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 SILT}-SIXTH COBGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 51, 52. 1919. 281 IN rnn SENATE or run Umrnn Srsrns. August 20, 1919. The Senate having proceeded, in pursuance of the Constitution P¤$¤z¤bY¢l1¤8¤¤· to reconsider the bill (H. R. 3854), "An Act for the repeal of “t°‘ the daylight-saving law", returned to the House of Representatives by the President of the United States, with his objections, and sent by the House of Representatives to the Senate with the message of the President returning the bill. RESOLVED, That the bill do pass, two-thirds of the Senate agreeing to pass the same. Attest: Gnonon A. SANDERSON Secretary. CHAP. 52.-—An Act For the relief of contractors and subcontractors for the post Al§lsi&?56§g}l° offices and other buildings and work under the supervision of the Treasury Depart- ment, and for other purposes. ’ Be it enacted by the Senate and House og Re eserttatives of the United States of America in Congress assemble, Tiiiit the Secretary of the Pubuevuiiamas. Treasury is hereby authorized and directed, under such regulations iaii°$bZiil5i?»°ii$ as he may prescribe, to receive fully itemized and verified claims and ‘g§'g;,,g‘° ‘° "°’ °°“‘ reimburse contractors and their subcontractors including material P<¤¢.1>1=•·507»5¤2· men, for the construction, improvementglpecial repair, equi ment, or furnishing of post offices and other b dings or work und)er the i1;pr§thousemdLmsupervision of the Treasury Department (as well as the United °° °m°”°1’D°C' States courthouse in the District of Columbia. and the a proaches and retainin wall to the Lincoln Memorial in the lgistrict of Columbia) whose contracts were awarded or whose bids as thereafter accepted were mailed or delivered to the proper governmental authority prior to the entrance of the United States mto the war with German, to wit, April 6, 1917, and whose contracts have been or will be completed after said date, for loss due directly to increased costs thereafter arising, due either, Erst, to increased cost of labor or materials, or, second, to delay on account of the action of the United States Priority Board or other (governmental activities or, third, to commandeering by the Unite States Government oi plzants or materials shown to the Secretary of the Treasury to have en sustained by them in the fulfillment of such contracts y reason of war conditions alone: Provided, That any subcontractor may g·rg:g>•. submit his claim through the contractor or to the Secretary of the £,,m,°_':‘;°:‘,,_ mg Treasury. And the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to mwah submit from time to time estimates for appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act: Providednfurt er, That no claims for cfg? “‘°“ '°"“’°¥ such reimbursement shall be paid ess filed with the Treasury Department within three months after the lpassage of this Act: And provided further, That in no case shall the contractor or sub- R°°“*°'*°“ contractor be reimbursed to an extent greater than is sufficient to cover his actual increased cost in fulfilling his contract or subcontract, exclusive of any and all profits to such contractor or subcontractor; nor shall such reimbursement include any advances or summa or man; payments made by the sureties of such contractor or subcontractor °°°°°°°°"‘ m executing the work, but the surety on any contract coming within the provisions of this Act who, as surety, has completed, or may complete, the work of any defaulting contractor on_any such contract, or who has furnishe financial assistance to a failing contractor on any such contract whereby such contractor has been enabled to complete such contract, may Hle claim, withm the tgeriod h6l‘B1{lb8— fore fixed, and be reimbursed in the manner herein efore provuded P·°*¤*"°”°“’°’“· for the increased cost due to the causes herembefore specified of m81°—21--2o