Proctors for libellant are Messrs. Foley & Martin, 64 Wall Street, New York City. Please be good enough to advise us when payment is made in order that we may adjust the records of the court and this Department accordingly. Respectfully, FRANCIS M. SHEA, Assistant Attorney General, (For the Attorney General). Name: Carroll Towing Co., Inc., as owner of the steam tug M. J. Carroll. Date: January 4, 1944. Amount: $10,000. Costs: None. Interest: Indefinite. Nature of claim: Suit brought under Public Vessels Act for damage to libellant's tug (War Department). Final decree: Ordered, adjudged, and decreed that the libellant recover from the United States the sum of $10,000, with interest from January 4, 1944, at the rate of 4 percent until paid. Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D. C., January 21, 1944. Re Motor ship Draco-Army barge B-51, salvage claim. CHIEF, DIVISION OF BOOKKEEPING AND WARRANTS, SIR: There is enclosed for report for appropriation a certified copy of a decree entered on December 29, 1943, in the above-entitled case for the libelant, in the sum of $3,250. The suit is brought under the Public Vessels Act of March 3, 1925, for salvage award arising out of the salvage of Army barge B-51 on or about August 11, 1941. The War Department is the Department in interest. Respectfully, FRANCIS M. SHEA, Assistant Attorney General (For the Attorney General). Name: Koninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij, N. V. Date: December 29, 1943. Amount: $3,250. Costs: None. Interest: None. Nature of claim: Suit brought under Public Vessels Act for salvage award arising out of the salvage of Army barge B-51 on or about August 11, 1941 (War). Final decree: Ordered, adjudged, and decreed that libelant recover from the : United States the sum of $3,250. Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. о RECORDS OF JUDGMENTS RENDERED AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT BY UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTS COMMUNICATION FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TRANSMITTING RECORDS OF JUDGMENTS RENDERED AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT BY UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTS AS SUBMITTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE THROUGH THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT, AND WHICH REQUIRE AN APPROPRIATION OF $17,355.51, TOGETHER WITH AN INDEFINITE APPROPRIATION TO PAY INTEREST FEBRUARY 29, 1944.-Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, February 28, 1944. The SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith for the consideration of Congress, in accordance with the provisions contained in the Deficiency Act of April 27, 1904 (31 U. S. C. 583, par. 2), records of judgments rendered against the Government by United States district courts as submitted by the Department of Justice through the Treasury Department, and which require an appropriation of $17,355.51 together with an indefinite appropriation to pay interest. The necessity for the appropriation asked is explained in the letter of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, transmitted herewith, in whose conclusions and observations thereon I concur. Respectfully, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, The PRESIDENT, The White House. BUREAU OF THE BUDGET, Washington, D. C., February 25, 1944. SIR: I have the honor to submit herewith for your consideration in accordance with the provisions contained in the Deficiency Act of April 27, 1904 (31 U. S. C. 583, par. 2), records of judgments rendered against the Government by United States district courts under the provisions of the act of March 3, 1887, as amended by section 297 of the act of March 3, 1911 (28 U. S. C. 761), as submitted by the Department of Justice through the Treasury Department, as follows: For the payment of these judgments there is required at this time an appropriation of $17,355.51 together with an indefinite appropriation to pay interest; provided, that payment is to be made only when right of appeal shall have expired. The letter from the Treasury Department and copies of the records of judgments submitted by the Department of Justice are attached. Since the foregoing are obligations of the Government, lawfully imposed, which (subject to the reserved right of appeal) must be paid, an appropriation for that purpose is necessary at this time. Very respectfully, HAROLD D. SMITH, Director of the Bureau of the Budget. (Judgments under Tucker Act.) TREASURY DEPARTMENT, The DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF THE Budget. SIR: There are transmitted herewith for submission to Congress, in compliance with the provisions contained in the Deficiency Act of April 27, 1904 (31 U. S. C. 583, par. 2), records of judgments rendered against the Government by United States district courts under the provisions of the act of March 3, 1887, as amended by section 297 of the act of March 3, 1911 (28 U. S. C. 761), as submitted to the Treasury Department by the Attorney General as follows: Under independent offices: Federal Works Agency: Work Projects Administration____ Under executive departments: $6, 421. 86 8,000.00 2,933. 65 17,355. 51 For the payment of these judgments, there is required an appropriation of $17,355.51, together with such amount as may be necessary to pay interest; provided that payment of these judgments is to be made only when the right of appeal shall have expired. Very truly yours, C. R. SCHOENEMAN, Acting Administrative Assistant to the Secretary. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D. C., December 24, 1943. Re Pious and Bergen, etc., v. United States (District Court for the Southern District of New York, Civil No. 6–56). SIR: There is enclosed for report for appropriation a certified copy of judgment for plaintiff entered in the above-entitled action on December 15, 1943, in the amount of $6,421.86, and dismissing defendant's counterclaim with prejudice and without costs. Suit was brought under the jurisdiction conferred by the Tucker Act on a contract with the Works Progress Administration for the furnishing of equipment, personnel, and materials for a road-building project conducted by that Administration. The Federal Works Agency is the department in interest. Appeal will not be taken from this judgment. The judgment will bear interest at the rate of 4 percent per annum from the date of entry until an appropriation is made for its payment as provided by section 10 of the Tucker Act (28 U. S. C. 765). Mr. Harold R. Zeamans, 103 Park Avenue, New York, N. Y., appears as attorney of record for plaintiffs. Respectfully, FRANCIS M. SHEA, Assistant Attorney General, (For the Attorney General). Name: Edward Pious and J. Irvin Bergen, as receivers of the property of William Macchio Construction Corporation. Date: December 15, 1943. Amount: $6,421.86. Nature of claim: Suit brought under Tucker Act for the furnishing of equipment, personnel, and materials for a road-building project (Federal Works Agency Work Projects Administration). Final decree: Adjudged that the plaintiffs recover from the United States the sum of $6,421.86 without interest and without costs. Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D. C., January 10, 1944. Re William Feinstein v. United States of America (Civil No. 21–252). TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Washington, D. C. SIRS: There is enclosed for report for appropriation a certified copy of judgment for plaintiff entered in the above-entitled cause on December 22, 1943, in the amount of $5,000. |