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 74 TH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 422, 423 . MAY 18, 1936. 1355 [ CHAP TER 422 .] [CHA PTER 423 .] AN ACT Mare 18, 1936. To amend section 5 of the Act of March 2, 1919, generally known as the "War	[x .1432 .1 Minerals Relief Statutes ." [Public, No . 602.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in any claim that has heretofore been filed within the time and in the manner provided by the Act approved March 2, 1919 (40 Stat . 1272), as amended, generally referred to as the "War Minerals Relief Statutes", in which the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia under the authority conferred upon said court by the Act approved February 13, 1929 (45 Stat . 1166), has adjudged or decreed interest payments or obligations to be losses reimbursable within the meaning of the Act of March 2, 1919 (40 Stat . 1272), as amended, the Secretary of the Interior shall open or reopen such claim and include in his adjustm ents and payments of losses, interest which has been paid or has accrued to the date of approval of this Act : Provided, however, That such losses shall be shown to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Interior as a matter of fact to be the result of a legal obliga- tion incurred within the statutory period as provided in said Act of March 2, 1919 : And provided further, That the sum paid in satisfy- ing said claims shall not exceed in total $1,250,000. It is also provided that all settlements under this Act and pursuant to its provisions shall constitute full and complete discharge of all obliga- tions of the United States accruing under the War Minerals Act and Acts amendatory thereof. Approved, May 18, 1936. JO INT RES OLUT ION To pro vi de for participation by the United States in the Nin th Int er nat ion al Congres s of Mi litary Medicin e and P harmacy in Rum ania, in 1937 ; and to authorize and request the President of the United States to invite the Inter- nati ona l Co ngre ss of M ilit ary Med icin e and P harm acy to hold its ten th congress in the United States in 1939, and to invite foreign countries to par- ticipate in that congress. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Cong ress asse mbled, That ther e is here by authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $11,500, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the expenses of participation by the United States in the Ninth International Congress of Military Medicine and Pharmacy to be held in Rumania in 1937, including personal services i n the Dist rict of Co lumbi a or elsew here witho ut re feren ce to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended ; stenographic reporting and other services by contract if deemed necessary without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U . S . C ., title 41, sec . 5) ; rent ; traveling expenses ; purchase of necessary books, documents, news- papers, periodicals, and maps ; stationery ; official cards ; entertain- ment ; printing and binding, including the payment of not to exceed $500 to the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States toward the cost of printing the report of the American Delegation to the Ninth Congress ; and such other expenses as may be authorized by the Secretary of State, including the reimbursement of other a ppropriat ions from which p ayments m ay have been made for any of the purposes herein specified, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State. " War Mine rals Re- lief Statutes", amend- ment. Vol. 40, p. 1272; Vol. 42, p. 322; Vol. 45, p. 1166. P ost, p.1619. Interest payments on cert ain claims under. Provisos. C ondit ion. Limitation on total amount. Settlements ; dis° charge of liability. May 18, 1936. [H.J. Res. 538 .] [Pub . Res.,No.93.1 Ninth Internat ional Congress of Militarre Medicine and Pha r- mac y, Ru mania , 1937 . Sum authorized for part icip atio n ex pens es. Post, p. 1834 . Co ntracts without advertising . R. S., see . 3709, p. 733. U.S.C.,p.1803 . Printing and bind- ing ; report of Ameri- can Delegation. Reimbursement of other appropriations.