[1259] 40 Stat. 276 (1917).

[1260] Ibid. 272.

[1261] Ibid. 411.

[1262] Ibid. 451 (1918).

[1263] Ibid. 904.

[1264] 55 Stat. 236 (1941).

[1265] 56 Stat. 176 (1942).

[1266] Ibid. 23.

[1267] 57 Stat. 163 (1943).

[1268] Lichter v. United States, 334 U.S. 742, 754-756, 765, 766 (1948). See also United States v. Bethlehem Steel Corp., 315 U.S. 289, 305 (1942); Clallam County v. United States, 263 U.S. 341 (1923); Sloan Shipyards v. United States Fleet Corp., 258 U.S. 549 (1922).