The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-04-14

| TINS agreement, Wnen bney CEASE W ps
used for the purpose for which they
have been set apart, shall, If that
occur prior Co the completion of the
allotment oflands, or to the dissolu-
tlon Of the tribal government, ,reverttc tc
the tribe, and be sold under direction
Of the secretary OF the interior AND
the proceeds paid into the United
States Treasury and become part OF
the general fund Of the tribe; but II
said lands revert after allotment has
been completed, and after dissolution
OF the tribal government the same
may be In like manner sold, and the
proceeds thereof used by the United
States for the support of the insane
asylum herein provided for; Provided,
That the lots Of land upon which the
church houses and school houses out
side of towns are located, with the
improvements thereon, when they
cease to be used for the purposes for
which they are herein reserved, shall
60 to the allottees taking the forty
acre:tracts from which said reserva-
tlons we're taken.
IS. Jurisdiction is hereby conferred
upon the Court Of Claims to & tmine,
consider and adjudicate, with right
OF appeal to the Supreme Court OF the
United States by any party in litter
est feeling aggrieved at the decision
of the Court of Claims, any claim
which the Cherokee tribe, or any band
or member thereof, may have against
the United States, upon which suit
shall be instituted within two years
after the ratification of this agree
ment and also to examine, consider
and adjudicate any claim which the
United States may have against said
tribe, or any band or member thereof
The institution, prosecution or de-
fense, as the case may be, on the part
of the tribe, or any band or member
thereof, Of any such suit, shall he
through attorneys employed and to be
compensated in the manner prescribed
in sections twenty-one hundred and
three to twenty-one hundred and six,
both Inclusive, of the Revised Stat
utes of the United States, the tribe
acting through its principal chief in
the employment Of such attorneys,
aud bandacting Though u commit
tee recognized by the secretary of The
The Court of Claims shall
have full authority by proper orders
and process 10 make parties to aly
such suit all persons whose presence
10 the litigation may be deemed nee
essary or proper to the final determi-
nation Of the matter in controversy |
ind any such suit shall, on motion of
either party. be advanced On the /
lucket of either of said courts and |
determined at the earliest practical
Die time.
S6. There shall be paid out of the
.eneral fund of said tribe to John K.
Hemphill, Of Washington, d. O., and
q William L. Hutchings, Of Musko-
rec, l. T., in accordance with their
contract heretofore entered into with
J. Fl. Mayes, then principal chief OF
aid tribe, for legal services, in de-
ending the suit instituted by. the
Delaware Indians against the CherO
zee nation, in the court of claims,
md now pending therein, under pro-
'lsions of an act of congress, approved
une IS, 1898, entitled IAN act for
he projection of the people Of the
indian Territory and for other pur-
,oses," 1900. There shall also be I
aid out of said fund TO said William
l. Hutchiugs all court costs and costs
t printing records and briefs, not eX
eeding five hundred dollars, upon
roper vouchers produced by him
heref0r. There shall also be paid to
i'm his necessary travelling and in
idental expenses in connection with
aid suit, upon his producing duly
ertified itemized statement thereof,
OF to exceed three hundred dollars;
'rovided, however, lanything in the
ontract above referred 30 to the ec0u-
rary), That the secretary Of the in
erior shall have authority to deter t
line whether the services rendered S
y said Hemphill and Hutchings, re- [
Dectiyely, have been performed faith S
lily in said suit, and shall also de- v
srmine the value Of such services, not 4
} exceed the sum above stated, and 5
o payment for such services or any C
art thereof shall be made without a
le approval Of the said secretary. &
1t is furtherprovided, That If SAID [
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