PURSUANT TO LAW, A LIST OF JUDGMENTS RENDERED BY THE COURT OF CLAIMS, AMOUNTING TO $187,720.17

FEBRUARY 25, 1929.-Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed

The PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE.

THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, February 25, 1929.

SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith for the consideration of Congress, in compliance with the provisions contained in the act of September 30, 1890 (26 Stat. 537), and the deficiency act of April 27, 1904 (33 Stat. 422), a list of judgments rendered by the Court of Claims, which have been submitted by the Attorney General through the Secretary of the Treasury and require an appropriation for their payment, as follows:

Under independent offices: United States Veterans' Bureau_.
Under Department of Agriculture..

Under Navy Department..

Under War Department...

Total.....

$13, 434. 90

11, 520. 55

51, 150. 00

111, 614. 72

187, 720. 17

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,

CALVIN COOLIDGE.

BUREAU OF The Budget,

Washington.

SIR: I have the honor to submit herewith for your consideration in compliance with the provisions contained in the act of September 30, 1890 (26 Stat. 537), and the deficiency act of April 27, 1904 (33 Stat. 422), a list of judgments rendered by the Court of Claims, which have been submitted by the Attorney General through the Secretary of the Treasury, with the request for an appropriation for their payment, as follows:

Under independent offices: United States Veterans' Bureau__
Under Department of Agriculture_-

Under Navy Department..-
Under War Department---

Total____

$13, 434. 90

11, 520. 55

51, 150. 00

111, 614. 72

187, 720. 17

For the payment of these judgments there is required an appropriation of $187,720.17, together with such additional sum as may be necessary to pay interest as and where specified in said judgments; with the proviso that the judgments herein provided for shall not be paid until the right of appeal shall have expired.

Since the foregoing are obligations of the Government lawfully imposed, and which (subject to the reserved right of appeal) must be paid, an appropriation for that purpose is necessary at this time.

Very respectfully,

The PRESIDENT.

H. M. LORD, Director of the Bureau of the Budget.