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 760 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 200, 217. 1901. F e1>¤¤¤¤‘>’ 5» 1901- CHAP. 200.-An Act Extending the time for the commencement and completion `"`"—"_`""’ of the bridge across the Missouri River at or near Oacoma, South Dakota. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of R resentatives of the United C,;§§¤°0 °§fg}*,§°§.,§g States of America in Congress assembled, 'lzlxat the time for the comand {Rhine runway mencement of the bridge across the Missouri River at or near the vil- EYES i$‘8ec°$i§i?“§{ lege of Oacoma, in the State of South Dakota, authorized by the Act D§}g,_ 30 P 805 0 Congress entitled "An Act to authorize the construction o a brid e ’` at or near Oacoma, South Dakota," approved January twenty-eighti, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, be, and the same is hereby, extended to January twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and two, and the time for the completion ofvsaid bridge be, and the same is hereby, extended to January twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and four. Approved, February 5, 1901. February 6,1901. CHAP. 217.-An Act Amending the Act of August fifteenth, eighteen hundred "*"‘”`“ and ninety-four, entitled "An Act makin a propriations for current and contingent exgenses of the Indian Duepartment and fulnlling treaties and stipulations with various In 'an tribes for the iis year ending June thirtiethjeighteen hundred and ninety- five," and for other purposes. Be it enacted by t/ae Senate and House of Representatives of the United m·}}}g§gg¤¤ of md States of America in Congress assembled, That that portion of the Act v01. ze, p. sos, of August Efteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, found on page ’““"“°°d·three undred and five of Twenty-eighth Statutes at Large, be amended 1 I S°·’?ii.° Fiii ”’S f°“°“'i h 1 f I d bl .1 Aetene fer e1¤*· » a a ersons w o are in w o e or in rt o n ian oo or giiiiii·s1iii;g¤igmt€u.b° descent who gre entitled to an allotment of lanlédiunder any law of Congress, or who claim to be so entitled to land under any allotment Act or under any grant made by Congress, or who claim to have been unlawfully denied or excluded from any allotment or any parcel of land to which they claim to be lawfully entitled by virtue of any Act of Congress, may commence and prosecute or defend any action, suit, or proceeding in relation to their right theretoin the proper circuit court of the United States; and said circuit co1u·ts are hereby given jurisdiction to try and determine any action, suit, or proceeding arising within their respective jurisdictions involving the right of any person, - in whole or in part of Indian blood or descent, to any allotment of land under any aw or treaty (and in said suit the parties thereto shall be the claimant as plaintiff and the United States as party defendant); Judgments- and the judgment or decree of any such court in favor of any claimant to an allotment of land shall have the same effect, when proper] certified to the Secretary of the Interior, as if such allotment hady been Laude excepted- allowed and approved by him, but this rovision shall not apply to any _ lands now held by either of the Five Civilized Tribes, nor to any of f,°;,§Q,”,§’{j the lands within the Quapaw Indian Agency: Pro/vided, That the right of a al shall be allowed to either party as in other cases. Service efveddev- JSI;2. 2. That the plaintiff shall cause a copy of his petition filed under the receding section to be served upon the district attorney of the United) States in the district wherein suit is brought, and shall mail a cosy of same, by registered letter, to the Attorney-General of the Unite States, and shall thereupon cause to be filed with the clerk of the court wherein suit is instituted an aiiidavit of such service and m·;gg$g;;¤g>$ gg; *11* the mailing of such letter. It shall be the duty of the district attorney 'upon whom service of petition is made as aforesaid to appear and defend the interests of the Government in the suit, and wit in sixty days after the service of petition u on him, unless the time should be extended by order of the court made in the case to iilea plea, answer, or demurrer on the art of the Govermnent, and to iile a notice of any counterclaim, set-oil`? claim for damages, or other demand or defense