§748. Payment of judgment, award, or settlement

Any final judgment rendered in any suit herein authorized, and any final judgment within the purview of sections 744 and 747 of this Appendix, and any arbitration award or settlement had and agreed to under the provisions of section 749 of this Appendix, shall, upon the presentation of a duly authenticated copy thereof, be paid by the proper accounting officers of the United States out of any appropriation or insurance fund or other fund especially available therefor; otherwise there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, a sum sufficient to pay any such judgment or award or settlement.

(Mar. 9, 1920, ch. 95, §8, 41 Stat. 527 .)

Appropriations

Section 3 of act June 26, 1934, ch. 756, 48 Stat. 1226 , which was classified to section 725b of former Title 31, Money and Finance, provided in part that, effective July 1, 1935, the permanent or continuing appropriation accounts "Judgments in admiralty suits under Act of March 9, 1920 [46 App. U.S.C. 748], War Department (8x143)" and "Judgments in admiralty suits under Act of March 9, 1920 [46 App. U.S.C. 748], United States Shipping Board (0x556)" are abolished, and any unobligated balances in such accounts are covered into the Treasury; and that any claims accruing on and after July 1, 1935, which, but for this section would have been charged to these appropriation titles, shall, upon proper audit, be certified to Congress for appropriation from the general fund of the Treasury, which is authorized.