378 F IFTY—NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 3504. 1906. cession of such portion of said reservation as said Indians might be willing to dispose of, there shall be set aside and held in the Treasury C"°‘“‘ “’ “"“““· of the United States for the use and benefit of said Indians, which shall at all times be subject to the appropriation of Congress and payment to said Indians, in full payment for one million five hundred thousand vo], 27. p eg acres of land opened to settlement by the Act of Congress “To provide for the opening of a part of the Colville Reservation, in the State of Washington, and for other purposes," approved July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, the sum of one million five hundred thou- ,0§g}f‘,Q‘ $,f,§°' 'md sand dollars, and jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Court of Claim `fcr services Claims to hear, determine and render final judgment in the name of €>iSfiL°iIP;S»fi'§,°i·q"°dt° Butler and Vale (Marion Butler and Josiah M. Vale), attorneys and counsellors at law, of the city of Washington, District of Columbia, for the amount of compensation which shall be paid to the attorneys who have performed services as counsel on behalf of said Indians in the prosecution of the claim of said Indians for payment for said land, and in determining the amount of compensation for such services the court may consider all contracts or agreements heretofore - entered into by said Indians with attorneys w o have represented them in the prosecution of said claim, and also all services rendered by Y'°°°°d*”8°— said attorne s for said Indians in the matter of said claim. Petition hereunder shall be filed in said court by the said attorneys (Butler and Vale), within thirty days from the passa e of this Act, and the Attorney-General shall appear on behalf of the defendants, and said cause shall be given preference for immediate hearing in said court, m;*{*¤°¤° °* 5*1** and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to ` y the sum of money so awarded by said court to the said attorneys iButler and Vale), upon the rendition of final judgment, out of the said sum herein set apart or a propriated for the benefit of said Indians, and payment of said judgment shall be in full compensation to all attorneys who have rendere services to said Indians in the matter of their said claim, the same to be apportioned among said attor- P’°*’*’°· neys by said Butler and Vale as agreed among themselves: Provided, R°‘°”°°*°'**¤‘=‘— That before any money is paid to any attorney having an agreement with Butler and Vale as to the distribution of said fees, each of the same shall execute and deliver to the Secretary of the Interior a satisfaction and discharge of all claims and demands for services rendered said Indians in the matter of their said claim. ¥$§}‘Q·Q·P,,e,,, t0_ That the Secretary of the Interior he, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to issue a patent, under the general allotment Act, to Ignas, a grandson of l)oc Jim, for the east half of the southeast quarter of section five, township twenty-three north, range nineteen east.
Willamette meridian, Wasliirxgtonz ]5·mv'dwI, That the patentee may
sell and convey all or a part of t.he land under the supervision of the Secretary of the Interior, and that any deed of conveyance shall be approved by him to pass title. ,‘;Q_j'_;']°,f,;},},°’*,f,_,°,;,,,n_ That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized, .0 cer-um. in his discretion, to issue fee-simple patents to the following- parties for the lands heretofore allotted to them: George Bowen, Charles F inkbonner, Tee ah Ligh or George, Tang Weah or Louis, Tom Whaquiskun, Yah Him Aloo or Mary, Descanum or Albert, Kwina or Henry, Lummi allottees numbered one, two, three, eleven, sixteen, twenty-two, twenty-eight, and thirty, respectively, on the schedule of allotments approved by the President October fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, and the issuance of said patents shall ope-rs ate as a removal of all restrictions as to the sale, incumbrance, or taxation of the lands so patented. §Q’;“s§hS;°§*:}·m_ That Charles Sheestal, Swinomish allottee numbered twenty-three, ismem. to whom a patent has been issued in accordance with the provisions of the seventh article of the treaty of January twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-tive, with the Dwamish and other Indians (Twelfth
