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 798 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 110, 114, 115. 1925. "A1rrxcL1: VI. » Larxmnlver mm- “This compact may be modified or terminated at any time by °°°fC°°°°°°d` mutual consent of the signatory States, and upon such_ termination all rights then established hereunder shall contmue unimpaired. “ARTICLE VII. "This compact shall become operative when approved by the legislature of each of the signatory States and by the Congress of the United States. Notice of approval by the legislatures shall be `ven by the governor of each State to the governor of the other Slate, and the President of the United States is requested to give notice to the governors of the signatory States of approval by the Con of the United States. " In witness whereof, the commissioners have signed this compact in duplicate originals, one of which shall be deposited with the secretary of state of each of the signatory States. _ " Done at the city of Santa Fe, in the State of New Mexico, this twenty~seventh day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two.ZDE E C LPH. Anr1:N·mn. “S·rm·m·:N B. Davis, Junior." Approved, January 29, 1925. J°°°°”°°’m5‘ CHAP. 14.--An Act Providin for a r ca ita ent of to each enrolled melinber of the Chippewa   of lvliiinnesldta fgdnyghei fund?) standing to their credit in the Treasury of the United States. _ Cupm, md,,m,,_ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the M{,¤;~mm mmm United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary ze, from pnmipnzuau. of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to withdraw from V°"”"‘°“‘ the Treasury of the United States so much as ma be necessa of the principal fund on deposit to the credit of the Chip ewa Ingans in the State of Minnesota, arising under section 7 og the Act of January 14, 1889 (Twenty-fifth tatutes at Large, 642), entitled “ An Act for the relief and civilization of the (ohippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota.," and to make therefrom a per capita pay- ment. or distribution of $50 to each enrolled member of the tribe, hmm ‘ under such rules and regulations as the said Secretaxéy may prescribe; Ampaims by rms. Provided, That before any payment is made hereun er the Chippewa Indians of Minnesota shall, in such manner as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, ratify the provisions of this Act and u,,§°§;§’°bl°°° t° °‘"Y accept same: Provided {urther, That the money paid to the Indians as authorized herein s all not be subject to any lien or claim of attorneys or other parties. Approved, January 30, 1925. J“”‘¥§’3Q*§’j,1925‘ CHAP. 115.——An Act To prescribe th emethod of capital punishment in the ·Tpmj»y;,7,,§jT* District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re rescntatives of the gjggzzgiggugbgé United States of America in Congress assembgzd, That hereafter moiieofcapltal punish- the mode of capital punishment in the District of Columbia shall ““’°‘ "’· be by the process commonly known as electrocution. The punishment of death shall be inflicted by causing to pass through the body of the convict a current of electricity of sufficient intensity to cause death, and the application of such current shall be continued until such convict is dead.