J. F. McMurray, claims of, against Choc expenses incident to any suits brought at the request of the Secretary of the Interior in the eastern judicial district of Oklahoma, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney General, $10,000: Provided, That said suits shall be advanced upon the docket and their trial expedited. SEC. 8. That chapter eight, Laws of 1918, page 583, third parataws and Chickasaws. graph, after the words "United States," be amended by inserting the following: 40 Stat., 583, amend ed; ante, 169. Additional claims referred to Court of Claims. Proviso. Claims specially excluded Limitation. November 4, 1919. [H. R. 9205.] 41 Stat., 327. propriation Act, 1920. "And with jurisdiction also to hear, consider, and adjudicate any and all other claims or demands by or against either party to said litigation, to the end that a complete and final adjustment may be had between said parties as to the outstanding matters of controversy or account between them: Provided, That nothing in this amendment shall be construed to include claims by J. F. McMurray or Mansfield, McMurray and Cornish relating to the sale of the Choctaw-Chickasaw coal lands or claims relating to the leased district, or claims relating to proceeds arising from the sale of timber lands, unallotted or other lands or any other claim where the services were not actually rendered and finished and resulted to the benefit of said people: Provided further, That the said J. F. McMurray shall be limited in presenting such additional claims to such matters as may have or shall hereafter be set up by way of setoff or counterclaim by the defendants." 1 Approved, July 19, 1919. CHAP. 93. An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920, and prior fiscal years, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United First Deficiency Ap- States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920, and prior fiscal years, and for other purposes, namely: Audited claims. Claims certified by accounting officers. 18 Stat., 110. 23 Stat., 254. Auditor for Interior AUDITED CLAIMS. SEC. 4. That for the payment of the following claims certified to be due by the several accounting officers of the Treasury Department under appropriations the balances of which have been exhausted or carried to the surplus fund under the provisions of section 5 of the Act of June 20, 1874, and under appropriations heretofore treated as permanent, being for the service of the fiscal year 1917 and prior years, unless otherwise stated, and which have been certified to Congress under section 2 of the Act of July 7, 1884, as fully set forth in Senate Document Numbered 94, reported to Congress at its present session, there is appropriated as follows: Claims allowed by CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT. Department. For relieving distress and prevention, and so forth, of diseases among Indians, $6.60. 162 Ct. Cl., 458; 275 U. S., 524. For Indian schools, support, $27.47. For Indian school and agency buildings, $218.40. For Indian school transportation, $11.58. For purchase and transportation of Indian supplies, 1918, $15,617.62. For purchase and transportation of Indian supplies, $786.80. For telegraphing and telephoning, Indian Service, 19 cents. For water supply, Papago Indian villages, Arizona, 1918, $69.45. For Indian school, Fort Mojave, Arizona, repairs and improvements, 1918, $612.35. For Indian school, Fort Bidwell, California, 1918, $2.90. For support of nonreservation Indians in Nevada, 1918 and 1919, $1.87. For Indian school, Chilocco, Oklahoma, repairs and improvements, 1919, $22.23. For Indian school, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, $88.33. For support of Sioux of different tribes, subsistence and civilization, South Dakota, $26.07. For Indian school, Rapid City, South Dakota, repairs and improvements, 1918, $69.33. For education, Sioux Nation, South Dakota, $60.90. AUDITED CLAIMS. Audited claims. Additional claims certified by accounting 18 Stat., 110. SEC. 5. That for the payment of the following claims, certified to be due by the several accounting officers of the Treasury Depart- officers. ment under appropriations the balances of which have been exhausted or carried to the surplus fund under the provisions of section 5 of the Act of June 20, 1874, and under appropriations heretofore treated as permanent, being for the service of the fiscal year 1917 and prior years, unless otherwise stated, and which have been certified to Congress under section 2 of the Act of July 7, 1884, as fully set forth. in Senate Document Numbered 126, reported to Congress at its present session, there is appropriated as follows: 23 Stat., 254. CLAIMS ALLOWED BY AUDITOR FOR INTERIOR DEPARTMENT. * For relieving distress, and prevention, and so forth, of diseases Claims allowed by among Indians, $8.99. For Indian school and agency buildings, $61.70. For purchase and transportation of Indian supplies, 1918, $655.58. For pay of Indian police, $100.98. For water supply, Navajo and Hopi Indians, Arizona (reimburs able), 1918 and 1919, $499.08. For Indian school, Riverside, California, 1919, $109.28. For Indian school, Lawrence, Kansas, 1919, $53.57. For Indian school, Cherokee, North Carolina, 1919, $1.02. For Indian school, Bismarck, North Dakota, $11.55. For Indian school, Wahpeton, North Dakota, 1919, $5.09. For support of Chippewas of Lake Superior, Wisconsin, 1919, $86.50. For Indian school, Hayward, Wisconsin, repairs and improvements, 1918, $17.94. Approved, November 4, 1919. Auditor for Interior November 6, 1919. [H. R. 5007.] 41 Stat., 350. Citizenship. serving in World War CHAP. 95.-An Act Granting citizenship to certain Indians. