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 SIXTY·EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 335, 336. 1924. 645 executed in their behalf by a committee chosen by them under the direction and approval of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and E um admitted the Secretary of the Interior. Official letters, papers, documents, W °° ' and records, or certified copies thereof, may be used in evidence, and the departments of the Government shall give access to the attorney or attorneys of said Indian nation to such treaties, papers, correspondence, or records as may be needed by the attorney or attorne s of said Indian nation. _ Src. 3. In said suit the court shall also hear, examine, consider, mg€.`5’it°r mm" °d` and adjudicate any claims which the United States may have against said Indian nation, but any ayment including gratuities which may have been made b the Uiiited States upon any claim against the United States shail not operate as an estoppel, but may be pleaded as an offset in such suit. A I t S Sino. 4. That from the decision of the Court of Claims in any suit Coui)-tp?8 ° umm prosecuted imder the authority of this Act, an appeal may be taken Sy either party as in other cases to the Supreme Court of the United tates., Sec. 5. That upon the Hnal determination of any suit instituted deiiiindiismim by under this Act, the Court of Claims shall decree such amount or amounts as it may find reasonable to be paid the attorney or attorneys so employed by said Indian nation for the services and expenses of said attorneys rendered or incurred prior or subsequent to the date of ,,,w,_w_ approval of this Act: Provided, That in no case shall the aggregate Lxamaou. amounts decreed by said Court of Claims for fees be in excess of $5,000, or in excess of a sum equal to 10 per centum of the amount of recovery against the United States. me 0, mm md Sec. 6. The Court of Claims shall have full authority by proper process. orders and process to bring in and make parties to such suit any or all persons deemed by it necessary or proper to the final determination of the matters in controversy. Apmmm, 0, A,- Sec. 7. A co y of the petition shall, in such case, be served upon ylmev Genera! directthe Attorney Giéneral of the United States, and he, or some attorney ‘ from the Department of Justice to be designated bIyT him, is hereby directed to appear and defend the interest of the nited States in such case. Approved, June 7, 1924. ——_——_ hlgegiihgll GHAP. 336.-—An Act To authorize the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Rail- way Compan and the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific_Ra1lway Company to construct a bridge across the white River, near the city of De Valls B ud', Arkansas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representat·Zves of the wma mm. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Choctaw, ,,,,€,“"(§’§§‘Y §§*§h,‘,Z§‘§. Oklahoma and Gulf Railway Company, a corporation created and gzggveggcydlsggg existing by virtue of the laws of the United States, its successors me ’r¤¤mc nauway Bhd assigns, and the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Com- g‘§"{}:j‘S’B’§‘§§!]§'{.‘{_g°' pany, a consolidated corporation organized under the laws of the States of Illinois and Iowa, its successors and assigns, or either one of said railroad companies, be, and they are here y, authorized to construct or reconstruct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge and epproaches thereto across the Wliite River at a point suitable to the _ Hlterests of navigation, near De Valls Bluff, Arkansas, in accordance $g with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters," approved March 23, 1906. _ Amendment. Src. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. _ Approved, June 7, 1924.