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 13].6 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. CHS. 102, 103. 1919. Mami 3,15919. CHAP. 102.-An Act To include certain lands in the counties of Modoc and __.El;l‘;L_ Siskiyou, California, in the Modoc National Forest, California, and for other purposes. [Public, No. 330.] _ Be it enacted_by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ,,8$‘{’;‘§§’F N“"°““ F"' States of Arrtemea an Congress assembled, That_ any lands within those adiéjgg gg¤h<>¤=¤<i 55 ngrtaém portions pggodontand Sorsliiyou Sinrnnltien, Cszkfomiaé fonnd by ` e ecretary 0 rrcu ure e av a e or e ro uc ion 0 timber or the protection of stream flow or regulation {sind improvement of the grazing thereon described as follows, to wit: D°S°'iP“°¤· Commencing at that oint on the Califomia-Oregon State line where the same crosses the west line of the Modoc National Forest, being in section twenty-nine, township forty-eight north, range eight east, Mount Diablo meridian; thence southerly and westerly, following the meanderings of the said west line 0 said Modoc National Forest to the oint where the same crosses the south line of township forty-five nortgr, range four east, Mount Diablo meridian, at the southeast corner of section thirty-four in said township; thence west following the section lines to the southwest corner of township forty-Eve north, range three east, Mount Diablo meridian; thence north along the township line between ranges two and three to the point where the same crosses or intersects the California-Oregon State linethence east along said State line to the point of be ` ; also all of sections thirty-four and thirty-five, township fort -e` lit north, range sixteen east, and the west half of section two and, allg of section three, in township forty-seven north, range sixteen east, Mount Diablo meridian, with the approval of the Secretariy of the Interior, be included in and made a part of Modoc National orest, California, by proclamation of the President, for theupurjpose of production of tim er-, protection of stream flow, or reg ation and improvement of the  thereori, and thereafter to be governed, controlled, and used under e same rules and regulations now in force or to be hereafter adopted governing said Modoc National Forest. Approved, March 3, 1919. rmeuaiare. lH·R·357·l CHAP. 103.-An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear, [l’ubu¢,N0, 331,] gotntsger, and determine certain claims of the Cherokee Nation against the United Be it enacted the Senate and House 0 Re esentatives o the United ggtiiikgi  to States of Ameriliuz in Congress assembZed{Th1Zt jurisdictioii is hereby }‘,§§;,,§§°,;;,°},‘§*§,‘jl;,§‘,QE conferred unon the Court of Claims to hear, consider, and determine ¤°¤*· the claim 0 the Cherokee Nation against the United States for inatnfesgl in alddition tc} all ott.1herUint•n·desg heretoforg alénlwedg ang: paid, e to e owing rom e nit tates to the ero ee ation on gre funds arising from the `udgment of the Court of Claims of May eighteenth, nineteen hundred and five (F ortieth Court of Claims Iummm M Report, preigle two hundred and fifty-two), in favor of the Cherokee km Nation. e said court is authorized, empowered, and directed to carefully examine all laws, treaties, or agreements and especially the agreement between the United States and the Cherokee Nation of December nineteenth, eignteen hundred and ninet -0ne, ratified b the United States Marc third, eighteen hundred and ninety- Vol. 77.D·6%0. tliree (Twenty-seventhStatutes at Large, p e six hundred and forty, section ten), in any manner affecting or ridating to the question of interest on said funds, as the same shall be bro ht to the attention mgmzo appear. of the court by the Cherokee Nation under thisugct. And if it shall be found that under any of the said treaties, laws, or @eements interest on one or more of the said funds, either in whole or in part has not been aid and is rightfully owing from the United States td the _Cherokee N ation, the court shall render »iinal judgment therefor against the United States and in favor of the Cherokee Nation,