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 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 216. 1908. 445 members of said Menominee tribe of Indians, shall, through the disbursing officers in charge of said Green Bay Agencv, pay, from any annuity due or which may become due said Indian as an individual or as the head of a family from the United States or from the share of such Indian as an individual or as the head of a family in an distribution of tribal funds deposited in the Treasury of the United, States, the amounts of such judgments to the claimants in whose favor such judgments have been rendered: Provided, That not more than fifty per {,"°*{’;<>¤- centum of the annuity due any such Indian as an individual or as the as mm' head of a family shal be applied to the pavment of such jud ents: Provided, however, That if more than one judgment be renderedggainst m§,{*g¤P°***°¤¤¤* vwany such individual Indian and if fifty per centum of the annuity due ` such Indian as an individual or as the head of a family be not sufficient to discharge such judgments, such payment shall be made to the claimants in prrwrtion to the amount of their respective j udgments: Pm- mF§‘“'° ¤¤¤¤i*i°¤ videzlfurt, That in case fifty per centum of any annuity payment due ` any such Indian as an individual or as the head of a family be not sufficient to satisfy the judgment or judgments rendered against said Indian, then and in that case fifty r centum of subsequent annuity payments due said Indian as an imdiiidual and as the head of a family shall be applied to the payment of said judgments until the same be fully satisfied. The Menominee tribe of Indians, through its business d,$y¤¤‘¤¤>*¤ for 1¤- committee, is authorized to emplo an attorney .0r attorneys to defend _ s' the interests of said tribe and of me individual members of said tribe in any actions brought under the provisions of this Act, the compensa- °°"*P°¤**'·*°¤· tion of such attorney or attorneys to be determined by the court, and for which att0rneys’ fees judgment shall be rendered, and u n its certification to the Secretary of the Treasury the amount of said? ud - ment shall be paid to said attorney or attorneys out of any funds standing to the credit of said Menommee tribe o Indians in the Treasury of the United States. . Sec. 3. That the heirs of Cornplanter, a Seneca Indian chief, as _,,,§’,‘{,'{‘,*?}$§{f"· “·“"' ascertained by the or han’s court of Warren County, Pennsylvania, mi;·j¤:J_·¤¤v0:¤?¤_fg: under act of the legislaiture of the State of Pennsylvania of May six- granted ul teenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and eir descendants are hereby authorized and empowered to bring suit for the recovery of the possession or the uieting of title of any lands granted individually to said Corn lanter, silias Jo n ’Bial or Abeel, in the circuit court of _ _ the United States for the district in which such lands are situated, and ‘l"""l"""'“· jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon said courts, both in law and in equity, to hear and etormine the rights of said Cornplanter under any vm.,m_mm, U, pm grant made to him. Any petition led or other court dpapers may be tion. ew. verified by the attorneys representing said heirs or their uly authorized attorneys in fact. _ Sem K I Y W Sec. 4. That a lease bearing date Segtember nineteenth, nineteen y,,,k_ ° ”’ ° ‘ ° hundred and seven, between the Seneca J. ation of Indians on the Cat- L_Ijs°,jgy*°cf,’,{’g*{}!fgd*‘f· taraugus and Alleghany reservations, in the State of New York,_and Charles M. L. Ashby, of Erie County, New York, is hereby ratified and confirmed. S IG mm Sec. 5. That the Court of Claims is hereby authorized and directed A‘I{}’,}§c,,{}¤gc],,;,,,, to hear and ad'udicate the claims against the Choctaw Nation of ggjjjafv *,§égg;*”°' Samuel Garland], deceased, and to render judgment thereon in such amounts, if any, as may appear to be equitably due. Said judgment, if any, in favor of the eirs of Garland shall be paid out of any funds in the Treasury of the Uinited States belonging to the Choctaw Nation, said judgment to be rendered on the principbe of quantum meruit for _ _ services rendered and expenses incurred. `otice of said suit shall be °·°“°° °* “““· served on the governor of the Choctaw Nation, and the Attorney- General of the United States shall appear and defend in said suit on behalf of said nation. 80893-von. 35, PT 1-—O9—:30