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78TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CH. 152 -APR . 1, 1944 the payment of the overtime compensation of such employees only upon the basis herein described: Provided, That any overtime com- pensation in excess of the compensation so authorized under the above joint resolution and Act which has been paid in reliance upon, and in accordance with, any decision or decisions of the Comptroller General is hereby approved and the Comptroller General shall allow credit therefor in the accounts of the officers accountable therefor and shall make no charges against any certifying officer because of certification of such excess overtime compensation: Providedfurther, That no claim shall be considered by the General Accounting Office on account of any payment prohibited by this section. TITLE III-JUDGMENTS AND AUTHORIZED CLAIMS PROPERTY DAMAGE CLAIMS SEC. 301. (a) For the payment of claims for damages to or losses of privately owned property adjusted and determined by the follow- ing respective departments and independent offices, under the provi- sions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide a method for the settle- ment of claims arising against the Government of the United States in the sums not exceeding $1,000 in any one case", approved December 28, 1922 (31 U. S . C . 215), as fully set forth in House Document Numbered 471, Seventy-eighth Congress, as follows: Executive Office of the President: Office for Emergency Management: Division of Central Administrative Services, $26.50; Foreign Economic Administration, $72.11; National War Labor Board, $11.50; Federal Security Agency $379.94; Federal Works Agency, $1,i24.80; National Housing Agency, $6.15; Selective Service System, $3; Department of Agriculture, $1,937; Department of Commerce, $1,491.12; Department of the Interior, $1,573.73; War Relocation Authority, $12.52; Department of Justice, $11; Navy Department, $20,438.10; Treasury Department, $281.39; In all, $27,368.86. (b) For the payment of claims for damages to or losses of privately owned property adjusted and determined by the following respective departments and independent establishments, 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 the sum not exceeding $1,000 in any one case", approved December 28, 1922 (31 U. S. C . 215), as fully set forth in Senate Document Numbered 171, Seventy-eighth Congress, as follows: Executive Office of the President: Office for Emergency Management: Division of Central Administrative Services, $303.87; Independent establishments: National Advisory Committtee for Aeronautics, $65; Federal Security Agency, $1,408.15; Department of the Interior, $271.81; Navy Department, $4,707.17; In all, $6,756. Approval of prior payments; credit in accounts. 42 Stat. 1066. 31 U. S. C., Supp. II, § 216 note. 42 Stat. 1066. 31 U. S. 0., Supp. III, §215 note. 177 58 STAT.] 93650--4- -Pr. I -- 12