a schedule of a claim amounting to $62.95, allowed by the General Accounting Office, as covered by certificate of settlement No. 0828041, covering a judgment rendered in a United States district court, provided for under section 989, Revised Statutes (28 U. S. C. 842), as submitted by the Treasury Department.

Since no appropriation for the payment of this claim is provided by the above act, an appropriation for that purpose is necessary at this time, as follows:

Under Department of Commerce: Payment of judgment against collectors of customs__

$62.95

The letter of the Treasury Department and a copy of the certificate of settlement, the number of which is shown in the first column of the schedule, are submitted herewith.

SIR: Pursuant to the provisions of section 2 of the act of July 7, 1884 (U. S. C., title 5, sec. 266), there is enclosed for your consideration, with a view to its submission to Congress, schedule of a claim allowed by the General Accounting Office, in which case certificate of settlement has been forwarded to the Treasury Department for payment, covering judgment rendered by the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington against the collector of customs, where a certificate of probable cause has been issued, as provided for under section 989, Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 28, sec. 842).

For the payment of this judgment there is required an appropriation under the Department of Commerce, as follows:

Payment of judgments against collectors of customs.

Very truly yours,

PAUL MCDONALD,

$62.95

Acting Administrative Assistant to the Secretary.

Schedule of claim allowed by the General Accounting Office covering judgment rendered in the U. S. District Court for the Western District of Washington against the Collector of Customs, District of Washington, as provided for under sec. 989, Revised Statutes

APPROPRIATION UNDER DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE: PAYMENTS OF JUDGMENTS AGAINST COLLECTORS OF CUSTOMS

0828041 James Aitken, Jr., and Sterling C Aitken, copartners, doing business under the firm name of Aitken Tug & Barge Co....

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$62.95

CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES INCIDENT TO THE OPERATION OF VESSELS OF THE NAVY

COMMUNICATION

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

TRANSMITTING

AN ESTIMATE OF APPROPRIATION TO PAY CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES BY COLLISION OR DAMAGES INCIDENT TO THE OPERATION OF VESSELS OF THE NAVY AMOUNTING TO $11,836.76

JUNE 19 (legislative day, MAY 9), 1944.-Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed

The PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE.

THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, June 14, 1944.

SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith for the consideration of Congress an estimate of appropriation submitted by the Navy Department to pay claims for damages by collision or damages incident to the operation of vessels of the Navy, in the sum of $11,836.76, which have been considered and adjusted under the provisions of the act of December 28, 1922 (34 U. S. C. 599), and which require an appropriation for their payment.

The necessity for the appropriation asked is explained in the letter of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, transmitted herewith, in whose comments and observations thereon I concur.

SIR: I have the honor to submit herewith for your consideration an estimate of appropriation submitted by the Navy Department to pay 8. Docs., 78-2, vol. 12- -38

claims for damages by collision or damages incident to the operation of vessels of the Navy, which have been considered and adjusted under the provisions of the act of December 28, 1922 (34 U. S. C. 599), and which require an appropriation for their payment, as follows:

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 the 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," approved Dec. 28, 1922, as fully set forth in Senate Document No. Seventy-eighth Congress_

$11, 836. 76 The letters of the Navy Department submitting these claims are transmitted herewith.

In accordance with the provisions of the act providing for these submissions, I recommend that this estimate be transmitted to Congress.

Very respectfully,

HAROLD D. SMITH,

Director of the Bureau of the Budget.

NAVY DEPARTMENT,

Washington, D. C., June 8, 1944.

The DIRECTOR, BUREAU OF the Budget,

Executive Office of the President, Washington, D. C.

DEAR SIR: In accordance with the provisions of the act of December 28, 1922, title 34, U. S. Code, section 599, I have considered, ascertained, adjusted, and determined the following described claim for settlement, which accrued after April 6, 1917, on account of damage to privately owned property where the amount of the claim does not exceed $3,000, caused by negligence of a vessel of the United States.

This claim has been examined by the Judge Advocate General of the Navy, who has advised that it is a legal claim for submission under the act above referred to.

I, therefore, certify the amount found due the claimant, as set forth, to be a legal claim and recommend that it be submitted to the Congress for payment out of an appropriation that may be made therefor:

Claim of Henry Mello, Jr., Rural Free Delivery, Wakefield, R. I., for damage to fishing boat Alice and Nellie caused by the United States Navy pontoon crane barge on April 9, 1944.

The total amount claimed and allowed is $54.

Respectfully,

JAMES FORRESTAL,
Secretary of the Navy.

NAVY DEPARTMENT,

Washington, D. C., June 7, 1944.

The DIRECTOR, BUREAU OF THE BUDGET,

Executive Office of the President, Washington, D. C.

