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 SIXTY-F IF TH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Cus. 103-105. 1919. 1317 either arty to have the right to apipleal to the Supreme Court of the P Unitedp States as in other cases. e said claim shall be presented cmJ,§,S§§°°“°" °* within one year after the passage of this Act by petition in the Court of Claims b the Cherokee Nation as pllaintiff against the United States as deflendant, and the petition sha be verified blyé the attorney employed to prosecute said claim by the Cherokee ation actirég through its principal chief. A copy of the Spetition shall be serv upon the Attorney General of the United tates, and he, or some attorney from the Department of Justice to be designated by him, is hereby directed to ap ear and defend the interests of the United States in said cause. Bfhe law and practice and rules of procedure in said°courts shall be thtépractice and law in this case. The attorneiv for the erokee Nation shall be paid such fee as Ammysree. the Court of C aims ma find reasonable the same to be approved by _the Secretary of the Iilterior: Provided, That in no case shall the fee decreed by said Court of Claims be in excess of the amount stipu- m' lated in his contract of employment, nor amount to more than ten per centum of the sum, if any, to which the Cherokee Nation shall be olmd entitled. The amount recovered, if any, for the Cherokee ofizglayngrsamrgdnt . Nation shall be disbursed under the supervision of the Secretary of '°°°v° ' the Interior to the parties entitled thereto in the manner prescribed by the Court of Claims. Approved, March 3, 1919. CHAP. 104.-An Act To grant certain lands to the town of Olathe, Colorado, for the l[1?E.'%.35ds%f protection of its water supply. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of 1¥£resentati*ves of the United States of America in Oonyress assembled, at the Secretary of the §g{°*=g*=~Omh " Interior is hereby authorized and directed to convey to the town of coiaaammsuppiii Olathe, county of Montrose, and State of Colorado, the southeast quarter of section twenty-four, township forty-eight north, range twelve, and the south half of section nineteen, and the southwest qluarter of section twenty, both in township forty-eight north, range e even west, of the New Mexico principal meri `an, in sand conmty and State, containing six hundred and forpy acres, more or less, to have and to hold said lands for the purpose 0 the Eigotection of the reservoirs and water supply ipe lines and waterwor svstem of said town: Provided, That the said) town of Olathe shall,within two_years from {Q§3’,{,",§§,·,_ the passage of this Act, pay for said lands, or suchfportions thereof as may be necessary for said purposes, at the rate o $1.25 per acre: Provia'ed,furt/ter, That the grant hereby made xs, and the patent issued ";l¤t;·i·§; M <·¤1~¤i¤z thereunder shall be, subject to all legal rights heretofore acquired by ' any person or persons in or to the above-described premises, or any art thereof, and now existing under and by virtue of the laws of the Resmuo I U Ifnitcd States: And pmvidedfurther, That there shall be reserved to ree. ‘ H °" ° ’ the United States all oil, coal, and other mineral deposits that may be found in the lands so anted, and all necessary use of the lands for extracting the same: Ed providedfurth er, That t1tle to the land shall u,§.$‘°“‘°° ‘°' °°°‘ revert to the United States should the same or any part thereof be sold or cease to be used for the purposes herein provided. Approved, March 3, 1919. _ ¢.Z?{5ét10£;.'-IT-An Act(iI‘phauth$e cpnsuuctioplplitz loclilaind  in Old   ¥15=ilc1li? izizidiji H1 •... O QXBS, 9.D 2. ’ 0 lm TOVB CH3. D _ 9 pBBSBg0 0 · — wvatexsahnmea portion of TriniiymRive1gab0w’epthe mouth of Old §iver into Old River [Pubm }`°' 333'1 above such lock and dam, and for the protection of rice crops against salt water. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives rj the United Old R"°" T°" States Qf.rflTIl€1"iCG’l7t Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress