75TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CH. 42 -MAR . 5 , 1938 WAR DEPARTMENT MILITARY ACTIVITIES Army War College: There is hereby transferred to the appro- priation "Army War College, 1938", the sum of $3,180 from the appropriation "Pay of the Army, 1938". CIVIL FUNCTIONS Protective works and measures, Lake of the Woods and Rainy 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. 617), fiscal year 1938, $73,270.97, to remain available until expended in accordance with the provisions of such Act of August 26, 1937: Provided, That a release in full shall be required by the Secretary of War in connection with all claims settled under this appropriation. Emergency expenditures on account of floods in Ohio and Mis- sissippi Rivers, 1937: Appropriations utilized by the War Depart- ment to meet the emergency caused by the flood of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers and their tributaries during the months of Jan- uary 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 there- for 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 har- bors, including the same objects and under the same conditions speci- fied under this head in the War Department Civil Appropriation Act, 1938, $280,000. Panama Canal, maintenance and operation: The appropriation for "Maintenance and Operation, Panama Canal", is hereby made avail- able for making relief payments during the fiscal year 1938, as authorized by the Act approved July 8, 1937 (50 Stat. 478). TITLE II-JUDGMENTS AND AUTHORIZED CLAIMS PROPERTY DAMAGE CLAIMS SEC. 1. (a) 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 exceeding $1,000 in any one case", approved December 28, 1922 (U. S. C., title 31, secs. 215-217), as fully set forth in House Doc- ument 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; 93 War Department. Military activities. Army War College; sum transferred. 50 Stat. 445 . Civil functions. Lake of the Woods and Rainy River, Minn., protective works, etc. 50 Stat. 843 . 44 Stat. 617, 2108 . Availability. Proviso. Settlement of claims; release. Floods, Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, etc. , 1937. Appropriations uti- lized; availability. Issuance of supplies, etc., validated. Rivers and harbors. 50 Stat. 616 . Panama Canal, re- lief payments. 50 Stat. 478. Judgments and au- thorized claims. Property damage claims. Payment of, not in excess of $1,000. 42 Stat. 1066 . 31U.S.C.§§215- 217. 52 STAT.]
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