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 SEVENTIETH C ONGRESS. SEss. II. CH. 705. 1929 . 1585 izeci by law to individual members of the respective tribes, salaries and contingent expenses of the governor of the Chickasaw Nation and chief of the Choctaw Nation and one mining trustee for the Choc taw and C hicka saw Natio ns at sala ries at t he ra te h ereto fore Spec ified sala ries. paid for the said governor and said chief and $2,000 for the said mining trustee, and the chief of the Creek Nation at a salary not to exceed $600 per annum, and one attorney each for the Choctaw and Chickasaw Tribes employed under contract approved by the Presi- dent under existing law : Provided, That the expenses of any of the pay restr icti on. above-named officials shall not exceed $2,500 per annum each for chiefs and governor except in the case of tribal attorneys, whose expenses shall be determined and limited by the Commissioner of Indian Affai rs, no t to e xceed $4,000 each. Choctaw and Chick. There is hereby authorized to be expended, out of any money now asaw Nations. standing to the credit of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations of attoreys u thereof, for Indian s, or to the credi t of e ither of said natio ns, in the T reasur y su its in Cou rt of of the United States, the sum of not exceeding $30,000, to be paid, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, to attorneys for said Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations of Indians, or to the attorneys for either of said Indian nations, employed under the authority of the Act approved June 7, 1924 (43 Stat ., p . 537), the pay- Vol. 43, p.537. ments to be made in such sums as may be neces sary to reimburse Reimburse ment for said attorneys for such proper and necessary expenses as may have expenses, etc. been incurred or may be incurred in the investigation of records and preparation, institution, and prosecution of suits of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations of Indians, or of either of said Indian nations, against the United States under the above-mentioned Act of June 7, 1924 : Provided, however, That the claims of the attorneys Submission of claims. shall be filed by said attorneys with the Secretary of the Interior and shall be a ccomp anie d by the a ttor neys' item ized and verif ied statement of the expenditures for expenses and by proper vouchers, and that the claims so submitted shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior : Provided That an sums Reimbursable from y further, y amount decreed by allowed and paid under this Act to the attorneys shall be reim- court. bursable to the credit of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations of Indians, or to the credit of either of said Indian nations, as the case may be, out of any amount or amounts which may hereafter be decreed by the Court of Claims to said attorneys for their services and expenses in connection with the tribal claims and suits of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations of Indians, or of either of said Indian nations, under the above-mentioned Act of June 7, 1924. There is hereby authorized to be expended, out of any money now Seminole Nation. Sum authorized for standing to the credit of the Seminole Nation of Indians in the attorneys thereof, in Treasury of the United States, the sum of not exceeding $5,000 to Cla;msin cou rt of be paid, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, to attor- vol. 43, p .134. net's for said Seminole Nation of Indians employed under the authority of the Act of Congress approved May 20, 1924 (43 Stat ., pp. 133-134), the payments to be made in such sums as may be neces- sary to reimburse the attorneys for such proper and necessary ex Rei mbu rs eme nt for expenses as may have been incurred or may be incurred in the investigation of records and preparation, institution, and prosecu- tion of suits of the Seminole Nation of Indians against the United States under the above-mentioned Act of May 20, 1924 : Provided submission of claims further, That the claims of the attorneys shall be filed by said etc. attor neys with the Secre tary of t he In terio r and sha ll be acco m- panied by the attorneys' itemized and verified statement of the expenditures for expenses and by proper vouch ers, and that the claims so submitted shall be subject to the approval of the Secre- tary of the Interior : Provided further, That any sums allowed and

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