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PUBLIC LAW 856-AUG. 1, 1956
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CHAPTEE X DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS AND SUITS
For the payment of claims in excess of $250, approved by the Commissioners in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Februarv 11, 1929, as amended (45 Stat. 1160; 46 Stat. 500; 65 Stat. 131), $10,000. to^'riosf ** * ^'"°^ •* DIVISION OF EXPENSES
The sum appropriated in this Act for the District of Columbia shall be paid out of the general fund of the District of Columbia, as defined in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act for fiscal year 1957.
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CHAPTEE XI LEGISLATIVE
BEANCH
HOUSE OF EEPRESENTATIVES CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE
Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation: For an additional amount for the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation, $50,000. CHAPTEE XII CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES, AUDITED CLAIMS, A N D JUDGMENTS
For payment of claims for damages as settled and determined by departments and agencies in accord with law, audited claims certified to be due by the General Accounting Office, and judgments rendered against the United States by United States district courts and the United States Court of Claims, as set forth in Senate Document Numbered 143, Eighty-fourth Congress, $1,312,538, together with such amounts as may be necessary to pay interest (as and when specified in such judgments or in certain of the settlements of the General Accounting Office or provided by law) and such additional sums due to increases in rates of exchange as may be necessary to pay claims in foreign currency: Provided, That no judgment herein appropriated for shall be paid until it shall have become final and conclusive against the United States by failure of the parties to appeal or otherwise: Provided further, That, unless otherwise specifically required by law or by the judgment, payment of interest wherever appropriated for herein shall not continue for more than thirty days after the date of approval of this Act. Approved July 31, 1956. Public Law 856
CHAPTER 807
JOINT RESOLUTION Approving the relinquishments of the consular jurisdiction of the United States in Morocco. Whereas the laws of the United States invest the ministers and consuls of the United States in certain countries, including Morocco, with judicial authority so far as the exercise of the same is allowed by
August I. 1956 [s. j. Res. 16;>]
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