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SIXTY-EIGHTH oonennss, sm. II. ons. 457-459. 1925. 1133 applicants, at a fair ap raisement, timber, cordwood, and other forest products not exceeding $500 in appraised value. Sec. 4. That the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized ¤¤i,iit$§,istt°§?°°’ °t°" t° to furnish subsistence to employees of the Forest Service, to urchase personal equipment and supplies for them, and to make deductions therefor from moneys appropriated for salary payments or otherwise due such employees. · Sec. 5. That where no suitable Government land is available for quléiiigfgimégitrhiidtc national forest headquarters or ranger stations, the Secretary of “°“S"'“"’°"°“*""· Agriculture is hereby authorized to purchase such lands out of any funds appropriated for building improvements on the national forests, ut not more than $2,500 shall be so expended in any one year; and to accept donations of land for any national forest purpose. _ _ _Sec. 6. That the Secretary of Agriculture is hereb authorized, in tttii°$r°”tm;iitt;:ti;i°tiE his discretion, to provide out of moneys appropriatedy for the general mm ““'“"°"’· expenses of the Forest Service medical attention for employees of the Forest Service located at isolated situations, including the moving of such employees to hospitals or other places where medical assistance is available, and in case of death to remove the bodies of deceased employees to the nearest place where they can be prepared · for shipment or for burial. Approved, March 3, 1925. March 3, 1925. CHAP. 458.-An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to lease certain lands. [Pub1ic,No. sm.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Pubucmds U nited States of America in Gongress assembled, That the Secretary iam permitted str of the Interior, upon such terms and under such regulations as he gg? ,,§§‘§,?§§* ,§"§§; may deem proper, may permit responsible persons or associations to ;j1¤{,u:g;*;=g;· ¤°<=·· °¤ use and occupy, for the erection of bath houses, hotels, or other ` improvements for the accommodation of the public, suitable spaces or tracts of land near or adjacent to minera, medicinal, or other springs which are located upon unreserved public lands or public lands which have been withdrawn for the protection of such springs: mm., Provided, That permits or leases hereunder shall be for periods not "°”” °"°”°9~ exceeding twenty years. Approved, March 3, 1925. March 3, 1025. CHAP. 459.-An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear, examine, adjudicate, and enter judgment in any and all claims, of whatever U’¤b“°» N°· 577·l nature, which the Kansas or Kaw Tribe of Indians may have or claim to have, against the United States, and for other purposes. Be it enacted b the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Zlmeriea in Congress assembled, That jurisdiction °' K'“'_I"‘ be, and is hereb , conferred upon the Court of Claims, n0twithstand— Ug§;*_;°gmgg ,°¤g:*;f ing the lapse ofy time or statutes of limitation, to hear, examine, and iéxgigswd by com or adjudicate and render judgment in any and all legal and eziutable ' claims which said Kansas or Kaw Tribe of Indians may ave_ or claim to have against the United States, growing out of or arising under any treaty or agreement between the United States and the Kansas or Kaw Tribe of Indians, or arising under or growing out of any Act of Congress in relation to Indian affairs, which claims have not heretofore been determined and adjudicated on their merits by the Court of Claims or the Supreme Court of the United States: