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 1028 FIFTY-NINTH c0NeREss. sms. 11. cH. 2285. 1907. limiting the aggregate indebtedness of any municipal coylporation QQ,'j@0m_ therein to a fixed per centum of its taxable property: Prov:} ed, That V<>1-32.p-653- such bonds shall be issued in all other respects in accordance with section ’dfty-five of the Act of Congress approved July first, nineteen hundred and two, entitled "An Act to ratify and confirm an agreement with the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes of Indians, and for other puroses.” },°;j,‘;';}Q§°§ésmc_ P That all restrictions as to the sale and encumbrance of the southeast Hons removed. quarter of the northwest quarter of section thirteen, township eleven, range nine east, in Indian Territory, the same being the homestead heretofore allotted to Nocus Fixico, Creek Indian allottee numbered _ _ six thousand nine hundred and thirty-four, are hereby removed. §§,$;°f§° n That William Brown and Levi B. Gritts, on their own behalf and Enf Ggtheswwrgt on behalf of all other Cherokee citizens, having l1ke interests in the m-icuiié rigflss of property allotted under the Act of Jul first, nineteen hundred and °”$f,‘{‘*§;’“i_f"‘,9i,,. v01_ two, entitled “An Act to provide for the allotment of lands of the 33. m£2¤¤.2¤8-Cherokee Nation, for the disposition of town sites therein and for other urposes," and David Muskrat and J. Henry Dick, on their own behalf? and on behalf of all Cherokee citizens enrolled as such for _ allotment as of September first, nineteen hundred and two, be, and ~‘"'*- #13**- they are hereb, authorized and empowered to institute their suits in the Court of Claims to determine the validity of any Acts of Congress passed since the said Act of July first, nineteen hundred and two, in so far as said Acts, or any of them, attempt to increase or extend the restrictions upon alienation, encumbrance, or the right to lease the allotments of lands of Cherokee citizens, or to increase the number of persons entitled to share in the final distribution of lands and funds of the Cherokees beyond those enrolled for allotment as of September first, nineteen hundred and two, and provided for in the said Act of July iirst. nineteen hundred and two. the right of appeal, by either party, to the Supreme Court of the United States, to hear, determine and adjudicate each of said suits. The suits brought hereunder shall be brought on or before September first, nineteen hundred and seven. against the United States as a party defendant, and for the speedy disposition of the questions involved, preference shall be civen to the same by said courts, and by the Attorney-General, who is thereby charged with the defense of said suits. ,;€’,'?,§"‘J °°°° wd Upon the rendition of hnal judgment by the Court of Claims, or the Supreme Court of the United States, denyin the validity of any portion of the said Acts, authorized to be brourrit into question, in either or both of said cases, the Court of Claims shall determine the amount to be paid the attornefys employed b the above—named rties in the prosecution thereof, or services and expenses, and shallniender judgment therefor, which shall be paid out of the funds in the United States Treasury belonging to the beneficiaries under the said Act of July first, nineteen hundred and two. Q“¤P•"* qtmraws. (Treaty.) $‘;}f*.}}*;§{.,'“°"· For education, per third article of treaty of May thirteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, one thousand dollars; For blacksmith and assistants, and tools, iron, and steel for blacksmith shop, per same article and treaty, five hundred dollars; mgm of ,,,5,, In all,one thousand five hundred dollars; Provided, That the Presid¤¤*· dent of the United States shall certify the same to be for the best interests of the Indians.
 * ’P°““· And jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Court of Claims, with