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Indians States of America in Congress assembled, That every American Indian dis- who served in the Military or Naval Establishments of the United States during the war against the Imperial German Government, and who has received or who shall hereafter receive an honorable discharge, if not now a citizen and if he so desires, shall, on proof of such discharge and after proper identification before a court of competent jurisdiction, and without other examination except as prescribed by Tribal rights, etc., said court, be granted full citizenship with all the privileges pertaining thereto, without in any manner impairing or otherwise affecting the property rights, individual or tribal, of any such Indian or his interst in tribal or other Indian property. not impaired. November 18, 1919. [H. R. 7751.] 41 Stat., 355. Quapaw Agency, Okla. Indian Sale of surface of al authorized. Received by the President, October 25, 1919. [NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.-The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the House of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.] CHAP. 109. An Act Authorizing the sale of inherited and unpartitioned allotments for town-site purposes in the Quapaw Agency, Oklahoma. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United lotments for town sites States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized, in his discretion, upon the application heretofore or hereafter made, of a majority in interest of the owners of any inherited and unpartitioned allotment in the Quapaw Agency, Oklahoma, to sell the surface of said allotted lands, in whole or in part, for town-site purposes, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, concerning terms of sale and disposal of the Execution of deeds. proceeds for the benefit of the respective Indians: Provided, That any duly authorized representative of the Interior Department may execute any deed or other instrument necessary to the completion of such sale in the name and on behalf of any of the owners of said land if such owner or his legal representative shall fail or refuse to execute such deed or other instrument for a period of thirty days after being given notice in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior may Legal rights, etc., prescribe that such deed or other instrument is ready for execution. Proviso. protected. In conducting such sale the Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, prescribe such conditions and requirements as may be necessary for the protection of any person or persons he may find to have legal or equitable interests in any of said lands or the improvements thereon, making due allowance, in his discretion, for the value of such improvements, but no preference right to purchase any lot or tract shall be accorded any person for a period exceeding ninety days. There is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $5,000, to cover the expense Repayment from pro- of conducting such sale, such sum to be reimbursed to the Treasury out of the proceeds of the sale and to be apportioned among the distributees of the fund derived from the sale. Appropriation for ex penses. coeds. Received by the President, November 6, 1919. [NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.-The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the House of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.] CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS, INDIAN APPROPRIATION BILL. Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That in the enrollment of the bill (H. R. 2480) entitled "An Act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, and for other purposes, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty," the Clerk be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to strike out the word "and" in line fourteen of page sixty-six of said bill. Passed, June 11, 1919. PUBLIC ACTS OF THE SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION, 1919-20. CHAP. 4.—An Act Providing additional time for the payment of purchase money under homestead entries of lands within the former Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana. Fort Peck Indian installments by home 38 Stat., 1953. 39 Stat., 994, amend Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any person who has made Reservation, Mont. homestead entry under the provisions of the act of Congress approved Time extensions for May 30, 1908 (Thirty-fifth Statutes at Large, page 558), entitled "An steaders on ceded lands Act for the survey and allotment of lands now embraced within the "f 35 Stat., 561, vol. 3, limits of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, in the State of Montana, 380. and the sale and disposal of all the surplus lands after allotment, may obtain an extension of time for one year from the anniversary of ed; ante, 132 the date of entry last preceding the passage of this Act within which to pay the one-half of the installment then due or such part of any preceding installment, where payment has not been yet made and where an extension of time therefor is not authorized by the act of Congress approved March 2, 1917 (Thirty-ninth Statutes at Large, page 994), by paying interest at the rate of 5 per centum per annum on the sums to be extended from the maturity of the unpaid installments to the expiration of the period of extension, the interest to be paid to the receiver of the land office for the district in which the lands are situated, within such time as may be prescribed for that purpose by the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That the one-half of any Extension of payinstallment which becomes due within