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 75TH CONGRESS, 1sT SESSION-CHS. 829-831-AUGUST 26, 1937 and for other purposes" (U . S . C ., 1934 edition, title 39, sec. 60a), but beginning as of July 1, 1934, rent for such quarters shall be paid in accordance with the terms of such lease, out of the unexpended bal- ances of the appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1937, for rent, light, and fuel for post offices of the first, second, and third classes, after deducting from the amount of such rent payable any amounts that may have been paid by the postmaster to the owner of the building for the period that the office was in the fourth class . Approved, August 26, 1937 . [CHAPTER 831] 49 Stat . 1852. [CHAPTER 83 0] AN ACT August 26, 1937 To fulfill certain treaty obligations with respect to water levels of the Lake of the 	~ . R . 6338] Woods . (Public, No. 3901 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War is authorized and directed to pay the claims for damages against the United States arising out of the fluctuations of the water levels of the Lake of the Woods as ascertained by him under author- ity of section 3 of the Act entitled "An Act to carry into effect pro- visions of the convention between the United States and Great Britain to regulate t he level of Lake of the Woods concluded on the 24th day of February 1925", approved May 22, 1926, as amended. The amount paid with respect to each claim shall be the amount of award set forth in the letter of the Secretary of War of February 16, 1931 (House Document Numbered 774, Seventy-first Congress, third ses- sion), and the letter of the Secretary of War of December 8, 1931 (House Document Numbered 133, Seventy-second Congress, first session). Such sums shall be paid to the claimant, or, in case the claimant is dead or insane, to the legal representative of the claimant. The Secretary of War is authorized and directed to prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the purpose of estab- lishing the identity of claimants or their assignees or representatives, and his determination thereof shall be final. Payment by the Secre- tary of War shall be in full settlement of all claims for damages cognizable under section 3 of such Act of May 22, 1926, as amended. If with diligent effort the Secretary of War has been unable to pay any such claim within three years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the amount of such claim shall be covered into the Treas- ury as miscellaneous receipts. SEC.2. There is authorized to be appropriated the sum of $73,270 .97 to carry out the purposes of this Act. Approved, August 26, 1937. Lake of the Woods. Payme nt of dama ge claims d ue to fl uct ua- tion of water levels. 44 Stat. 617, 2104 . Amount of award. Rules to be pr- scribed . Payment in full set- tlement, etc. Unclaimed awards. Amount authorized. pality of Mayaguez. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Anterioa in Congress assembled, That section. 3 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide a civil government for Puerto Rico, and for other purposes", approved March 2, 1917, as amended, be amended to read as follows : "SEC . 3 . That no export duties shall be levi ed or collected on .exports from Puerto Rico, but taxes and assessments on property, incom e ta xes, inte rnal reve nue, and lice nse fees , and roy alti es fo r Puerto Rico, civil government . 39 Stat. 953. 48U.S.C.°°741, 741a, 745 ; Supp. II, °° 745a, b. Revenues . Export duties for- bidden ; property and general ta :es, etc . AN ACT August 26, 1937 To a mend section 3 of the Act entitled "An Act to provid e a civil government for [H. R. 6747] Puerto Rico, and for other purposes", increasing borrowing margin of munici- [Public, No . 3911