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A-51647,B-15611 1 (1942-01-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpco0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON V Chair*=$ United States Maritime Comission. by der Adairel Lands Th has ben carefrily tonsiderod your letter of reh 5, 2941,, relative to a maber of exceetios&n disallces sad. by this office in the Accovatso chief diab'nst Ing offleer, with respect to iwta e prstomi paid on certain vouchers and involving polities of xa.$e insuraime issued to ewer various tpos of risks on vessels oiund by your Con ission. The basis for these various ezeeptions is generall y the same, and mV be lllutrted by 'iti,.w-f Fxcetion* 0o June 12, 19401 c t ouchar go 33983 of the July, 1938 accounts of first voucher listed in your ietter-whersin it Is stateds Oit is the establise4d policy of the U. 6. Government to ame Its, own risk of loss or daxge to publio property. The uarittas Cievtuton is eathorised to aintin an insuran. fond in ihich it tasy insure sueh risks in ozmetion with its vesels and other property. In the absence of ftrther legialativo autority, it would appear that psments to commmial underwriters for invUrance risks on Ceamision vessel* are unautorised, * 0 ,' It is retognised in your letter that as a general rule Ozhe Gevernment has not vade a prawtice of innring its property CatInst XOSs or dsfage, nor of carrying insurance against liability arising trom the use and operation of such property,. However, it is con- tended tbat by the terms of section 207 of the Merchant rine Act of 1936 as asended, legislative authority already has been pro- Tided icte removes te tvainess activities of y ur *on8iesion frow the operation of the Seral rue with revpfet. to i,,uuranco Of jovernaent property and, in effect, suthorlses the insurarwe Pmdim e3Vendtures here in queation4 seetion 207, so far aD hews pertinent, providest The Commission may enter into such ontrectsi upon. behalf of the United States, end may make uxch disbursfeents as ias, in its diseretion, be necessary to carry on the ativitiev autorixed b7 tis Act, * * * in the soee mnaner thst a private corporation aws ae wwi x

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