one year from the passage of ments due within one this Act and for which an extension of time for payment is not authorized by the said Act of March 2, 1917, may also be extended for a period of one year by paying interest thereon in advance at the said rate: Provided further, That any payment so extended may thereafter sion. be extended for a period of one year in like manner: And provided further, That if commutation proof is submitted, all the unpaid payments must be made at that time. Interest payments. Procisos. year. Additional exten- ments. Indians. SEC. 2. That moneys paid as interest provided for herein shall be Interest to credit of deposited in the Treasury to the credit of the Fort Peck Indians, the same as moneys realized from the sale of the lands. Forfeiture of entry on failure to make pay SEC. 3. That the failure of an entryman to make any payment that may be due, unless the same be extended, or to make any payment ments. extended either under the provisions hereof or under the provisions of the said Act of March 2, 1917, at or before the time to which such payment has been extended, shall forfeit the entry and the same shall be canceled, and any and all payments theretofore made shall be forfeited.1 Approved, December 11, 1919. 151 L. O. D., 76, 499–501. February 11, 1920. [H. R. 4382.] 41 Stat., 404. Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, N. Dak. Preamble. Indians of, may sub claims Claims. to Court Jurisdiction con ferred. Court. Statutes of limitations not a bar. CHAP. 68.-An Act To confer on the Court of Claims jurisdiction to determine the respective rights of and differences between the Fort Berthold Indians and the Government of the United States. Whereas the Indians of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in the State of North Dakota, including the tribes known as the Arickarees, the Gros Ventres, and the Mandans, and the individual members of such tribes make claim against the United States on account of various treaty provisions which, it is alleged, have not been complied with, and on account of various encroachments upon the appropriation by said Government of territory of said tribes and Indians: Therefore Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United mit all undetermined States of America in Congress assembled, That all claims of whatsoever of nature which any or all of the tribes of Indians of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota, may have against the United States, which have not heretofore been determined by the Court of Claims, may be submitted to the Court of Claims, with the right of appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States by either party, for determination of the amount, if any, due said tribes from the United States under any treaties, agreements, or laws of Congress, or for the misappropriation of any of the funds of said tribes, or for the failure of the United States to pay said tribe any money or other property due; and Appeal to Supreme jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Court of Claims, with the right of either party to appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States to hear and determine all legal and equitable claims, if any, of said tribe against the United States, and to enter judgment thereon. SEC. 2. That if any claim or claims be submitted to said courts, they shall settle the rights therein, both legal and equitable, of each and all the parties thereto, notwithstanding lapse of time or statutes of limitation, and any payment which may have been made upon any claim so submitted shall not be pleaded as an estoppel, but may be pleaded as an offset in such suits or actions, and the United States shall be allowed credit for all sums heretofore paid or expended for the benefit of said tribe or any band thereof. The claim or claims of the said tribes or band or bands thereof may be presented separately or jointly by petition, subject, however, to amendment, suit to be filed within five years after the passage of this Act; and such action shall make the petitioner or petitioners party plaintiff of plaintiffs and the United States party defendant, and any band or bands of said tribe the court may deem necessary to a final determination of Verification of peti- Such suit or suits may be joined therein as the court may order. Such petition, which shall be verified by a petitioner or an attorney employed by said petitioner, tribes of any bands thereof, shall set forth all the facts on which the claims for recovery are based, and said petition shall be signed by the attorney or attorneys employed, and no other verification shall be necessary. Official letters, papers, documents, and public records, or certified copies thereof, may be used in evidence, and the departments of the Government shall give access to the attorney or attorneys of said tribe or bands thereof to such treaties, papers, correspondence, or records as may be needed by the attorney or attorneys for said tribes or bands of Indians. Presentation of claims. tion. Evidence admitted. Attorneys' fees. kestrictions on. SEC. 3. That upon the final determination of such suit, cause, or action the Court of Claims shall decree such fees as it shall find reasonable to be paid the attorney or attorneys employed therein by said tribe or bands of Indians, under contracts negotiated and approved as provided by existing law, and in no case shall the fee decreed by said Court of Claims be in excess of the amounts stipulated in the contracts approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior, and no attorney shall have a right to represent the said tribe or any band thereof in any suit, cause, or action under the pro |