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 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 941-944. 1907. 2415 shown by cash receip; numbered twenty-one thousand six hundred and sixteen of the Des oines, Iowa, land office, the entry under which said payment was made having been canceled, and the said C. A. Berry being the sole heir and legatee of the said Ruth C. Berry. Approved, February 18, 1907. CHAP. 942.-An Act Referring the claim of S. W. Peel for legal services rendered February 18. 1507. the Choctaw Nation of Indians to the Court of Claims for adjudication. · [H·R·1*m°·] Private,No.84 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United [ V 9] States of America in Congress assembled, That the claim of S. W. Peel, ?,‘,l,l;,,If"’°},,,. ,,8,,, of Bentonville, Arkansas, for le al services rendered and expenditures §*¤'*Qf¤¤ *0 {0g9e3m:; had for the Choctaw Nation of Indians, of the Indian Territory, in an odurniimriiius. action in said Court of Claims wherein Yvon Pike and Lillian Pike, and Yvon Pike as the administrator of the estate of Luther S. Pike, deceased, were plaintiffs, and said nation was defendant, be, and the same is herelay, referred to the Court of Claims with full jurisdiction, equitable an legal, to render judgment or decree therein as to the » · very right of the matter; and in case the said court finds any sum rumen:. or amount due the claimant for his services and disbursements as aforesaid, it shall thereupon direct the same to be paid with interest from the funds of said nation now in the Treasury of the United States, and a transcript of such decree or 'udgment shall be authority for the Secretary of the Interior to make the payment therewith, and- to make thefproper cha against the funds of said nation; and sufficient of the un of sadlgiiation shall be retained in the Treasury of the United States to meet any judgment or decree for yment to said S. W. Peel that may iiuall be rendered. The suit hrdrein pro- Titleofsuit. vided for shall be entitled S. WlPeel versus The Choctaw Nation and the United States; the petition and other proceedings therein shall be in accordance with the ordinary rules and requirements of said court, with the right of appeal to the Suplreme Court by either party: Pro- vided, That no suit shall be broug t under the provisions of this Act I ' after six months from the date of the passage thereof: And provided further, That such suit shall be advanced and promptly tried in any "’°"‘*"""°’· court where it may be pending. Approved, February 18, 1907. CHAP. 943.-An Act Granting an increase of pension to James M. Bullard. Fcbnjgrys js, 1907. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United [rm·m, Nu. sw.; States of America in Cbngress assembled, That the Secretary of the Jams M_,_m,,m_ Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the Pension mmm. nsion roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension linews, the name of James M. Bullard, late of Company B, Fourteenth " Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and Company E, Twenty-fourth Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of thirty dollars per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Approved, February 18, 1907. CHAP. 944. ——An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jacob Niebels. Fewagpétjiw- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United [Private, No. 851.] States of America in (hn ress assembled, That the Secretary of the Jmb mba1g_ Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the rumen mamma, pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension