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 24 FIFTY·FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 39, 40. 1890. bmi 19.1Ul CHAP. 39.-An act to ascertain the amount due the Pottawatomie Indians of . W Michigan and Indiana. ’ mmm. Whereas representatives of the Pottawatomie Indians of Michigan and Indiana, in behalf of all the Pottawatomie Indians of said States, make claim against the United States on account  various treaty provisions which, it is alleged, have not been comphed with: Therefore, _ Be it enacted by the Senate and Hwse of Representatives of the Pmmwmb  United States of America in Owns assembled, That the Court of 1‘.F'm:.F.,,m°“°° Claims is hereby authorized to e jurisdiction of and tm all quesm°°g·f_ gm? °° tions of diilference arisinglout of treatynstipulations wi the said ' ’ ’ Pottawatomie Indians of ichigan and diana and to render judgro review at mm. ment thereon; power is hereby granted the  court to review the me stopped by entire question of difference e novo, and it shall not be estopqed Zh eighteen hundred and sixty-six, entitled "Joint resolution for the . rehef of certain Cljppewa, Ottawa, and Pottawatomie Indians/’ nor _ by the receipt in f given by said Pottawatomies under the provisummuoa or me ions of said resolution, nor shall said receipt be evidence of any fact °'“°”°°‘""”°“"'* except of payment of the amount of money mentioned in it; and the smmeuuuw Attorney-General is hereby directed to aippear in behalf of the Gov- ‘”’°"" . ernment, and if the said court shall deci e against the United States the Attorney·General may within thirty days from the rendition of mu _ the judgment, appeal the cause to the Supreme Court of the United States; and from any judgment that may be rendered the said Potmm. tawatomie Indians may also appeal to said Supreme Court: Provided, That the am of said Pottawatomie Indians shall be taken within neeeua so be  days r the rendition of said judgment, and the said courts U'"' "‘ °"'“""· sh give such cause precedence. epmemmesi of Sm. 2. That said action shall be commenced by a petition stating F°"°'* the facts on which said Pottawatomie Indians claim to recover, an the amount of their claims, and said petition may be verified by a member of any "Busiuess Committee " or authorized attorney of · said Indians as to the existence of such facts, and no other statements need be contained in said petition or verification. Approved, March 19, 1890. CHAP. 4-0.-An act rescribi the times for sales and for notices of sales of property in the District li Columbia for over-due taxes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives eg the ommorconmbu. United States cz America in Congress assembled, That the om- '**°°· missioners of the District of Columbia shall prepare a l1st of all taxes on real property in said District, subject to taxation upon which said taxes are levied and in arrears on the first day of July, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and each and every year thereafter, including all taxes due to the late corporations of Washington City, Georgetown, the levy court of the ounty of Washington, and the runxspanm and as- District of Columbia. And the said Commissioners shall publish the ,,",`§,"§'°" °’ ’"" same with a notice of sale in a pamphlet of which not less than three thousand copies shall be printed for distribution to taxpayers apply- Negce i¤ ¤¤w•- ing therefor. Said Commissioners shall, on the tirst uesday in "°’° ’ Afpril, eighteen hundred and ninety, and the third Tuesday in March o each (year thereafter, give notice which shall contain the name of each an every person in which each piece of property is assessed together with the amount of assessment uppn each piece by advertising twice a week for three successive wee s in the regular issue of two or more daily newspapers published in said District, that said _ pamphlet has been prin e and that a copy thereof will be delivered
 * ¤¤’:g·h*;’·;?'°j,f;§_ by the joint resolution of Congress approved twenty-eighth u y,