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 SIXTY—EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 289-291. 1924. 477 CHAP. 289.—An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to investigate JUIT6 7. 192-1- and report to Congress the facts in regard to the claims of certain members of E12;-Sigoux Nation of Indians for damages occasioned by the destruction of their {Pubh°’ N°‘2u‘l Be it enacted by the Senate and House o Re resentatives o the United States of America in Oon ress assgmbtgii, That the Sfecre- Diiiux mdmm S` tary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to investigate, kiiiiiihggidcgiirilgirdli and report to Congress the facts in regard to.the claims of mem- §f’PQg’,{°°5é°°b°r1*;g¤$· bers of the Sioux Nation of Indians residing in the State of South Ciiiigres? mm to Dakota for horses killed on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation in the years 1895, 1896, and 1897, which horses are alleged to have been erroneously suspected of bein infected with glanders, and killed by, or by order of, employees 0% the United States Govern- Hm, ment, and for which no compensation has been aid: Provided, That D<>¤¤¤¤ii¤¤¤¤¤ of slthe Secretary of the Interior is authorized to riiztermine what attor- i§Z?,»l$2°y§?r S°"i°°° °f ney or attorneys have actually rendered services of value to any of the Indians who may be found to be entitled to reimbursement in accordance with the provisions of this Act and what compensation such attorney or attorneys may be entitled to receive therefor on a basis of quantum meruit and report the amounts so ascertained and determined to be due the various claimants and attorneys to • Congress not later than December 3, 1924. Approved, June 7, 1924. CHAP. 290.-An Act Granting one hundred and sixty acres of land to the [hinii? Western State College of Colorado at Gunnison, Colorado, for the use of the Bocky Mountain biological station of said college. Be it enacted by the Senate and Houseof Representatives of the Publi I ds United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary cmiiamiu ivemm of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to convey to the ?,f§f,‘f,f,’,?'},§,§°,§{,§’,{’,{gj board of trustees of the \Vestei·n State College of Colorado at Gunni- im! ¤¢¤¢i¤¤~ son, Colorado, subject to the provisions and reservations of section 24 of the Federal Wfater Power Act, and with a reservation to the Mmmm, mm United States of all the coal and other minerals in the lands granted, served. ml together with the right of the United States, its grantees or permittees, to prospect ger, mine, and remove the same, the following described land, to wit, the south half of the southwest quarter of L°°°°i°°‘ section 14 and the west half of the northwest Quarter of section 23, all in townshi 51 north, range 1 east, New exico meridian, consisting of one hundred and sixty acres, more or less for use of the Pr I Rocky Mountain biological station of the said colle e: Provided, Retiieigion u stm- That the lands hereby granted shall be used by the State only for g§f,§f"°"’*°*°*¥’°°* "°‘ the purposesof a biological station, and if the said land or any plart thereof shall be abandoned for such use, said land or such part s all revert to the United States; and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and empowered to declare such a forfeiture of the grant and to restore said premises to the public domain, if at any time he shall determine that the State has abandoned the land for the use of a biological station, and such order of the Secretary shall be final and conclusive, and thereupon and thereby said premises shall be restored to the public domain and freed from the operation of the grant aforesaid. Approved, June 7, 1924. “"'_“;°` June 7,1934. CHAP. 291.-An Act Making appropriations for the military and nonmilitary - activities of the War Department for the iiscal year ending June 30, 1925, and [P°bn°’N°' ma`] for other purposes. . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the ,,§°p§',,{°,,§,°?f“°°“‘°P' United States of America in Congress assembled, 'Hiat the following