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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
BUREAU OF THE BUDGET
NEA
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WASHINGTON, D. C.
1/2
MAR 1 31946
My dear Mr. Latta:
The Congress has enacted H.R. 2748, "For the relief of the Dubuque
and Wisconsin Bridge Company."
It is the purpose of the bill to pay the sum of $481.67 to the
Dubuque and Wisconsin Bridge Company of Dubuque, Iowa, in settlement of
all claims of the Company against the United States for toll charges for
the use of their Eagle Point Bridge by a rural mail carrier for the
period October 1, 1936, through June 30, 1944.
It appears that the claimant company had a contract with the Post
Office Department covering the cost of tolls for the passage of a rural
carrier over the bridge owned by it at the rate of $60 per annum from
October 1, 1936 to January 31, 1944, and at the rate of $100 per annum
from February 1, 1944 to June 30, 1944; that the contract was canceled
as of September 30, 1936, by direction of the General Accounting Office
upon the ground that the Acts of March 23, 1906 (34 Stat. 84) and June 27,
1930 (46 Stat. 821) relieved the Federal Government of the payment of
bridge tolls for rural letter carriers; that the Supreme Court, subsequent
to this action by the Comptroller General, decided that the Government was
not entitled to free bridge transportation for such carriers; that a new
contract was thereupon negotiated with the claimant bridge company for
payment of tolls effective July 1, 1944; and that the payment proposed
by the bill represents the amount that should have been, but was not,
received by the claimant company under the rates established by its
contract for the period October 1, 1936 to June 30, 1944.
A facsimile of the enrolled enactment has been referred to the War
Department, the Post Office Department, and the General Accounting Office,
and the ir replies, either recommending approval of the bill or inter-
posing no objection to its approval, are attached.
I am authorized by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget to
recommend that the bill be approved.
Very truly yours,
Mr. . M. C. Latta,
The White House.
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Legislative Reference.
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