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 73d C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 576. JUNE 18, 1934. such Indian tribes, together with members of other tribes affiliated with such named tribes located in the State of Oklahoma, as follows Cheyenne, Arapaho, Apache, Comanche, Kiowa, Caddo, Delaware, Wichita, Osage, Kaw, Otoe, Tonkawa, Pawnee, Ponca, Shawnee, Ottawa, Quapaw, Seneca, Wyandotte, Iowa, Sac and Fox, Kickapoo, Pottawatomi, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole. Section 4 of this Act shall not apply to the Indians of the Klamath Reservation in Oregon. SEC. 14. The Se cretary of the Inter ior is hereby direct ed to c ontinue the allowance of the articles enumerated in section 17 of the Act of March 2, 1889 (23 Stat .L . 894), or their commuted cash value under the Act of June 10, 1896 (29 Stat .L. 334), to all Sioux Indians who would be eligible, but for the provisions of this Act, to receive allotments of lands in severalty under section 19 of the Act of May 29, 1908 (25 Stat .L . 451), or under any prior Act, and who have the prescribed status of the head of a family or single person over the age of eighteen years, and his approval shall be final and conclusive, claims therefor to be paid as formerly from the permanent appropriation made by said section 17 and carried on the books of the Treasury for this purpose. No person shall receive in his own right more than one allowance of the benefits, and application must be made and approved during the lifetime of the allottee or the right shall lapse. Such ben efit s sh all cont inue to be paid upon such reservation until such time as the lands available therein for allotment at the time of the passage of this Act would have been exhausted by the award to each person receiving such benefits of an allotment of eighty acres of such land. SEC. 15 . Nothing in this Act shall be construed to impair or prejudice any claim or suit of any Indian tribe against the United States. It is hereby declared to be the intent of Congress that no expenditures for the benefit of Indians made out of appropriations authorized by this Act shall be considered as offsets in any suit b rought to re cover upon any cl aim of such India ns aga inst t he Uni ted States. SE C. 16. Any Indian tribe, or tribes, residing on the same reserva- tion, shall have the right to organize for its common welfare, and may adopt an appropriate constitution and bylaws. which shall become effective when ratified by a majority vote of the adult mem- bers of the tribe, or of the adult Indians residing on such reservation, as the case may be, at a special election authorized and called by the Secretary of t he Interior u nder such rul es and regulat ions as he may prescribe. Such constitution and bylaws when ratified as afore- said and approved by the Secretary of the Interior shall be revocable by an election open to the same voters a nd conducted i n the same manner as hereinabove provided. Amendments to the constitution and bylaws may be ratified and approved by the Secretary in the same manner as the original constitution and bylaws. In ad dition to all powers vested in any India n tribe or tr ibal council by existing law, the constitution adopted by said tribe shall also vest in such tribe or its tribal council the following rights and powers : To employ legal counsel, the choice of counsel and fixing of fees to be subject to th e appro val of the Se cretary of the Inter ior ; to prevent the sale, disposition, lease, or encumbrance of tribal lands, interests in lands, or other tribal assets without the consent of the tribe ; and to negotiate with the Federal, State, and local Govern- ments. The Secretary of the Interior shall advise such tribe or its tribal council of all appropriation estimates or Federal projects for the benefit of the tribe prior to the submission of such estimates to the Bureau of the Budget and the Congress. 987 Pro tec tin g treaty rights wi th Sio ux In- dians. Continuation of al. low ances, etc. Vol 23, p. 894 ; Vol. 29, p.334; Vol.25,p.451. No person to re ceive more than one allow - ance. No Indian claim or suit impaired by this A ct. Indians residing on sa me reservati on may organize for common welfare. E ffect ive, when rati - fied. Revoc atio n, a mend- ments, etc. Ad ditional po wers vested in tribe. Secretary to advise tribe of contemplated ap propriation esti- mates.