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 538 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 300, 301. 1924. _ _ action shall make the petitioner party plaintiif or plaintids and \°'m°“"°“‘ the United States party defendant. The petition shall be verified b the attorney or attorneys employed to prosecute such cla1m_ or cgiims under contract approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior, and said contract with such Indian tribe shall be executed in behalf of the tribe by the governor or principal chief thereof, or, if there be no governor or principal chief, by a committee chosen by the tribe under the _ direction and approval of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs i°&°.T§{’.;,,,,I ,m,,,,.,,-S, and the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, however, That the attorae., snowed. ney or attorneys employed as herein provided may be assisted by the regular tribal attorney or attorneys employed under existing law under direction of the Secretary of the Interior, with such additional reasonable and necessary expenses for said tribal attorneys to be approved and paid from the funds of the respective tribes Em mmimd under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, as may be °°`°° ’ required for the proper conduct of such litigation. Official letters, pppers, documents, and records, or certified copies thereof, ma used in evidence, and the departments of the Government shall give access to the attorney or attorneys of the above-named Indian _ nations to such treaties, papers, correspondence, or records as may Cmmm cum M_ be needed by the attorney or attornaiiys of said Indian nations. mmm. Sec. 3. In said suit the court sh also hear, examine, consider, and adjudicate any claims which the United States may have against said Indian nations, but any payment which may have been made by the United States upon any claim against the United Séates shallhnot toperate as an estoppel, but may be pleaded as an o set in suc sui. c5il§°?°1 t° Hmm Sec. 4. That from the decision of the Court of Claims in any suit prosecuted under the authority of this Act, an appeal may be taken l{y_ei::1he§· party as in other cases to the Supreme Court of the , United States. ¤§`¤iig€’$Zlai$.r°°£,°t°" Sec. 5. That upon the linal determination of any suit instituted under this Act, the Court of Claims shall decree such amount or amounts as it may find reasonable to be paid any attorney or attorneys, other than the regular tribal attorney or attorneys employed under existing law,_employed by said Indian nations for the services PWM. and expenses of said attorneys rendered or incurred subsequent to mumtaon. the date of approval of such contract: Promded, That in no case shall the aggregate amounts decreed by said Court of Claims for services and expenses be in excess of the amount or amounts stipulated in the contract of employment, or in excess of a sum equal to mm of mm and 10 per centum of the amount of recovery agamst the United States. rms. Sec. 6. The Court of Claims shall have full authority by proper orders and process to bring in and make parties to such suit any or 1:11 pezpqxlls eemed by it npcessary or proper to the final determina- 1on o e matters in con rove , m§‘§§;;i,{§°g,Q;c';;};f" Src. 7. A cqpy of the petitiorriihall, in such case, be served upon the Attorney eneral of the United States, and he, or some attorney froni the Department of Justice to be designated by him, is hereby d1rected to appear and defend the interests of the United States in such case. Approved, June 7, 1924. June 7,1924. — CHAP. 301.—An Act Grantin ubli ' {?uhh°' >’°· md to secure a supply of water for mgriicipal Lzgldddggggecggrgoggideny Colorado,  _ Be it enacted b th Senate and H Re »’ p..r,,,,m, _ _ y e ouse 0 esenmtwes o the ds United States of America, in Congress assembled, Tliiirt for the puifpose of securing an adequate supply of water for domestic and municipal