlement of controversies by arbitration, etc.branch shall also have authority with the consent of all parties to settle cases, irrespective of the amount involved, by the methods of arbitration and conciliation. The judgesJudges as referees, etc. of said branch may also act as referees or arbitrators, either alone or in conjunction with other persons, under title 24, chapter 5, sections 91 to 109, inclusive,[31 Stat. 1254](/us/stat/31/1254).[21 D. C. Code §§ 91–109](/us/dcc/21/91/109).[43 Stat. 883](/us/stat/43/883).[9 U. S. C. § 1–15](/us/usc/t9/s1/15). of the Code. of Law for the District of Columbia, or under the United States Arbitration Act of February 12, 1925 (U. S. C., 1934 ed., title 9, sections 1 to 15), or otherwise. No judge, officer, or other employeeFee, etc., restriction. of the municipal court shall receive or accept any fee or compensation in addition to his salary for services performed under this subsection. Sec. 5.

(a)Actions shall be commenced in said branch by the filingCommencement of actions; filing claims. of a statement of claim, in concise form and free of technicalities. The plaintiff or his agent shall verify the statement of claim by oathVerification. or affirmation in the form herein provided, or its equivalent, and shall affix his signature thereto. The clerk of said branch shall, atAssistance of clerk; restriction. the request of any individual, prepare the statement of claim and other papers required to be filed in an action in this branch, but his services shall not be available to any corporation, partnership, or association in the preparation of such statements or other papers. A copy of the statement of claim and verification shall be made aService upon defendant; mode. part of the notice to be served upon the defendant named therein. The mode of service shall be by the United States marshal, as provided by law; or by registered mail with return receipt; or by any person not a party to or otherwise interested in the suit, especially appointed by the judge for that purpose.

(b)When notice is to be served by registered mail, the clerk shallService by registered mail. enclose a copy of the statement of claim, verification, and notice in an envelope addressed to the defendant, prepay the postage with funds obtained from plaintiff, and mail the same forthwith, noting on the records the day and hour of mailing. When such receipt is returned, the clerk shall attach the same to the original statement52 Stat. 104 of claim, and it shall constitute prima-facie evidence of service upon the defendant.

(c)By private individual When served by a private individual, as above provided, he shall make proof of service by affidavit before the clerk, showing the time and place of such service.

(d)Cost of service. When served by the marshal, or by registered mail, the actual cost of service shall be taxable as costs. When served by an individual, as above provided, the cost of service, if any, shall not be taxable as costs.

(e)Statement of claim, verification, and notice. The statement of claim, verification, and notice shall be in the following or equivalent form, and shall be in lieu of any forms now employed and of any form of summons now provided by law:MUNICIPAL COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Small Claims and Conciliation Branch (Location of room in courthouse) (Location of room in courthouse) washington, d. c. ______________________________ Plaintiff ______________________________ Address VS. ______________________________ Defendant } No. ____________________________ statement of claim (Here the plaintiff, or at his request the clerk, will insert a statement of the plaintiff’s claim, and the original, to be filed with the clerk, may, if action is on a contract, express or implied, be verified by the plaintiff or his agent, as follows :) District of Columbia, *ss*: ____________________ being the first duly sworn on oath says the foregoing is a just and true statement of the amount owing by defendant to plaintiff, exclusive of all set-offs and just grounds of defense. ____________________________ Plaintiff (or agent) Subscribed and sworn to before me this ____ day of ____________, 19____. ____________________________ Clerk (or notary public) notice To: ____________________________ Defendant ____________________________ Home address ____________________________ Business address You are hereby notified that _______________________ has made a claim and is requesting Judgment against you in the sum of _______ dollars ($______), as shown by the foregoing statement The court will hold a hearing upon this claim on ____________ at ______. m. in the small claims and conciliation branch, (address of court). You are required to be present at the hearing in order to avoid a Judgment by default. If you have witnesses, books, receipts, or other writings bearing on this claim, you should bring them with you at the time of the hearing. If you wish to have witnesses summoned, see the clerk at once for assistance. If you admit the claim, but desire additional time to pay, you roust come to the hearing in person and state the circumstances to the court. You may come with or without an attorney. [seal] ___________________ *Clerk of the small claims and conciliation branch, municipal court*. 52 Stat. 105

(f)The foregoing verification shall entitle the plaintiff to a judgmentJudgment by default, when. by default, without further proof, upon failure of defendant to appear, when the claim of the plaintiff is for a liquidated amount; when the amount is unliquidated, plaintiff shall be required to present proof of his claim.

