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 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 832. 1901. 1077 The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, in his discretion, D,§j],Qf L”*"°* N"““ to permit the construction of a free bridge to spa- the narrows of brodonsuumqn or Devils Lake, in the State of North Dakota, at a point between town- ,5Lr"f§.§`ina”°“` W ships one hundred and fifty-two and one hundred and fifty-three north, range sixty-four west. If said bridge shall abut on an Indian allotment, the consent of the allottee shall first be obtained. The Secretary inay also authorize the taking of stone from the shores of the lake on the reservation side in the construction of the said bridge. _ To pay Lieutenant-Colonel James F. Randlett, retired from the Rgg§,j‘;,f°l·J“m€SF· Army, while serving as agent at the Uintah and Ouray Agency, Utah Paymentw- (as provided in Twenty-seventh United. States Statutes, page one hun-- dred and twenty), for six months and twenty-three days, at the rate of one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum, the sum of one thousand and fifteen dollars. _ _ That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized, m§f.°’,*?,;’Q(§}Q,{,"‘$§{{’,{ in his discretion, to negotiate, through any United States Indian }¤r ¢e5Si<>¤ vi inspector, agreements with any Indians for the cession to the United an °' States of portions of their respective reservations or surplus unallotted lands, any agreements thus negotiated to be subject to subsequent ratification by Congress. _ To enable the Secretary of the Interior to employ a special attorney N;$‘§',l,‘Q,,c{,{‘d‘““S· for the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico during the remainder of the Sp€¤i¤1¤¤<>r¤·=yf<>r· fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and one, and to pay for legal services heretoforerendered said Indians during said fiscal year, one thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be immediately available. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to employ a special attorney for the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico during the fiscal year ending June thirt.ieth, nineteen hundred and two, one thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. I The rolls made by the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, ,OR‘,§$§f‘(j‘}’§§‘§i§f,i§§ when approved by the Secretary of the Interior, shall be final, and Trlgbes- { t the persons whose names are found thereon shall alone constitute °m°°'° °' the several tribes which they represent; and the Secretary of the —¤¤¤¤f<>¤¢i¤¤i¤s- Interior is authorized and directed to fix a time by agreement with said tribes or either of them for closing said rolls, but upon failure or refusal of said tribes or any of them to agree thereto, then the Secretary of the Interior shall fix a time for closing said rolls, after which no name shall be added thereto._ That no act, ordinance, or resolution of the Creek or Cherokee tribes, €,§’p§V“lC,§;kS“°§; except resolutions for adjournment, shall be of any validity until Cheivkeesapproved by the President of the United States. When such acts, ordinances, or resolutions passed by the council of either of said tribes shall be approved by the principal chief thereof, then it shall be the duty of the national secretary of said tribe to forward them to the _ President of the United States, duly certified and sealed, who shall, within thirty days after their reception, approve or disapprove the _ _ same. Said acts, ordinances, or resolutions, when so approved, shall g§f"*‘“°““°“ °* “°‘s= be published in at least two newspapers having a bona fide circulation in the tribe to be affected thereby, and when disapproved shall be returned to the tribe enacting the same. » . That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to I]§§§,v,,§,$,f}§ }§,‘j},“§;; withhold from the amount a propriated by the Act of February ninth, prgpriafivnf ($0 ma nineteen hundred, to pay the judgment of the Court of Claims in Siafniiieiifiiwéinriii ° favor of the New York Indians, a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars, and to- apply it in the payment of ex enses necessary in ascertaining the beneficiaries of said judgment: }B7"O2'2id€CZ, That out of the ··m¤m€Y¤’ f¢=>$· amount so appropriated for the payment of said judgment there be first retained and paid by the proper officers to the attorneys engaged in the prosecution of the claim resulting in said judgment such sum or