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 1078 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 832. 1901. sums as `shall have heretofore been ascertained and approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior as payable in accordance with contracts with the said Indians heretofore approved by said Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of ’,§“"j,§‘j,,§}‘°§f*§€i?S· t Tiiaijfiiient to the heirs of Albert Pike, deceased, to be paid as gg Hiiégaiwseiifviééiug hereinafter provided, out of any funds in the Treasury of the United °° W ‘ “ m` States_belonging to the Choctaw Nation, seventy-five thousand dollars; which said sum the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay immediately as follows: Thirty thousand dollars to Yvon Pike, surviving son and heir of Albert Pike; fifteen thousand, dollars to Mrs. Lilian Pike Roome, survivin dau hter and heir of Albert Pike; and thirty thousand dollars to Igvon Igike as administrator of the estate of Luther H. Pike, deceased, son of Albert Pike, upon execution by each of the said heirs and said administrator of a receipt in full for all their res ective claims against the Choctaw Nation for the services of Albert Pike in the collection from the United States of what is commonly known as the " net proceeds claim." bagg=¤l;;€§]Qg€§Vm§gj For repairs of bridges and approaches on the Omaha and Winnebraska._ _’ ba o Agency, in the State of Nebraska. five thousand dollars. §‘;*§,‘§§§$,j°§j'{§§“‘ Por erecting, constructin, and completing suitable school buildings Scjlggjeg auQi%¤§;g,¤l for an Indian industrial sriool at or near the city of Mandan, in the ’State of North Dakota, upon lands to be donated to the Government for that purpose, of not less than one hundred and sixty acres in extent, and of such character and in such location as shall be deemed by the Secretary of the Interior to be most suitable for the purpose, and upon plans and specifications to be approved by the Secretary of thpFi[1nte;·ipr, fiftyé thousancjldolaars. f d hf Cl Sissému md Wm at ul `urisiction is ere con erre u on t —; (court 0 aims iigtdiiiiilifmiiiixligkomli to hear, asceitain, and re ort to Con ress whatpmembers of the Sisseton d§§§,‘§,,‘§ gj§§§§ ff; and Wahpeton bands of Bakota or §oux Indians remained loyal to the m¤gf¤?§r¤}¤g?§;;8¤g€c¤ Government of the United States and were not directly or indirectly ’concerned in the depredations of certain bands of Sioux Indians named vox. 12, pp. ssa, mss. in the Act of Congress approved February sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, entitled "An Act for the relief of persons for damages sustained by reason of depredations and injuries by certain bands of Sioux Indians," or other Acts upon the subject; and to hear, ascertain and report to Congress what annuities provided by the treaty with said bands of July twenty-third, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, would now be due the loyal members of said bands if the said Act of Congress had —1>r<>¤<><1¤w. etc- not been passed. The court is further authorized to further consider, ascertain, and report to Congress what lands, appropriations, (payments, gratuities, or other provisions have been made to or for said bands or to any of the members thereof since said Act of forfeiture was passed. Proceedings shall be commenced by petition verified by the attorney ‘ for said Indians who may appear for and on their behalf, and said case shall have preference and be advanced on the docket of said court; and if said court shall find that said bands preserved their loyalty to the United States, they shall ascertain and state the amount that would be due to said Indians on account of said annuities, had said Act of Congress of February sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, not been passed, stating in connection therewith what credits should be charged against said annuities on account of the lands, appropriations, payments, gratuities or other provisions as hereinbefore stated. m‘f,°’_’g‘;~,‘;g‘,;§·I,{‘_§§;f,§· It is hereby directed that the money appropriated by the Act of onuahoma, _Congress entitled "An Act making appropriations to supply urgent ,,l{},€,‘}f§,§’{§”t§$.'§i;a;§°f§ deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal~year ending June thir- ’` January fourth, nineteen hundred and one, " for completing the allot-
 * °j,j$;";>’§b$‘°· tieth, nineteen hundred and one, and for other purposes," and approved