Public Law 71–15

That the following

Appropriations for paying judgments of courts.

sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the payment of the following judgments, namely:

judgments, united states courts 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 by the Judicial Code, approved March 3, 1911, certified to the Seventy-first Congress in House Document Numbered 25, under the following departments and establishments, namely: United States Shipping Board, $17,836.98; Navy Department, $9,433.94; Treasury Department, $6,348.15; War Department, $3,149; in all $36,768.07; together with such additional sum as may be necessary to pay interest on the respective judgments at the rate of 4 per centum from the date thereof until the time this appropriation is made. For payment of the judgments, including costs of suits, rendered against the Government by United States district courts in special cases and under the provisions of certain special Acts and certified to the Seventy-first Congress in House Document Numbered 26, under the following departments and establishments, namely: United States Shipping Board, $6,089.54; Navy Department, $29,233.03; War Department, $113,219.85; in all, $148,542.42, together with such additional sum as may be necessary to pay interest on certain of the judgments as and where specified in such judgments. For the payment of judgments, including costs of suits, rendered against the Government of the United States by United States district courts under the provisions of an Act entitled “An Act authorizing suits against the United States in admiralty for damage caused by and salvage services rendered to public vessels belonging to the United States, and for other purposes,” approved March 3, 1925 (United States Code, page 1529, sections 781-789), certified to the Seventy-first Congress in House Document Numbered 28, under the following departments, namely: Department of Commerce, $6,844.73;Navy Department, $1,498.32; in all, $8,343.05, together with such additional sum as may be necessary to pay interest as and where specified in such judgments. 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. Payment of interest wherever provided for judgments contained 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 For payment of the judgments rendered by the Court of Claims and reported to the Seventy-first Congress in House Document Numbered 27, under the following departments and establishments, namely: United States Railroad Administration, $60,428.39; Navy Department, $877,449.65; War Department, $244,784.92; in all, $1,182,662.96, together with such additional sum as may be necessary to pay interest on certain of the judgments at the legal rate per annum as and where specified in said judgments. None of the judgments contained under this caption which have not been affirmed by the Supreme Court or otherwise become final and conclusive against the United States shall be paid until the expiration of the time within which application may be made for a writ of certiorari under subdivision (b), section 3, of the Act entitled “An Act to amend the Judicial Code, and to further define the jurisdiction of the circuit courts of appeals and of the Supreme Court, and for other purposes,” approved February 13, 1925 (United States Code, page 900, section 288).