The Tomahawk., 1921-08-25

OAVCS SOACOVOA ~ VnO S'tAPPS"ssSA -
dams residing on, or belonging to,
each Of the seperate reservations
or coded reservations on the basic
of one representative for each 100
population or major fraction there.
Of; and, &. p: ;. t.s>': y. y .:sz: <.
WHEREAS, Pursuant to the
constitution and bylaws OF said
General Council then adopted, res-
ular annual elections of delegates
have since occurred and regular
annual General Councils, composed
of said delegates so elected, have
since been held; and, = - -, T. rs
WHEREAS, The Department Of
the Interior and the Congress Of
the United States have continuous
~ recognized said General Council
as the representative body of the
Chippewa Indians of Minnesota;
and, @ass .-..@. i. L.. .. :>.. i d.
WHEREAS, Said General Coun-I
Gil discovered shortly after It's
organization that the services Of
an attorney were Indispensable to
the accomplishment of the pur--
poses for which it was organized:
and, ...., *r-= ~. *.S.' I &
WHEREAS, It sought, apd OBJ
tanned the. services of Webster
Ballinger, attorney at law, Of
Washington, D. c., and, IN
! WHEREAS, Said attorney, as
the result of diligent and 1unt,ring
effort has acquired an intimate,
knowledge of the intricate and
complex condition of the Chippe..
wa estate and the rights Of the.
Chippewa Indians Of Minnesota
under and by virtue of their treaties
and agreements with. the United,
States, and has for the first TINT,
since 1889 enabled said 1ndisas..
through their General Council Hto,
make kno~n.tu the depar sIBentsUf
the U nited States Government and
the Committees of Congress of the
United States the specific errors
committed in the administration of
said estate to the great loss OF said
Indians, and their claims for vio'
Flations of the agreements under
which their property is being ad-
ministered; and, .x S..
WHEREAS, The continued ser.
vices of said attorney in the ad-
justment and settlement of said
estate are indispensable to the
proper projection of the property
rights Of said Indians; now, there
fore, Il b. ......=s ~. i
BEITRESOLNED by the Chip
pewa Indians Of Minnesota in Cen
eral Council Assembled, That the
President Of said General Council,
for and in the name of the Chip
pewa Indians Of Minnesota, be, and
he hereby is, authorized and direct.
ed to enter into q contract with the
said Webster Ballinger for bis
continued employment as attorney
for the Chippewa Indians of Mime
sofa, to appear and represent them
in all matters affecting their tribal
property interests existing or aris-
ing during the next two years be,
fore the Departments of the United
States Government, and particular
~ the Department of the Interior
and the Bureaus thereof, before
the Congress of the United States,
and particularly the Committees
thereof having jurisdiction of any
legislation touching the property
of said Indians, and before any
court, State or Federal, in which
the property rights Of said Indians
are affected by any proceeding
instituted or which may hereafter
be instituted, except the prosscu-
ton Of any claim or claims Of the
tribe against the United States or
the State Of Minnesota that may
hereafter be authorized by Act OF
Congress, the compensation to be
paid the said attorney to be q. the 4
| rate of six thousand dollars per
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