1196 SIXTY—FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 181, 182. 1917. V°l·1°»P·°“· dred and thirty-eight), and August fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty- Vol. 12 p. 652. . - ’ (Tenth Statutes at Large, page nine hundred and fifty-four) as 1f P"*"· P· lm lillif Act of forfeiture of tlae ainnuisies of sa£`ban1ds(iipprow{)ed Februaréy _ sixteenth, eighteen hun e an sixty-t ee a not een passe : ggfggion U, Bc_ Provided, That the court in rendering judgnfent shall ascertain and mea mrums. include therein the amount of accrued annuities under the treaty of September twenty-ninth,_ e` hteen hundred and thirty-seven, up to the date of rendition of ju£ment, and shall determine and mc ude the present value of the same, not mcluding interest, and the capital sum of said annuity, which shall be in lieu of said pergetual annuity ,_,f‘$?““*" °u°”"°“ granted in said treatiy; and to ascertain and set 0 against any amount found due un er said treaties all moneys paid to said Indians or expended on their account by the Government of the United States d since the treaties were abrogated lg the Act of February sixteenth, t,,]Q§v’°'f’1§6‘§_°° lm " eighteen hundred and sixty-three: rmgided, That the treaty of April V°‘·’-‘·P-°“· twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, shall not be a ar · to recovery, but all u1t1es and benefits received thereunder by the Santee Sioux Indiansaghall be taken into consideration in the determination of the amount of recovery. Upon the rendition of such judgment and in conformity therewith the Secretary of the Interior 1s.hereb_y directed to ascertain and determine which of said Indians P'°’°"‘“”‘°"°"· now living took part in said outbreak and to prepare a roll of the persons pnthtleiid to sharebm sa;_d juélgirxenltg by placing tthpreIoTn_:h(ei namesoa vm memersosai an res1d1ng1n e me E‘°“"*°"" States at the time 0% the (passage of this Act, excluding therefrom only _ the names of those foun to have personally participated in the out- ,,,,];_°' °‘P""‘ °““'°’°’ break; and he is directed to distribute the proceeds 0 such judgment, eglxceptdas lhereinafter provided, per capita, to the persons borne on esai ro . P'°°°‘“'°· Proceedings shall be commenced by petition verified by or under authority of one of the attorneys who have been heretofore employed biisaid ands of Indians to prosecute their claims, under a contract w ch has been heretofore aipproved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary o the Interior as provided by law, upon information and belief as the existence of the facts stated in said petition, and no other verification shall be necessary. Upon final F°°° °° °“°'°°Y¤· etermmation of the cause the Court of CIBJIDS shall ecree such fees as the coxirltfshahediind tobbe raiasonalge uplon a cjluantxilm meruit for services pe orm or to e pe orme , to e pai to the attorney or attprrgeys so employes by tlaegaidllmagg of Indiaxjs alndrltheir associates? an tesamesa epai yte cretaryote reasuryouto the (pgoceeds of the fund arising from said judgment in favor of said ban of Indians when an aqpfopriation therefor shall have been p,.,,;,,_ made by Congress: Provided, at m no case shall the fees decreed
- g¤°¤’° '”*'*°°°d- by the court amount in the aggregate to more than ten per centum
o the amount of the judgment recovered, and in no event shall the aggregate amount exceed $50,000. Approved, March 4, 1917. Mllrgkéillgm CHAP. 182.-An Act For a public building at Paris, Texas. mlbm Num`] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Pans Tax S ‘ · 1,,,,,,,;, bdlding Bm lates o£A·menca m Congress assembled, That the sum of $170 000, or
- n¤¤m•:. so muc thereof as ma be necessary, be, and the same is hereby,
authorized to be expended by the Secretary of the Treasury for the purpose of supplying the necessary building) for the Federal court, post office, an other Government offices at aris, Texas. Approved, March 4, 1917.
