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 644 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cus. 334, 335. 1924. east quarter, and all of south half, section 22, all of sections 23, 24, 25, 26, and 27, township 1 south range 2_ east, Gila and Salt River meridian, Arizona. _ he south half, section 1, the south half, section 2, the south half, section 7 the south half, section 8, the south half, section 9, the south half, the northeast quarter, section 10, all of sections 11, 12, northwest quarter section 13, all of sections 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, and 30, townshlip 1 south, range 3 east, Gila and Salt River meridian, Arizona. e west half of the southwest quarter, section 5, the south half and the south half of the northwest quarter, section 6, township 1 south, range 4 east, Gila and Salt River meridian, Arizona, be, and the same are hereby, granted to the city of Phoenix, Arizona, for municipal, park, recrea- PBW-‘°¤* ’°°°*"°d· tion, playground, or public convenience fpurposes, upon the condition that the city shall make payment or such land at the rate of $1.25 per acre to the receiver of the United States land office, P . Phoenix, Arizona, within six months after the approval of this Mineral. deposits ie-Act: Provided, That there shall be reserved to the United States “’"°‘L all oil, coal,1 or other mineral deposits_found at any time in the we ¤¤=i?$£az°3Zzd futiiihiiiiPZ£5P°“gi—mi°i;e?§&‘.°’e“’3iii5§mS%i%eZi‘°t§“2°§,i valid existing claim or easements, and that the lands hereby granted shall be used by the city of Phoenix, Arizona, only for the purposes ,,,§fv°°i°° mr °°°`herein indicated, and if the said land, or any part thereof, shall be abandoned for such use, said land or such part shall 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 city has, flor more than one year, abandoned the land for the uses herein indicated, and such order of the` Secretary shall be final and conclusive, and thereupon and thereby said premises shialibe restored to the public domain and freed from the operation o t is grant. Approved, June 7, 1924. `higiziiiiiiil CHAP. 335.-An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear, examine, adjudicate, and enter judgment in any claims which the Stockbridge Indians may have against the United States, and for other purposes. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the biiiiiiiméii Iiigiiiisii United States og America win, Ozmgreas assembled, That jurisdiction girmymggtgsy page be, and is here y, conferred upon the Court_of Claims, notwithor Claims. standing the lapse of time or statutes of limitation, to hear, examine, and adjudicate and render judgment in anfy and all legal and equitable claims arising under or growing out o any treaty or agreement between the United States and the Stockbridge Tribe of Indians, or arising under or growing out of any Act of Congress in relation to Indian aifairs, which said Stockbridge Tribe may have against the United States, which claims have not heretofore been deterinlingd and a<gudIipat;adhonUthei1£1r1§erits by the Court of Claims or _ _ the upreme ou o the United States. "`““°"" ’“‘“" Sno, 2. Any and all claims against the United States within the purview of this Act shall be forever barred unless suit be instituted or petition filed as herein provided in the Court of Claims within live years from the date of approval of this Act, and such suit shall - V _Q _ V make the Stockbridge Tribe party plaintiff and the United States °" °“°‘°”· ° “· party defendant. The petition shall be verified by the attorney or at-, torneys employed_to prosecute such claim or claims under contract with the Stockbridges approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior; and said contract shall be