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FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 543. 1891. 102]. money herein provided for shall be made rca ita to said Absentee P¤wmi¤v•ym¤¤¤· Shawnees according to the list of all thosepto whom allotments shall be hereunder made, and the wives of allottees. Anrrcmu V. num v. This agreement shall have effect after it shall have been ratified meet. by the ongress of the United States. In witness whereof, the da and year first above written, the said David H. Jerome, Alfred Wilson and Warren G. Sayre have ssgmmu. hereunto set their hands for and on behalf of the United States, and Chief White Turkey, Charle Starr, Elephant, Thomas Rock, William Little-axe and Jim Bullfrog, Head Men of the Absentee Shawnees and Counselors of White Turkey, have hereunto set their hands on behalf of the Absentee Shawnee Indians. _ Sm 10. That for the purpose of making the compensation to the C0mp)e)a:ation_w said Indians, rovided in said respective agreements with the Citi- E','],’flb,w,Q“§.,';‘§$ zlens Iialnd of Tqttawagoméqcgndhfs and tl? Absentee Shlawininee In- um. 18118 e sum 0 wo un an wen - ve thousand dollars, or ·so much thereof as may be necessary, isthereby apptrgopriated out of spy moneyll in éhe Treasury not otherwise appropria , to be imme- `ate ava e. S1uc711. That any of said Citizen Pottawatomie Indians who have m¤=;:i¤¤ or amp not yet selected allotments ma? make such selections anywhere within ,,, . the thirty-mile square tract o land in said agreement described, not alreaddy selected or occupied in quantities as thereipdprovided, And mum. provided fwrther, That such se ections may be m e at any time Limit. within thirt daze after the approval of this act, and not thereafter. SEG 12. That ull jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Court ¤¤·¤Q of °*¤¥¤¤¤ ¤> of Claims, subgilect to an appplal to th3S1upg·eme Cqgt of the United ¥£§{'2'£§,§’§,,"§, ;$ States as in other cases, ear an e rmine ues ion as to · whether or (not thtehsaid Ezmd ofhPc£ttawa1}oniie Igidians urchase an e m or e rac o coun ry m sa1 gbove agreemgiig described in accordance with the provisions of a treaty between the United States and the Pottawatomie Indians of Kansas, and proclaimed August seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight; and whether or not the United States did retain and yet retains the sum of one hundred and seventeen thousand seven hun- ‘ dred and ninety dollars and seventy-five cents on account of said purchase, or otherwise, and to hear and determine all questions between sun www cum said Citizen Band of Pottawatomie Indians and the United States, or '“‘“ "*"*° "‘°**'· between said Citizen Indians and the Prairie band of Pottawatomie Indians in Kansas relative to the credits and accounts of said Indians under tlh;(;rarious flrqpties the Iiuited States. f The gxerpisfe of such `uiction s a no a y any apse o ime ere o ore, nor shall the rights of said Indimlrs be ml anyilwayogmpaireg by gmy mlin or determination u n suc ues 'on ere ore ma e. uit 1,,,, m ,,,,,_ may be instituted in said Uburt of Claims at any time within twelve SW f months after the approval of this act, but not later, on behalf of said Citizen Band, the style of such suit to be “The Citizen Band of Pottawatomie Indians of Oklahoma Terntory against the United States," said suit to have (preference upon the tr1 dockets of said Court. If it shall be foun and determined that the said sum of one hundred and nineteen thousand seven hundred and ninety dollars and seventy- five cents, or ang part thereof, or any sum, has been and IS yet retained by the United tates to wh1ch said Indians have alegal or equitable right or title, then the amount so found be due shall be paid to said Citizen Band of Bottawatomie Indians out of any money in the greats?-y not otlterwise appropgisétecd, lespg thel fees for tge services o the a rne or a orneys o said 1zen an , macco ance wi duly executedyand approved contracts therefore, which amount shall