PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 107-MAY 2, 1939 Contracts. Expenses. Post, p. 996. 52 Stat. 659. Availability. Contracts. Payment. 42 Stat. 1066. 31U.S.C.i§215- 217. supplies and services, printing and binding, and communication serv- ice, at the seat of government and elsewhere, fiscal year 1939, to remain available until June 30, 1940, $1,110,000, and, in addition, the Chief of Chemical Warfare Service, when authorized by the Secre- tary of War, may enter into contracts prior to July 1, 1940, for the procurement of chemical-warfare equipment to an amount not in excess of $740,000, and his action in so doing shall be deemed a contractual obligation of the Federal Government for the payment of costs thereof. SEACOAST DEFENSES For additional amounts for seacoast defenses, comprising the same objects specified under this head in the Military Appropriation Act, 1939, and including the employment of persons and the procurement of supplies and services, printing and binding, and communication service, at the seat of government and elsewhere, fiscal year 1939, as follows: United States, $3,295,631, of which $1,222,738 shall remain available until expended; Insular departments, $766,284, of which $41,900 shall remain avail- able until expended; Panama Canal, $1,416,372, of which $688,805 shall remain available until expended; In all, $5,478,287, of which $1,953,443 shall remain available until expended; and in addition, when authorized by the Secretary of War, contracts may be entered into prior to July 1, 1940, for the procurement of equipment for seacoast defenses, such action in each case to be deemed a contractual obligation of the Federal Govern- ment for the payment of the cost thereof, as follows: United States, $591,000; Insular Departments, $339,000; Panama Canal, $131,000; In all, $1,061,000. TITLE III-JUDGMENTS AND AUTHORIZED CLAIMS PROPERTY DAMAGE CLAIMS SEC. 301. (a) For the payment of claims for damages to or losses of privately owned property, adjusted and determined by the follow- ing respective departments and independent offices, under the pro- visions 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 Document Numbered 195 of the Seventy-sixth Con- gress, as follows: Farm Credit Administration, $25.80; Veterans' Administration, $20; Works Progress Administration, $418.67; Department of Agriculture, $406.31; Department of the Interior, $476; Navy Department, $309.75; War Department, $1,627.65; Treasury Department, $262.01; Post Office Department (payable from postal revenues), $272.32; In all. $3,818.51. (b) For the payment of claims for damages to or losses of pri- vately owned property, adjusted and determined by the following respective departments and independent offices, under the provisions 644 [53 STAT.
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