(g)The clerk shall furnish the plaintiff with a memorandum ofPlaintiff to be furnished due notice of hearing. the day and hour set for the hearing, which time shall be not less than five nor more than fifteen days from the date of the filing of the action. All actions filed in this branch shall be made returnable herein. Sec. 6. A separate small claims and conciliation docket shall beSmall claims and conciliation docket. maintained in said branch, in which shall be indicated every proceeding and ruling had in each case. Sec. 7. The fee for issuing summons and copies, trial, judgment,Fees. and satisfaction in an action in said branch shall be not more than $1. Other fees shall be as the court shall prescribe. The judge sittingPrepayment of costs; waiving of, if plaintiff unable to pay. in said branch shall have full discretionary power to waive the prepayment of costs or the payment of costs accruing during the action upon the sworn statement of the plaintiff or upon other satisfactory evidence of his inability to pay such costs. When costs areNotations; terms not to be employed. so waived the notation to be made on the records of said branch shall be “Prepayment of costs waived”, or “Costs waived”. The term “pauper” or “in forma pauperis” shall not be employed in said branch. If a party shall fail to pay accrued costs, though able toFailure to pay, though able to do so. do so, the judge of said branch shall have power to deny said party the right to file, any new case in said branch while such costs remain unpaid, and likewise to deny such litigant the right to proceed further in any case pending in said branch. The award of costs shall beAward of costs. according to the discretion of the judge who may include therein the reasonable cost of bonds and undertakings, and other reasonable expenses incident to the suit, incurred by either party. Sec. 8.

(a)On the return day mentioned in section 5 hereof, orTrial. such later time as the judge may set, the trial shall be had. ImmediatelyConciliation provisions. prior to the trial of any case, the judge shall make an earnest effort to settle the controversy by conciliation. If the judge fails to induce the parties to settle their differences without a trial, he shall proceed with the hearing on the merits pursuant to section 8

(b)of this Act.

(b)The parties and witnesses shall be sworn. The judge shallSworn testimony; conduct of trial, etc. conduct the trial in such manner as to do substantial justice between the parties according to the rules of substantive law, and shall notJudge not bound by statutory provisions, etc.; exception. be bound by the statutory provisions or rides of practice, procedure, pleading, or evidence, except such provisions relating to privileged communications.

