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 52 STAT.] 75TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CHS. 663 -665 -JUNE 25, 1938 trial Recovery Act: Provided, That no part of the amount appropri- ated 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 contrary 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. [CHAPTER 664] AN ACT Conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear and determine the claims of Edward Forbes and others. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Court of Claims of the United States to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claims of Edward Forbes; J. D. Lee; B. A. Dopcus; D. Shiver; W. P. Shepherd; T. A. Lee; C. J. Aspey; B. A. Morris and L. E. Aspey, as joint adventurers; Ross Winne and Gertrude Winne, husband and wife; C. E. Thomas; Frede Anapu; A. Trivett; Walter T. Danson; M. M. Bryant; E. B. Steele; R. Y. Creech; Ida L. Creech; J. W. Ives; Roscoe Lee Brad- dock- H. A. Braddock; H. C. Warthen; H. H. Wedgworth; F. A. LeFils; R. H. Little; H. Robinson; J. R. Poland; Kreamer Sugar and Syrup Company; C. B. Rawls and W. J. Rawls, a partnership doing business as Rawls Brothers; Tropical Produce Corporation, a Florida corporation, and B. A. Morris, as joint adventurers; and Knight and Company, Incorporated, a Florida corporation, all of Palm Beach County, Florida, or other persons engaged in farming on Kreamer, Torry, or Ritta Islands, in Lake Okeechobee, for damage to or loss of crops alleged to have resulted from the construction of levees along the Caloosahatchee River and Lake Okeechobee drainage areas in Palm Beach County, Florida, by the Corps of Engineers, War Department, and from high waters caused thereby: Provided, That suits hereunder shall be instituted within one year from the enact- ment of this Act. Approved, June 25, 1938. [CHAPTER 665] AN ACT To confer jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims of the United States to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claims of the attorneys for the Russian Volunteer Fleet. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Court of Claims of the United States to hear, determine, and render judgment on the claims of the attor- neys for the plaintiff in the case entitled "Russian Volunteer Fleet against United States, Numbered 69-A" for the fair and reasonable value of legal services rendered by them and reasonable disbursements incurred by them, in the prosecution of said case prior to November 16, 1933: Provided, That no suit shall be instituted pursuant to this Act after the expiration of six months from the date of its approval. Approved, June 25, 1938. 1399 Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. June 25, 1938 [H. R. 8098] [Private, No. 723] Edward Forbes and others. Claims of, referred to Court of Claims. Proviso. Time limitation for filing. June 25, 1938 [H. R. 82711 [Private, No. 7241 Russian Volunteer Fleet. Claims of attorneys for, referred to Court of Claims. Proviso. Time limitation for filing.

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