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 52 STAT.] 75TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CH. 776-JUNE 28, 1938 north, range 19 west; thence north to the northwest corner of sec- tion 2, township 35 north, range 19 west; thence east to the north- east corner of section 1, township 35 north, range 18 west; thence north to the northwest corner of section 31, township 36 north, range 17 west; thence east to the northeast corner of section 35, township 36 north, range 17 west; thence south to the north boundary of the existing Southern Ute Indian Reservation; thence west along the north boundary of the said reservation to the west line of section 9, township 34 north, range 17 west; thence north to the northwest corner of section 21, township 35 north, range 17 west; thence west to the southwest corner of section 17, township 35 north, range 17 west; thence south to the southeast corner of the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 19, township 35 north, range 17 west; thence west to the southwest corner of the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of said section 19; thence north to the north line of said section 19; thence west to the southwest corner of section 17, township 35 north, range 18 west; thence south to the north boundary of the Southern Ute Indian Reservation in section 7, town- ship 34 north, range 18, all west of the New Mexico principal meridian; thence west along the said north boundary to the point of beginning: Providedfurther, That any orders restoring or attempting to restore to tribal ownership any portion of the lands in Colorado north of range 35 are hereby rescinded and annulled. ment, map, or record in the possession of any officer or department of the United States (or certified copy thereof) may be used in evidence, and the departments of the Government of the United States shall give full and free access to the attorneys for any of said bands of Indians to such letters, papers, documents, or records as may be useful to said attorney or attorneys in the preparation for trial or trials of such suits and shall afford facilities for the examination of the same. SEC. 8. Upon the final determination of any suit, cause, or action instituted hereunder, whether by judgment, compromise, or otherwise, the Court of Claims, in the event of success by any plaintiff, or in the event any claim asserted by any of said bands of Indians shall be compromised or settled without the institution of any suit hereunder, the Secretary of the Interior, shall decree that there shall be paid to the attorney or attorneys employed therein by said plaintiff under contracts negotiated or entered into as provided by existing law, such fees as, based upon a quantum meruit, it or he shall find reasonable, and in addition such actual and necessary expenses incurred by the attorney or attorneys in preparation antd prosecution of said claims. In no case shall the fees decreed by said Court of Claims and/or by the Secretary of the Interior be in excess of the amount stipulated in the contracts approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior, and in no event to exceed 10 per centuni of the amount of the recovery, and shall be paid upon money being appropriated for the benefit of any bands of Ute Indians pursuant to any judgment or settlement hereunder whether distributable thereto or not. SEC. 9. The net amount of any judgment recovered shall be placed in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of said Indians and shall draw interest at the rate of 4 per centum per annum from date of judgment or settlement and shall, thereafter, be subject to appro- priation by Congress for the benefit of said Indians, including the purchase of lands and building homes, and no part of said judgment, without further legislation, shall be paid out in per-capita payments to said Indians. Approved, June 28, 1938. 1211 Orders restoring. etc., certain Colorado lands rescinded. Admissible evi. dence. Attorneys' fees. Limitation. Deposit of amounts recovered to credit of Indians; interest, use, etc.
 * SEC. 7. In any suit instituted hereunder, any letter, paper, docu-

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