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 914 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. Cu. 853. 1928. Numbered 31, approved May 3, 1928, fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $4,000. Int er nat io nal Co n- gress of Americanists, Twenty-third International Congress of Americanists : For the Twenty- third. contribution of the United States toward defraying the expenses of Contribution. the T wenty- third Intern ationa l Cong ress of Ameri canist s, to be hel d in New York City during the week beginning September 17, 1928, Ante, p . 723. as authorized by public resolution approved May 23, 1928, fiscal year 1929, $5,000. Relief of certain For- sign Serv ice offi cers. Relief of Joseph C. Grew and other officers of the Foreign Service Joseph c. Grow. For the payment to Joseph C. Grew, formerly American minister at Copenhagen, Denmark, the sum of $6,150 .65, such sum representing the amount embezzled from Government funds in the United States legation at Copenhagen by the cashier of the legation between March Francis B. Keen. 31 and July 1, 1921 ; to Francis B. Keene, formerly American consul general at Rome, Italy, the sum of $95 .21, such sum representing the amount of Government funds stolen from the safe cabinet in the Norton F. Brand. American consulate general at Rome, Italy, on the night of April 28, 1921 ; to No rt on F. B rand, as Ame rican consul at Fe rnie, British Columbia, the sum of $1,397 .25, such sum representing the unpaid balance of the United States Government funds deposited by him in Richard L. Sprague. the Home Bank of Canada at Fe rnie, British Columbia, such bank having suspended payment of deposits on August 16,1923 ; to Richard L. Sprague, as American consul at Gibraltar, the sum of $1,897 .87, being reimbursement for money s actually expended by him in the settlement of a judgment of the Supreme Court of Gibraltar, dated April 17, 1926, in favor of S mith Imossi and Company, covering a claim of that company for t he relief of American seamen from the steamer Kanabec at Gibraltar in 1920, and the sum of $278 .95, being reimbursement for moneys personally advanced by him for the Post, p. 1854: relief of said seamen, as authorized and directed by the Act approved May 21, 1928', fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $9,819 .93. Depart- ment. Depart- TREASURY DEPAR TMENT Secretary's Office. OFF ICE OF T .tiJ SECRETARY WarClaims Act, 1928. Payments under. Settlement of War Claims Act of 1928 : For carrying out the pro- Ante, p.259. visions of the Settlement of War Claims Act of 1928, approved Ma rch 10, 1928 , $50, 000,00 0, to remain availa ble un til ex pended. Damages claims. Da mage cla ims : To pay claims f or damage s to or l osses of privatel y Vol.42,p.1066. owned property adjusted and determined by the Treasury Depart- ment, under the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide a method for the settlement of claims arising against the Government of the United States in sums not exceeding $1,000 in any one case," approved December 28, 1922, as fully set forth in Senate Document Numbered 124 and House Document Numbered 271, Seventieth Cape Cod Canal. Cong ress, $3,209 .28. Paymen t of bond s, Cape Cod Canal Bonds : For payment of the $6,000,000 5 per etc. centum fifty-year first-mortgage bonds of the Boston, Cape Cod and Vol. 44, p. 1016. New York Canal Company, as authorized in section 2 of an Act enti tled " An Act autho rizing the c onstruc tion, repair, and preser va- tion of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes," approved January 21, 1927, including the payment of interest from the date that title to the Cape Cod Canal passes to the United States to January 1, 1929, advertising, and other neces- sary expenses in connection therewith, $6,230,000, to remain available until expended.

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