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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. Snss. II. Gas. 439-441 . 1929 . not be returned by the time fixed : Provided, That the court shall have the power, within its discretion, to extend the time for the return of the verdict or appraisement. "SEc . 490. It shall be optional with the commissioners to abide by the verdict of the jury and occupy the land appraised by them, or, within a reasonable time to be fixed by the court in its order con- firming the verdict, to abandon the same, without being liable to damage therefor . "SEc. 491 . Nothing herein contained shall affect any suit or pro- ceeding heret ofore begun, now p ending, or he reafte r to b e inst ituted by or on behalf of the United States for the condemnation of land for any purpose ; but all such suits and proceedings shall be con- ducted in accordance with existing law or such laws as hereafter may be enacted." Approved, March 1, 1929 . CHAP. 440 .-An Act Authorizing the appropriation of tribal funds of Indians residing on the Klamath Reservation, Oregon, to pay expenses of the general council and business committee, and for other purposes . Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of $10,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, of the tribal funds of the Indians residing on the Klamath Reservation in the State of Oregon, namely the Klamath and Modoc Tribes and the Yahooskin Band of Snake Indians, is hereby appropriated to pay the expenses of the General Council and Business Committee (or so-called tribal council) of the said Indians, in organizing and holding councils, conducting tribal elections, maintaining their tribal organization, and generally looking after the affairs of the said tribes, including, among other things, the actual and n ecessar y expe nses o f its delega - tion, or legislative committee, in visiting Washington during the second session of the Seventieth Congress or any succeeding Congress ; also the expenses incurred, and to be incurred, by the tribal delega- tion of said Indians in procuring evidence and taking testimony to be used in connection with the three suits instituted by the said Indians against the United States and now pending in the Court of Claims ; said sum to be immediately available, and said expenses to be approved by the said business committee and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and certified to the Secretary of the Interior, and, if so ap proved an d certifi ed, to be paid. Approved, March 1, 1929. Proviso. Extension. 1439 Optional acc epta nce of verdict, etc. Vol. 31, p. 1266. Suits for condemning land by United States not affected. Ante, p. 1415. March 1, 1929. (S .4517 .1 [Public, No . 891 .1 Klamath Indian Res- ervation, Oreg. Suni authorized from tribal f unds, to pay expenses of General Council, etc ., in main- taining tribal organiza- tion, etc . Visit of delegation to Was hingt on, etc . Procuring evidence in pending suits, etc. March 1, 1929 . CHAP . 44 1 .-A n Act Aut horizing the Mound sville Br idge Comp any to con-	[S .4778 .1 struct a bridge across the Ohio River at or near the city of Moundsville, West Virginia . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That in order to facili tate i nterst ate co mmerce, impr ove the posta l serv ice, a nd pro - vide for military and other purposes, the Moundsville Bridge Com- pany, its successors and assigns, be, and is hereby, authorized to cons truct , mai ntain , an d ope rate a br idge and a ppro aches ther eto across the Ohio River, at a point suitable to the interests of naviga- tion, at or near the city of Moundsville, West Virginia, in accordance Construction . with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters," approved March 23, 1906, and subject to the conditions and limitations contained in this Act. [P ubli c, No . 892.] Ohio River. Mou ndsvi lle Brid ge Company may bridge, at Moundsville, W. Va. Vol. 34, p .84 . a

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