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SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 203-205. 1920. 625 be taken from any money in the Treasury of the United States belonging to such Indians or bands of Indians in whose behalf the suit is brought unless specifically authorized in the contract approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior Promo as herein provided: Promkled, That in no case shall the fees decreed Mmmtmae. by said court amount to more than 10 per centum of the amount of the judgment recovered in such cause. Approved, May 26, 1920. CHAP. 204.-A.n Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act appropuriations |1I??R?6lig22g;l for the current and contingent ex nses of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, or liillm [Pl-¤b¤¤» N0~ 22*4 treaty stipulations with various Iliiedian tribes, and for other purposes, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914," approved June 30, 1913. Be it enacted by the Senate and House (gf Re esentatives of the United F,,.,C,,.,,,,,,d 1;,,,,,,,, States of America in Congress assemble , '1`lizit the Secretary of the Oljgbmce 0, mm Interior is hereby authorized to pay out of an funds of the Creek, improvements, en., m Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, an Seminole Uations on deposit in f,§{w“°‘°°S* "°""“”d“ the Treasury of the United States, the proportionate cost 0 street aving, construction of sidewalks and sewers abutting on unsold lbts belonging to any of said tribes and as may be groperly charge- 8d§;:g•* °°¤S"“°”°¤ able ainst said town lots, said payments to be ma e upon S'\1bII11S•- v¤1.is,p.ec,sm¤m1ea sion dg proof to said Secretary of the Interior showing the entire cost of the said street paving sidewalk, and sewer construction and that said improvement was authorized and undertaken in accord- Prom, ance with law: Provided, at the Secretary of the Interior shall be comamim. satisfied that the charges made are reasonable and that the lots belonging to the above—mentioned tribes against which the charges were made have been enhanced in value by said improvements to not less than the amount of said charges. Approved, May 26, 1920. CHAP. 205.-An Act To convey to the Big Rock Stone and Construction Company a portion of the military reservation of Fort Logan H. Roots, in the State of Arkansas. lP¤** *°· °· W-! Be it enacted by the Senate and House o Re esentatives o the United H_ States (pj America in Ocmgress a.s·sembled{Th1•i’t the Secretiiry of War R5? Arif: 0, be, an he is hereby, authorized and directed, upon the payment by regis? it iii; °ii0ex the Big Rock Stone and Construction Company, a co oration ex- §§§{‘§’,,,,§}',,‘l,,,§?f’“""“°‘ isting under the laws of the State of Arkansas, of sud? sum as he may determine to be the reasonable value of the premises (but not less than $150 per acre), to convey to the said company the followingdescribed portion of the militaig reservation of Fort Logan H. Roots, near the city of Little Rock, tate of Arkansas, to wit: _ Be ' at the southeast corner of a two-acre tract purchased D"“""“°“‘ from the United States by the Big Rock Stone and Construction Company, approved by Act of Congress August 14, 1912; thence north one degree eighteen minutes east four hundred and thirty-seven feet to the southeast corner of an eighteen and sevent -five onehundredths acre tract purchased from the United States by the Big Rock Stone and Construction Company, approved by Act of Congress August 14, 1912; thence south fifty-four degrees thirt minutes west along boundary line two hundred and fifty feet to the southwest corner of said eighteen and seventy-five one-hundredths acre tract, this point being also the northeast corner of the two-acre tract above mentioned; thence south thirty-three degrees thirty-four minutes east three hundred and fifty feet along boundary of said twoacre tract to pomt of beginning, same being a triangular parcel of