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688 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 389-391-JUNE 15, 1938 [52 STAT. 32U.S.C.§47. Credit to be in full satisfaction of State's claim. June 15, 1938 [S. 3849] [Public, No. 617] which it has been held chargeable by the War Department under sec- tion 47 of title 32, United States Code: And provided further, That the credit herein authorized to be given to the account of the National Guard of the State of Wyoming shall be held and considered to be given in full satisfaction of the claim of said State against the United States for the payment of troops between July 25, 1917, and August 5, 1917. Approved, June 15, 1938. [CHAPTER 390] AN ACT Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer on the books of the Treasury Department to the credit of the Chippewa Indians of Minnesota the proceeds of a certain judgment erroneously deposited in the Treasury of the United States as public money. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Chippewa Indians United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Transfer ofproceeds of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to o judgment, erro- eously deposited as credit as of July 12, 1902, the permanent fund of the Chippewa public money, to Indians of Minnesota arising under the Act of January 14 1889 25 Stat. 642. (25 Stat. L . 642), and the agreements made thereunder, with the sum of $59,401.04, being the value of the timber at the time of conversion as awarded in that certain judgment entered in the Cir- cuit Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota pur- suant to the mandate of the Supreme Court of the United States in the case entitled "Pine River Logging and Improvement Company and others against United States" (186 U. S . 279), and which judg- ment was erroneously deposited July 12, 1902, in the Treasury of the United States as public money and to credit the interest fund of said Indians with interest thereon from July 12, 1902, at the rate provided in said Act of January 14, 1889, and agreements made thereunder, to the date said credit is given, together with the sum of $39284.76, being the amount of interest collected by the United States in said action. Compensation of SEC. 2. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to determine just and proper compensation to the respec- tive attorneys representing the Chippewa Indians of Minnesota R.s . §213. under contracts approved pursuant to section 2103 of the Revised 25 S. . Statutes of the United States, in the prosecution of their claims against the United States for services rendered in the p)rosecution of said claim, said compensation to be based upon the nature, extent, character, and value of the services rendered and moneys expended, and to pay such amounts, if any, not exceeding 10 per centum of the amount recovered, as he may find said attorneys to be entitled to receive, out of the trust funds standing to the credit of the Chippewa Indians of Minnesota. Approved, June 15, 1938. a June 15, 1938 [H. R. 75601 [Public, No. 618] U.S.S. "Lexing- ton" and "Saratoga." Waiver oflimitation on expenditure for re- pairs. [CHAPTER 391] AN ACT To authorize alterations and repairs to certain naval vessels, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the pur- pose of modernizing the United States ships Lexington and Saratoga alterations and repairs to such vessels are hereby authorized and expenditures therefor shall not be limited by the provisions of the 4 I I