22 SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 4. 1919. paid to the Secretary of the Interior on Julyl 2, 1906, be by him credited to the principal of the Cherokee sc 001 fund, interest at 5 _ per centum per annum from July 2, 1906, to and mcluding May 26 °"‘°l°“"““"‘L 1910; on the amount of the fund which arose from item 4 of said jud ent, as such amount was determined and paid to the Secretary of this Interior on July 2 1906, to be by him credited to the principal of the Cherokee national fund, interest at 5 per centum per annum from July 2, 1906, to and including May 26, 1910; on the original principal sum of item 4 of said judgment, interest at 5 tptpr centum per annum from July 1, 1893, to July 1, 1903, and on e amount of the interest thus accruiniiinterest at 4 per centum per annum fmm December 29, 1905, to ay 14, 1906; and on the aggregate of the sums of the interest for the last two periods hereina ove mentioned, interest at 5 per centum per annum from July 2, 1906, to the date of the passage of this Act; and the sum of $27,500, or so much thereof as may be necess , to pay the interest above allowed, _ is hereby appro riated and aiiigorized to be paid to the _Cherokee igigiistepeymaii Nation: Prmnideg, That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby
- °°¢°¤‘· authorized and directed to pay the amount arising from item 4 of
said judgment, with interest thereon as hereinabove provided for, to the agent apfpointed by the Cherokee Nation acting through its principal chie to receive the same, said payment to be made immediatel upon the approval of this Act. _ m°$§[”°”"° °m°k` That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized ,rfg’,,‘.{°b¥;§*?,mP§SY‘;,f”* to ay to the enrolled members of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Tribes of Indians of Oklahoma entitled under existing law to share in the funds of said trib or to their lawful heirs out of any moneys belonging to said in the United States·Treasury, or deposited in any bank or held by any official under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior, not to exceed $200 per capita, said pay- ment to be made imder such rules and regillations as the Secretag §$"’,;,dmdL,,,S_ of the Interior may prescribe: Provided, at in cases where suc enrolled members, or their heirs, are Indians who by reason of their degree of Indian blood belong to the restricted class, the Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion withhold such payments and Exempt com prior use the same for the benefit of such restricted Indians: Provided d°b°s’°°°‘ further, That the mongyl paid to the enrolled members or their heirs, as provided herein, sh e exempt from any lien for attorneys’ fees or other debt contracted prior to the passage of this Act except that {¥*=¤¥’YsY;· BMV- the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, within thirty days _nw e ga uon ol . . . . cum, em. after the passage of this Act, to investigate the claim not to exceed $200 growing out of a contract between John Calvin Gra as an enrolled member of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations and Henry W. Blair as attorney, and in case such claim is found to be valid and the contract approved in accordance with existing law, the said Secretary may, in his discretion, apply any amount that may be found due under this paragraph, or from any funds standiu to the V credit of said John Calvin Gray as an enrolled member of the Choctaw mgn'i§_ l° "“’°Y """ Nation to the payment of such fee, but the amounts due hereunder to other enrolled members of the Choctaw and Chicaksaw Nations shall not be held in abeyance to this claim, but shall be paid promptly Distribution cx- without reference thereto: Promkled furtiwr, That the Secretary of p°‘““‘ the Interior is hereby authorized to use not to exceed $8,000 out of the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribal funds for the expenses and the compensation of all necessary employees for the distribution of the said per capita payments. F’°b’***> °’¤€°’°5· For salaries and expenses of such attorneys and other employees as the Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion deem necessary in probate matters affecting restricted allottees or their heirs in the Five Civilized Tribes and in the several tribes of the Quapaw Agency,