DEAR SIR: In accordance with the provisions of the act of December 28, 1922, title 34 United States Code, section 599, I have considered,

ascertained, adjusted, and determined the following described claim for settlement which accrued after April 6, 1917, on account of damage to privately owned property where the amount of the claim does not exceed $3,000, caused by negligence of a vessel of the United States. This claim has been examined by the Judge Advocate General of the Navy, who has advised that it is a legal claim for submission under the act above referred to.

I, therefore, certify the amount found due the claimant, as set forth, to be a legal claim and recommend that it be submitted to the Congress for payment out of an appropriation that may be made therefor: Claim of Board of State Harbor Commissioners, Ferry Building, San Francisco, Calif., for damage to windows between piers 35 and 37, San Francisco, Calif., caused by the U. S. S. LST-481 on September 19, 1943. The total amount claimed and allowed is $14.89.

Respectfully,

JAMES FORRESTAL,
Secretary of the Navy.

NAVY DEPARTMENT,

Washington, D. C., May 31, 1944.

The DIRECTOR, BUREAU OF THE BUDGET,
Executive Office of the President,

Washington, D. C.

DEAR SIR: In accordance with the provisions of the act of December 28, 1922, title 34, U. S. Code, section 599, I have considered, ascertained, adjusted, and determined the following-described claim, which accrued after April 6, 1917, on account of damage to privately owned property where the amount of the claim does not exceed $3,000, caused by negligence of a vessel of the United States.

This claim has been examined by the Judge Advocate General of the Navy, who has advised that it is a legal claim for submission under the act above referred to.

I, therefore, certify the amount found due the claimant, as set forth, to be a legal claim and recommend that it be submitted to the Congress for payment out of an appropriation that may be made therefor:

Claim of Matson Navigation Co., 215 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif., for damages to S. S. Hamakua, caused by U. S. S. LST-477, on May 19, 1943, and caused by Navy Seabee stevedores April and May 1943.

The total amount claimed is $3,741.17. The total amount allowed is $3,000.

Respectfully yours,

JAMES FORRESTAL,
Secretary of the Navy.

NAVY DEPARTMENT,

Washington, D. C., May 30, 1944.

The DIRECTOR, BUREAU OF THE BUDGET,

Executive Office of the President,

Washington, D. C.

DEAR SIR: In accordance with the provisions of the act of December 28, 1922, title 34, U. S. Code, section 599, I have considered, ascertained, adjusted, and determined the following-described claim, which

accrued after April 6, 1917, on account of damage to privately owned property where the amount of the claim does not exceed $3,000, caused by negligence of a vessel of the United States.

This claim has been examined by the Judge Advocate General of the Navy, who has advised that it is a legal claim for submission under the act above referred to.

I, therefore, certify the amount found due the claimant, as set forth, to be a legal claim and recommend that it be submitted to the Congress for payment out of an appropriation that may be made therefor:

Claim of Los Angeles Harbor Department, office of the general manager, Post Office Box 151, San Pedro, Calif., for damage to pier 96, San Pedro, Calif., caused by the U. S. S. PC-816, July 28, 1943.

The total amount claimed is $389.63. The total amount allowed is $206.25.

Respectfully yours,

JAMES FORRESTAL,

Secretary of the Navy.

NAVY DEPARTMENT,

Washington, D. C., May 29, 1944.

The DIRECTOR, BUREAU OF THE BUDGET,

Executive Office of the President, Washington, D. C.

SIR: Pursuant to the provisions of the act of Congress approved December 28, 1922, 34 Ú. S. C. 599, I have considered, ascertained, and determined the following-described claim accuring after April 6, 1917, on account of damage to privately owned property, where the amount of the claim does not exceed $3,000, caused by negligence of a vessel of the United States.

This claim has been examined by the Judge Advocate General of the Navy, who has advised that it is a legal claim for submission under the act above referred to.

I, therefore, certify the amount found due the claimant, as set forth, to be a legal claim and recommend that it be submitted to the Congress for payment out of an appropriation that may be made therefor.

Claim of Lehigh Valley Railroad Co., Jersey City, N. J., for damage to grainboat 222 caused by the U. S. S. Penobscot on January 27, 1944.

The total amount claimed is $3,931.45. The total amount allowed is $3,000.

Respectfully,

JAMES FORRESTAL,
Secretary of the Navy.

NAVY DEPARTMENT,

Washington, D. C., May 25, 1944.

The DIRECTOR, BUREAU OF THE BUDGET,

Executive Office of the President, Washington, D. C.

SIR: Pursuant to the provisions of the act of Congress approved December 28, 1922, 34 U. S. C. 599, I have considered, ascertained, and determined the following described claim accruing after April 6, 1917, on account of damage to privately owned property, where the amount of the claim does not exceed $3,000, caused by negligence of a vessel of the United States.