Public Law 75–830

That the Secretary

Lake of the Woods.

Payment of damage claims due to fluctuation of water levels.

of War is authorized and directed to pay the claims for damages against the United States arising out of the fluctuations of the water levels of the Lake of the Woods as ascertained by him under authority of section 3 of the Act entitled “An Act to carry into effect provisions

44 Stat. 617, 2108.

of the convention between the United States and Great Britain to regulate the level of Lake of the Woods concluded on the 24th day of February 11)25”, approved May 22, 1926, as amended. The

Amount of award.

amount paid with respect to each claim shall be the amount of award set forth in the letter of the Secretary of War of February 16, 1931 (House Document Numbered 774, Seventy-first Congress, third session), and the letter of the Secretary of War of December 8, 1931 (House Document Numbered 133, Seventy-second Congress, first session). Such sums shall be paid to the claimant, or, in case the claimant is dead or insane, to the legal representative of the claimant. The Secretary of War is authorized and directed to prescribe such

Rules to be prescribed.

rules and regulations as may be necessary for the purpose of establishing the identity of claimants or their assignees or representatives, and his determination thereof shall be final. Payment by the Secretary

Payment in full settlement, etc.

of War shall be in full settlement of all claims for damages cognizable under section 3 of such Act of May 22, 1926, as amended. If with diligent effort the Secretary of War has been unable to pay any such claim within three years after the date of the enactment

Unclaimed awards.

of this Act, the amount of such claim shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.

Sec. 2.

There is authorized to be appropriated the sum of $73,270.97

Amount authorized.

to carry out the purposes of this Act.