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 1274 six*rY-1·*1F*r11 CONGRESS. sms. 111. ou. 94. 1919. Secretary of War shall require such prime contractor to present satisfactory evidence of having paid said subcontractor or of the Dim, mt t consent of said subcontractor to look for his compensation to said submntmliiiln ° prime contractor only; and in the case of the failure of said prime contractor to present such evidence or such consent, the Secretary _ of War shall pay directl to said subcontractor the amount found to ,,,§;}{’,E},,,‘{f °°““°°"°' be due under said award; and in case of the insolvency of any prime contractor the subcontractor of said dprime contractor shall have a lien upon the funds arising from said award prior and superior to M,,,,g,,,,,,,,,,,tc_ the lien of any general cre itor of said prime contractor. t°§;g$**;*g**g'dgS{hfoSsIg; Sec. 5. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, in pmapemg, em., rei authorized to adjust, liquidate, and pay such net losses as have een "°'°°°"m“‘ suffered by any person, firm, or corporation, by reason of producing or preparing to produce, either manganese, chrome, pyrites, or tungsten in comp `ance with the r uest or demand of the Delpart— ment of the Interior, the War Inedustries Board, the War rade Board, the Shipping Board, or the Emergency Fleet Corporation to Am P ,009 supply the urgent needs of the Nation in the prosecution of the war; ' ’ ` said minerals being enumerated in the Act of Congress approved October fifth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, entitled "An Act to provide further for the national security and defense by encouraging the production, conserving the supply, and controlling the distribution of those ores, metals, and minerals which have ormerly been largegy imported, or of which there is or may be an inadequate su ." ,, lcl" S°°' lllig said S6C1'Bt&$ shall make such adjustments and payments in each case as he sh determine to be just and equitable; that the decision of said Secretary shall be conclusive and Hnal, subject to the incurred by said Secreta.ry, including personal services, traveling and subsistence expenses, supplies, postage, printing, and all other expenses incident to the dproper prosecution of this work, both in the 4,,,, p_ ,0,,, District of Columbia an elsewhere, as the Secretary of the Interior ’ may deem essential and proper, shall be paid from the funds appro-, priated by the said Act o October fifth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, and that said funds and appropriations shall continue to be available for said purpose until such time as the said Secretary shall P,,,,,_,,,_,_ have fully exercised the authority herein granted and performed and Limit- completed the duties hereby provided and imposed: Premkied, however, That the payments and disbursements made under the provisions of this section for and in connection with the ayments and settlements of the claims herein described, and the saidp expenses Tm M mmm of administration shall in no event exceed the sum of $8,500,000: ams. And prmnkiegjfurther, That said Secretary shall consider, approve, and dispose of o y such claims as shall be made hereunder an filed with 1;,.,,,;,,,,,,,,,, ,,, to the Department of the Interior within three months from and after ,;¤r*;‘$§“,y_°”¤¤¤*¤ ¤* the spproval of this Act: And prromkied further, That no claim shall be owed or paid by said Secretary unless it shall appear to the satisfaction of the said Secretary that the expenditures so made or obligations so incurred by the c aimant were made in good faith for or upon property which contained either manganese, chrome, pyrites, or tungsten in sufficient quantities to be of commercial importance: And provided further, That no claims shall be paid unless it shall appear to the satisfaction of said Secretary that moneys were invested mmte, 0, money or obligations were incurred subsequent to April sixth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, in a liigitimate attempt to produce either mancranese, chrome,pyrites, or tungsten for the needs of the Nation for the prosecution o the war, and that no profits of any kind shall be included in the allowance of any of said claims, and that no investment for merely speculative purposes shall be recognized in any
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