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52 STAT.] 75TH CONG., 3D SESS. -CHS. 673, 674, 711-JUNE 25, 1938 Army transport docks at the San Francisco, California, port of embarkation, between July 31, 1934, and November 24, 1934, both inclusive, the sum appearing opposite the name of each such person in the column designated "Total Cash". In each case such sum represents the amount of additional pay equal to that provided by the terms of an award made by the National Longshoremen's Board. Such award provided for a retroactive increase of pay from July 31, 1934, but such increase of pay was not received by such persons until after November 24, 1934. SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay any sum author- ized to be paid by section 1 of this Act only upon the filing of an application therefor within one year after the date of enactment of this Act by the person duly certified by the Quartermaster General to be entitled to such sum. SEC. 3 . No part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the con- trary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 25, 1938. 1403 Time for filing ap- plication. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. [CHAPTER 674] AN ACT June 2, 18 To amend the Act entitled "An Act giving jurisdiction to the Court of Claims to [H. . 10171] hear and determine the claim of the Butler Lumber Company, Incorporated." [Private, No. 7331 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled "An Act giving jurisdiction to the Court of Claims to hear and determine the claim of the Butler Lumber Company, Incor- porated", approved March 3, 1927, be, and the same is hereby, amended to give the Court of Claims of the United States jurisdiction to hear and determine claims in addition to those already adjudicated by the Court of Claims in the case of the Butler Lumber Company against the United States, decided December 7, 1931 (73 Ct. Cls. 270), in favor of the Butler Lumber Company, as follows: A claim for the loss of land, timber, lumber, machinery, and cash through fore- closure in the total sum of $95,641, resulting from the furnishing of iling in the erection of a fueling station on Crancy Island, in Nor- tolk Harbor, Virginia, which station was erected under a contract dated May 21, 1921, between W. S. Rendle and the United States Shipping Board, representing the United States of America, not- withstanding the said judgment of the Court of Claims, laches, or the statute of limitations. Suit in the Court of Claims may be brought by the receivers of the Butler Lumber Company, Incor- porated, appointed by the Law and Equity Court of Richmond City, Virginia. Approved, June 25, 1938. Butler Lumber Company, Inc. Additional claims of, referred to Court of Claims. 44 Stat. 1812 . [CHAPTER 711] AN ACT For the relief of William R. Kellogg. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to William R. Kellogg, of Jamestown, North Dakota, out of any June 25, 1938 [S. 371] [Private, No. 734] William R. Kellogg. Payment to.