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 136 FORTYLSECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 176, 177. 1872. Times estab. Kansas: In the district of Kansas, commencing on the first Monday of lished for h¤1<¤¤z June and the fourth Monday of November m each year. ' °i"°“l'* °°“"°“ °f Minnesota: In the district of Minnesota, commencing on the third MOH. ihwlghltggsmm day in June and the second Monday of December m each year. ~ Mi¤¤¤=°**~ Src. 2. That this act shall take effect on the_Erst day of July, eighteen nk2h:;;? hundredand seventy-two; and all acts prescribing: other times for holding the terms of said courts are, so far as they conflict with this act, hereby ed. Pending pro- mpéax. 3. That no action, suit, proceeding, or process in any of the said °°”*“`*‘1 “‘““‘ courts shall abate or be rendered invalid by reason of this act, but the same shall, in the several districts, be deemed to be returnable to, pending and triable in, the terms and circuit courts hereby established, next after the return day thereof} Approved, May 21, 1872. M8-Y 21, 187% CHAP. CLXXVII.-An Act regulatgcgdthe Mode of making private Contracts with —-———-—-—··· 72 IGIIS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Certain prlrate étctcs of America in Congress assembled, That hereafter. no contract or f§;§:;f;°:;}‘QQ‘§e agreement of any kind shall be made by any person with any tribe of made, except, Indians, or individual Indian or Indians, not a citizen of the United &*‘· States, for the payment or delivery of any money or other thing of value, in present or in prospective, or for the granting or procuring any privilege to him or her, or any other person or persons in consideration of services for said Indians relative to their lands, or to any claims growing out oi} or in reference to, annuities, instalments, or other moneys, claims, demands, or thing, under laws or treaties with the United States, or official acts of any officers thereoi or in any way connected with or due from the United States, unless such contract or agreement be in writing, and executed and approved in the manner hereinafter directed. ngmepmsto Sec. 2. That all contracts or agreements between such parties and for lf l‘;;mE&$ md such purposes as named in the iirst section of this act shall be in writing, ’ a duplicate or copy of which shall be delivered to each party thereto, as hereinafter provided. All such contracts shall be executed before a judge of a court of record and approved in writing thereon by the Secretary of ml:':' °;‘J’:;:1*§d the Interior and commissioner of Indian aH`airs. Such contract or agreeto 5};,,,,;,, gm ment shell contain the names of all parties in interest, their residence and stm what; occupation; but those made with a tribe by their tribal authorities, the scope of authority and the reason for exercising that authority shall be given specifically. Such contracts or agreements shall state the time when and place where made, the particular purpose for which made, the special thing or things to be done under it, and, if for the collection of money, the basis of the claim, the source from which it is to be collected, the disposition to be made of it when collected, the amount or rate per ceutum of the fee in all cases; and if any contingent matter or condition constitutes an part of the contract or agreement it shall be specifically set mt3>tl;sv¤’:lim·: forth: Provzded, That all such contracts shall have a fixed limited timc mffbe ;;“· to run, and shall be invalid unless so limited: And provided, That such signgble, unless, contracts shall not beassignable, in whole or in part, unless the names of &°· the assignees and their residences and occupations be entered in writing upon the contract, and the consent of the Secretary of the Interior J d b { and the commissioner of Indian affairs to such assignment be also whfmfgntfuzfil mdorsed thereon: And be it further provided, That the judge before esteem; go cm-. whom such contract or agreement is executed shall certify officially officmlly, the time when and place where such contract or agreement was GX6- cuted, and that It was m his presence, and who are the interested par- $188 thereto, as stated to him at the time, the parties present making the same ; the source and extent of authority claimed at the time by the con-