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 950 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. Il. CHS. 806-809. 1901. S*“"‘pS°“*°l°g'“P*‘ Sec. 14. That section eighteen of said Act is hereby re ealed. ID S . . igigifgxd. p.1i§6ima1 SEo. 15. That the provisions of this Act shall take elffect on and ‘ after the first day of July, nineteen hundred and one, except where otherwise expressly provided. Approved, March 2, 1901. March 2, 1901- CHAP. 807.-An Act For the relief of settlers under the public-land laws to lands "-HU" within the indemnity limits of the grant to the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. _ _ _ Be it enacted by the Senate and [fouse¤ofR@resentat2h1es of the United 1,_§§Q§f,§Q P “" “‘° States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of the Act fP;?;§; =;gggt;¤$§; of July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, appearing in thirtieth ijndemnity limits of Statutes at Large, at pages six hundred an twenty, six hundred and “‘{’,§*§,}§‘l§f’§,;§“§§(‘i· twenty-one, and six hundred and twenty-two, providing a plan for the i i adjustment by the —Land Department of conflictin claims to lands within the limits of the grant to the Northern Pacigc Railroad Company, are hereby extended and made applicable to all instances where lczndsén odd-numbered seqtiopailwgthintiél e indeginitiyllimittslof {zhedgfant sai company were pa en to se ers un er e u 1c- an laws in pursuance of applications presented to or proceed§1gs initiated in, the local land office at a time when the land was embraced in a pending indemnity selection made by said company in conformity with the regulations of the Land Department, which indemnity selection has not since been waived or abandoned. Approved, March 2, 1901. March 2, 1901. CHAP. 808.-An Act Authorizing the Attorney-General, upon the request of the Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatiees of the United §gcQQg1¥*·¤$¤·th€ Im States of America in Congress assembled, That in any suit heretofore or eeimr ma; be substi- hereafter instituted in the Supreme Court of the United States to deter- $$16 i$i£ZSmi,§°§,§€g mine the right of a State to what are commonly known as school lands lggousht by Swiss i¤ within any Indian reservation or any Indian cession where an Indian e Supreme Court for. . . sqimm iamis on in- tribe cla1ms any right to or mterest in the lands in controversy, or in dm “"S°"““°“S· the disposition, thereof by the United States, the right of such State may be fully tested and determined without making the Indian tribe, or any portion thereof, a iparty to the suit if the Secretary of the Interior is made a party thereto; and the duty of representing and defending the right or interest of the Indian tribe, or any portion thereof, in the matter shall devolve upon the Attorney-General upon the request of such Secretary. Approved, March 2, ‘1901. March2,1901. CHAP. 809.-—An Act To prevent the failure of military justice, and for other PIIYPOSGS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatioes of the United i‘i;¤g1>;h I to qualify States of America in Congress assembled, That every person not belongas mma; before ing to the Army o-f the United States who, being duly subpoenaed to °°“'°S"”m"‘l‘ appear as a witness before a general court—martial of the Army, willfully neglects or refuses to appear, or refuses to qualify as a witness or to testify or produce documentary evidence which such person may —pe¤am·. have been legally subpoenaed to produce, shall be deemed guilty of a
 * "·;*_‘ Secretary of the Interior, to appear in suits brought by States relative to school lands.