(c)If the defendant fails to appear, judgment shall be entered forIf defendant fails to appear. the plaintiff by default as above provided, or under any rule or rides of the municipal court now existing or hereafter promulgated, or on ex-parte proof. If the plaintiff fails to appear, the suit may be dismissedIf plaintiff fails to appear. for want of prosecution, or a nonsuit may be ordered, or defendant may proceed to a trial on the merits, or the case may be continued or returned to the files for further proceedings on a later date, as the judge may direct. If both parties fail to appear, theFailure of both parties to appear. judge may return the case to the files, or order the same dismissed for want of prosecution, or make any other just and proper disposition thereof, as justice may require. Sec. 9. If the defendant asserts a set-off or counterclaim, the judgeSet-off or counterclaim. may, in his discretion, require a formal plea of set-off to be filed, or may waive the same. If plaintiff requires time to prepare his defense against such counterclaim or set-off, the judge may, in his discretion, continue the case for such purpose. If the set-off or counterclaim be52 Stat. 106 for more than the jurisdictional limit of said branch but within the jurisdictional limit of this court, the action shall nevertheless remain in said branch and be tried therein in its entirety. Sec. 10. Certification of cases before municipal court to branch for conciliation. Whenever the interests of justice shall seem to require it, and all parties consent thereto, any judge of the municipal court may certify any case to said branch for conciliation, or to endeavor to obtain a complete or partial agreed statement of facts or stipulation, Completion of trial or recertification.which will simplify and expedite the ultimate trial of the case. The trial of any such case if all parties consent may be completed in said branch or in the absence of such consent shall be recertified to another judge of the court for trial. Sec. 11. Stay of entry of judgment; partial payments until satisfied. When judgment is to be rendered and the party against whom it is to be entered requests it, the judge shall inquire fully into the earnings and financial status of such party and shall have full discretionary power to stay the entry of judgment, and to stay execution, except in cases involving wage claims, and to order partial payments in such amounts, over such periods, and upon such terms, as shall seem just under the circumstances and as will assure a definite and steady reduction of the judgment until it is finally and completelyStay of execution vacated for failure to meet installment. satisfied. Upon a showing that such party has failed to meet any installment payment without just excuse, the stay of execution shall be vacated. When no stay of execution has been ordered or when such stay of execution has been vacated as provided herein, the party in whose favor the judgment has been entered Remedies for enforcing judgment.shall have the right to avail himself of all remedies otherwise available in said municipal court for the enforcement of such judgment. Sec. 12. Claims for wages or personal services. In all cases where the judgment is founded in whole or in part on a claim for wages or personal services the judge shall, upon motion of the party obtaining judgment, order the appearance Examination, court orders.of the party against whom such judgment has been entered, but not more often than once each four weeks for oral examination under oath as to his financial status and his ability to pay such judgment, and the judge shall make such supplementary orders as may seem just and proper to effectuate the payment of the judgment upon reasonable terms. Sec. 13. Daily record of transactions.Monthly report to Attorney General. The clerk of said branch shall maintain an accurate daily record of all transactions had therein and shall prepare and transmit to the Attorney General of the United States a monthly report in detail showing the number and nature of all such transactions. Sec. 14. Provisions applicable to practice. All provisions of law relating to the municipal court and the rules of the municipal court shall apply to the practice herein so far as they may be made applicable and are not in conflict with the provisions of this Act or with the rules hereunder promulgated. In case of conflict the provisions of this Act and the rules hereunder promulgated shall control. Sec. 15. Rules of procedure. The judges of the municipal court shall forthwith make rules to provide for a simple, inexpensive, and speedy procedure Forms.to effectuate the purposes of this Act and shall have power to prescribe, modify, and improve the forms to be used therein, from time to time, to insure the proper administration of justice and to accomplish the purposes of this Act. Sec. 16. Sessions. The small-claims branch with a judge in attendance shall be open for the transaction of business on every day of the year except Saturday afternoons, Sundays, and legal holidays, and shall also hold at least one night session during each week. Sec. 17. Review of Judgments. Nothing in this Act contained shall deprive any party of the right now existing to petition the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia for a writ of error to review any judgment rendered in said branch of said municipal court. 52 Stat. 107 Sec. 18. In any case filed or pending in said branch in which anyTrial by jury, procedure when demanded. party is entitled to demand a trial by jury and files such demand, the case shall be assigned to and tried in one of the regular branches of the court under the procedure provided for such trials. Sec. 19. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, or in the rulesParty obtaining judgment; rights, etc. promulgated hereunder, a party obtaining a judgment in said branch shall be entitled to the same remedies, processes, costs, and benefits as are given or inure to other judgment creditors in said municipal court. Sec. 20. All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent herewith areInconsistent Acts, etc., repealed. hereby repealed. Sec. 21. If any provision of this Act, or the application thereofSaving clause. to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the Act, and the application of such provisions to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby. Sec. 22. This Act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after theEffective date. date of its enactment. Approved, March 5, 1938. To maintain unimpaired the capital of the Commodity Credit Corporation at $100,000,000, and for other purposes. 1938-03-08 44 Chapter 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 2024-11-15 52 Stat. 107 75 3 public [CHAPTER 44] AN ACT To maintain unimpaired the capital of the Commodity Credit Corporation at $100,000,000, and for other purposes. March 8, 1938[[H. R. 9361](/us/bill/75/hr/9361)][

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