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 FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. ou. ses. 1902. 267 That the Secretary of the Interior ma, in his discretion, a er Om°h*”·. capita to the Omaha Indians entitled theiieto the sum of one hpuridiied Paymentpercapm thoimand dollars from their principal now to their credit in the Treasury of the United States and derived from the sale of their lands in Nebraska under section three of the Act of Congress approved August V°l· ?2· P- 3**- seventh, eiglhteen hundred and eighty-two (Twenty-second Statutes, page three undred and forty-one), under such regulations as may be prreigpribeld bgghim. h I at the cretary of the Interior may, in his discretion a r °’“’““· capita to the Iowa Indians, who are under the care of the agdni:) dl Elie Pameutlmmpm Pottawatomie and Great Nemaha Reservation, in the State of Kansas, entitled thereto, the sum of seventy~eight thousand dollars from their principal now to their credit in the Treasury of the United States. That the Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, pay per M§§f,§,,.§“d F°‘°‘ °‘ capita to the Sac and Fox Indians of Missouri, who are under the care P¤v¤¤¤¤¢ 1>¢r¤¤1>i¤>· of the agent of the Pottawatomie and Great Nemaha Reservation, in the State of Kansas, entitled thereto, the sum of seventy-nine thousand dollars from their principal now to their credit in the Treasury of the United States. That of the principal sum of one hundred and sixty-eight thousand Rggrggf grgwlffgek three hundred and thirty-five dollars and ten cents now in the Treasury nmnbuiich brsinid. of the United States to the credit of the Sioux Indians of the Crow ' Creek Reservation in South Dakota, drawing interest at four per centum per annum, sixty thousand dollars may be used for the purchase of stock cattle, twenty-five thousand dollars may be paid pro rata in cash, and eighty-three thousand three hundred and thirty-tive dollars and ten cents may be used in the purchase of cattle fence wire, in the construction of storage reservoirs, in the improvement of their allotments, and in any other manner that will best promote their welfare and civilization, all in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior. For payment to the attorneys who, under a contract approved by difjchiw. em, 1¤- the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior, ltagiment ai umnrepresented the lVichita and affiliated bands of Indians in the Court of “"”· Claims and the Supreme Court of the United States in the litigation rovided for by Act of Congress to determine the title of the said Vol-28yr·$9& Indians to the lands of the former Wichita Reservation, in the Territory of Oklahoma, six per centum of the value of said land as decreed by the Court of Claims, the sum of forty-three thousand three hundred and thirty-two dollars and ninety-three cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be immediatel available: }’rm:ided, That the Qgfufgfémment said sum shall be reimbursed to the Ilrnited States out of the proceeds ` of the sale of the said lands. For pavment to James R. Goss, of Billings, Montana, in full settle- {,:*;};¤Jfig°¤· ment of his claim for legal services rendered by him during eighteen ` hundred and ninety-eight in defending two Indian policeman and the interpreter of the Crow Agency, Montana, charged with assault in the local courts of said State, one hundred and fifty dollars, to be immediately available. _ For payment to Robert F. Thompson for compiling laws relating to 5,),*:0****** F- Thome Indian affairs under provisions of the Indian appropriation Act approved riiymemw. Mav seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighty —two, and digesting correspondence of the gland division of the Indian Office, three thousand dollars, to be immediately available. _ To reimburse Emmet Cox for the value of the imlprovements made {{{§§gf,§S*ghe¤,_ by him and surrendered to the United States on the iowa, Comanche, and Apache Indian Reservation, as per the award of the board of appraisers appointed under direction of the Secretary of the Interior, the sum of thiee thousand eight hundred and seventy-tive dollars;