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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. II. Gas. 273-275. 1929 . 1249 T reasur y not otherw ise a ppropr iated, the sum of not t o exce ed sum authorized fo r y d evelo ping improv ed $50,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, and the sum of not methods of recovering to exceed $50,000 for each succeeding fiscal year for three years, to Ante n, •11 4 . be expended jointly by the Department of Agriculture through its Bur eau of Soils and the Depar tment of Comme rce through i ts Bureau of Mines, for the purchase of necessary incidental supplies for conducting chemical engineering and manufacturing research and employing clerical and technical assistance for the purpose of deter- min ing more impr oved methods and cheaper pr ocesses for r ecovering potash from the leucite, alunite, and other potash-bearing deposits in the United States. Approved, February 20, 1929. February 20, 1929 . CHAP. 274 .-An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act making appropria- 	[11. R . 5491.) tions for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1922, and for [Public, No. 782.] other purposes," approved July 12, 1921 . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Navy . United States of America in Con gr ess assembled, That the second ordnance . proviso under the heading " Contingent, Bureau of Ordnance," vo1 .42,p .128,amena- contained in the Naval Appropriation Act approved July 12, 1921 ed . (Forty-secon d Statutes at Large, page 128), is hereb y amended to read as follows : "P rovid ed fu rther, That hereafter no money appropriated for Money to be us ed ordn ance or ordn ance mat eria l or mat eria l pu rcha sed ther ewit h sh all onlyhic fo rh a ppe mpro prpriat L ion io be used for any other purpose than that for which the appropriation made . was made, except that this provision shall not prohibit the transfer Tr of used etc., material aterial allowed. d. to other bureaus or departments of used or obsolescent material which is no longer needed for the purpose for which originally acquired ." Approved, February 20, 1929 . February 20, 1929 . CHAP . 275 .-Act For the relief of the Nez Perce Tribe of Indians . [H. R . 12520.) [Public, No . 783 .] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Nez Perce Indians, United States of America in Co ngres s ass emble d, That jur isdi ctio n Idaho . is hereby conferred on the Court of Claims, with the right of appeal finala'ms in Courtaoi by either party to the Supreme Court of the United States, not- Claims . withstanding lapse of time or statutes of limitation, to hear, deter- mine, adjudicate, and render final judgment on all legal and equi- table claims of whatsoever nature of the Nez Perce Tribe of Indians in Idaho, or of any band thereof, against the United States, arising under or growing out of the original Indian title, claim, or rights of the said Indian tribe or any band thereof, including all title, Vol. 12, p. 957; Vol. claim, or rights growing out of treaties of June 11, 1855 (Twelfth 144,, p.' 647 ; Vol . 28, p. Statutes, page 957), and June 9, 1863 (One hundred and forty- eighth Statutes, page 673), and an agreement of May 1, 1893, approv ed by Act of Cong ress o f Augu st 15, 1894 (Twen ty-eig hth Statutes, page 286), with the said Nez Perce Tribe or bands of Indians, in connection with the Nez Perce Indian Reservation in the Clai ms sp ecif ied. States of Idaho and Oregon, and more particularly as to the fol- lowing claims : Reserved lands sold 1 . Claim for compensation for that part of the Old Agency land andnnc co mpen satio n and improvements near Fort Lapwai, Idaho, reserved from sale by the agreement of May 1, 1893, between the United States and the vol . 28, p. 326. Nez Perce Tribe of Indians (Twenty-eighth Statutes, page 286), and thereafter disposed of by the United States without compensa- tion to said Indians and described as follows

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