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 730 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 58, 59, 68. 1925. c3jS*;V°¤°°m°¤‘ °‘ The Court of Claims shall advance the cause_upon its docket ' for hearing, and shall have authority to determine and adjudge the rights, both legal and equitable, of the said Ponca Tf1b€·1D {»’§,§‘{’,*',,,°;',;,, the premises: Provided, That the court shall hear and determine any legal or equitable defenses, set-oifs, or counterclaims including atuities which the United States may offer against the sa1d_ Ponca ’ Tribe nothwithstanding lapse of time or statutes of limitation, and any tribe or band of Indians deemed necessary to a final determination of any suit hereunder shall be joined as the court '1‘i¤¤¤ *0* mm- may order. The suit or suits instituted hereunder shall be begin within five years from the passage of this Act by the Ponca Tribe of Indians as parties plaintiff against the United States as the V¢¤¤=¤·¤i°¤·°*°- party defendant. The {petition or petitions may be verified upon information and belie as to the facts therein alleged by the attorney or attorne s employed by the Ponca Tribe under contract a proved by the Syecretary of the Interior and the Commissioner og Indian Affairs, as provided by existing law; and no other d°;*;§•?$·,$§;r,f°” **7 verification shall be necessary: Provided, That upon the final determination of such suit or suits the Court of Claims shall have jurisdiction to decree the fees to be paid to the attorney or attorneys not to exceed 10 er centum of the amount of the judgment rendered in favor of said) Indians and in no event to exceed the sum of $25,000, together with all necessa and proper expenses incurred in preparation and prosecution ci? the suit; and the same shall be paid out of any sum or sums found due said tribe. Approved, January 9, 1925. Jan 9,1925. CHAP. 59.-Au Act Conferring jurisdiction on the Court of Claims to lP“bh°· N°· 313-] determine and re crt upon the interest, title, ownership, and right of possession of the Yankton Sand of Santee Sioux Indians to the Red Pipestone Quarries, Minnesota. ' _ Be it enacted by the Semzte and H ou.se of Representatives of the d,§,’§}k""“ S‘°“‘ I“' United States of America in Oongresa assembled, That jurisdiction de&•gu§fi§:*$q¤ gy be, and it hereby is, conferred upon the Court of Claims to determine inRedPipcsto¤eQuari and report from the finding of facts reported by said court as “°€;°{‘{‘§,‘g",;_,,,_ authorized by section 22 of the Act of April 4, 1910 (Ehirty-eighth Statutes at Lar e, page 284), the interest, title, owners i, and right of possession of the Yankton Band of Santee Sioux Indians in and • to the land known as the "Red Pipestone Quarries," described in said Act of April 4, 1910; and sard court shall determine what amount, if an , is legally and e uitably due from the United States to the said Yyankton Band of qSantee Sioux Indians for the said quarries, and'enter judgment thereon. ,¤§§f,‘§,F“§g’°{,’g°'§;$,F; Sec. 2. That the court is hereby further authorized to determine mined- what, if any, other band or bands of Sioux Indians have an interest in and to the said Red Pipestone Quarries, and the amount thereof, if any. Approved, January 9, 1925. _ _JaIi §g25° CHAP. 68.-An Act To amend the Act establishing the eastern judicial H°Tib11e,N¤.z14.I district of Oklahoma, to establish a term of the United States District Court for the Eastern Judicial District of Oklahoma at Pauls Valley, Oklahoma. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of d,§§f°(§‘,§,"j,’;Q“‘°m’“’ the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a term Pgjgnag ¤¤¤r¤ at of the United States District Court for the Eastern Judicial v¤1.4o,p.ib4,m¤m1- District of the State of Oklahoma shall be held annually at Pauls °"p,,,,_p_ ,,,5, Valley, Oklahoma, for the trial of civil and criminal cases, at such