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 838 75Ta CONGRESS, 1sT SESSION-CHS. 82 0, 821-AUGUST 26, 19 37 [CHAPTER 82 0] August 28, 1937 AN ACT 18.21461 To amend the Act entitled "An Act conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of [Public, No .380] Claims to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of the city of Perth Amboy, New Jersey", approved July 23, 1935 . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled "An Act conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of the city of Perth Amboy, New Jersey", approved July 23, 1935, be amended to read as follows : "That jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of the city of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, against the United States upon its merits and according to the equities of the case with a view of reimbursing the claimant for money expended in 1918, 1919, and 1920 by the city of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, growing out of an agreement, formal or informal, with the United States to extend the city's water system for the purpose of supplying water to the Raritan Arsenal and Colonia Base Hospital, Numbered 2, less the present es timated val ue of the equipment installed under such agreement . "SEC. 2 . That the suit heretofore instituted under the Act of which this is amendatory, by the city of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, against the United States in the Court of Claims, numbered 43325, shall proceed under this Act, notwithstanding any lapse of time, lathes, or any statute of limitations or any defense, except that said city shall be requi red to giv e sufficie nt assuran ce to the United Sta tes satis- factory t o the Secr etary of W ar that it will prese rve the fa cilities for furnishing water on account of which this claim is made and will not destroy or render them unfit or ineffective for use except with the consent of the Secretary of War. Official letters papers, documents, and public records or certified copies thereof from the files and records of the United States relating to the subject matter in controversy in said suit may be used in evidence by either party . Proceedings for the determination of such claim, and appeals from and payment of any judgment thereon, shall be in the same manner as in the case of claims over which such court has jurisdiction under section 145 of the Judicial Code, as amended ." Approved, August 26, 1937 . Perth Am boy, N. J. Jurisdiction of Court of Claims extended to cover moneys expend- ed by city in 1918- 19 20. 49 Stat.491. Institution of suit. Water facilities . Evidence allowed . Procedure, etc . appeal, 28U.S.C.°250. Agreements under agricultural programs . Par ticipatio n in, by Members of Congress . 48 Stat . 337, 1264 . isU.S.0.°206; 41U.S:C.°22. Proeisa . Exemption a matter of public record . [OHAPTER 821] August 26, 1937 18,22291 	 To permit Members of Congress to enter into agreements under agricultural iPublic, No . 381] programs. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled "An Act relating to contracts and agreements under the Agric ultu ral Adju stme nt Ac t", appr oved Jan uary 25, 1934, as amended, is amended by inserting before the period at the end thereof a comma and the following : "and shall not apply to contracts or agreements of a kind which the Secretary of Agriculture may enter into with farmers : Provided, That such exemption shall be made a matter of public record" . Approved, August 26, 1937 . AN ACT