The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1924-06-26

under contract, the members of
said general council to be elected
in conformity with the provisions
of the constitution and bylaws of
the General Council of tie Chip.
pewa Indians of Minnesota organ
lied in May, 1918, at an election
to be specially held under the
supervision of the Secretary of
the Interior; but said supervision
shall extend no further than to see
that every male adult member of
said tribe over eighteen years of
age is freely permitted to partici
pate in said election and that his
vote is properly recorded, and
that the votes cast in the general
council are properly recorded; and
said petition shall set forth all the
facts on which the claims for re-
covery are based, and shall be
signed by the attorney or attor
neys employed as herein author
lied, and no other veritication
shall be necessary. Letters, pa,
pers, documents, and public rec
ords, or certified copies thereof,
bearing upon the claims presented
may be used in evidence, and the
departments of the Government
shall give the attorney or attorneys
access to any such letters, papers,
documents, or public records, and
shall furnish certified copies there
of free of cost as may be found
necessary. The necessary expens
es incurred in the prosecution of
said suit or suits shall be paid as
they arise out of the funds of the
Indians standing to their credit in
the Treasury of the United States
upon first beirg allowed by said
court and certified to the Secretary
of the Treasury. -,-... ---. 49, ..
That if it be determined by the
Court of Claims, in the suit or
suits herein authorized, that the
United States Government has
appropriated or disposed of any
money or property belonging to
the Chippewa Indians in violation
of the terms and provisions of any
treaty or agreement, damages
therefor shall be confined to the
actual value of the property at the
time of such appropriation or dis
posal. together with interest there
on at 5 per cent per annum from
the date thereof, and the decree
of the court'with reference thereto
shall annul and cancel all claim,
right, and title of the said Chip
pewa Indians in and to such prop
erty, and settle all damages for
any wrongs or injuries, if any,
committed by the Government of
che United States with reference
thereto,
That upon the final determine
tion of such suit or suits the Court
of Claims shall fix and determine
such fees as it shall deem fair and
reasonable for the services rend
cred in the prosecution of such
suit or suits to be paid the attor
ney or attorneys employed therein
by said Indians, but in no event
shall the fee or fees decreed by
said Court of Claims for the pro
secution of any one separate claim
be in exsess of the following
If the amounts recovered for, or
saved to, said Indians be $500,0O0
or less, not exceeding 10 per
ceptum thereof; if in excess of
$780, 900 and does not exceed
81, ,OO0,O 900, 6 per centum thereof.
and 4 per centum on any amount
in excess of 81, 900, 900. The fees
decreed by the court to the attor-
ney or attorneys of record shall be
paid out of any moneys standing
to the credit of said Indians in the
Treasury of the United States
upon certification of the fiuding of
said court to the Secretary of the
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