The Tomahawk., 1925-02-12
accordance with existing law.

each receive, durinatheir employ
ment, compensation at the rate Of
$4,000 per annum, payable 9 in
monthly installments as the same
become due, and the Secretary S0f
the Treasury is hereby authorized
and directed to pay said amounts
or installments out of the trust
funds standing to the credit Of
said Indians in the Treasury Of the
United States, and upon the final
determination of said suit the
Court of Claims may separately
allow said attorneys, or firms OF
attorneys, such additional com
pensation as it may deem just and
proper considering the nature,
extent, character, and value of al
services rendered; but in no event
shall said additional allowance for
the two attorneys or firms of at
torneys, including the salaries paid
said attorneys or firms of attor.
neys, be in excess of per centurn
OF the total amount recovered; {;
Provided, That any additional
compensation allowed by said
court shall be paid by the Secre-
tary Of the Treasury as herein
authorized from the trust funds of
said Indians standing to their
credit in the Treasury of the
United States.
Sec. Z. All actual and .neces.
sary expenses incurred in the
prosecution of said suit by the
attorney or attorneys 80 employed
to represent the Chippewa Indians
of Minnesota shall be paid by the
Secretary of the Treasury as herein
authorized as they arise out of the
funds standing to- the credit OF
said Indians in the Treasury of
the United States upon first being
allowed by said court and certified
to the Secretary of the Interior.
Sec. 8. Should either of the
Indian committees referred to in
section 5 hereof be unable or un-
willing within six months from
the approval of this Act to desig-
nate an attorney or firm of attor-
news, the Commissioner of Indian
Affairs and the Secretary of the
Interior, on behalf of the Indians.
are hereby authorized and directed
to execute a contract with such
attorney or firm of attorneys under
such terms aud conditions as they
may deem advisable.
Sec. 9. The proceeds of all
amounts, if any, recovered for
said indians shall be deposited in
the Treasury of the United States
to the credit of the Indians deceeed
by said court to be entitled thereto,
and shall draw interest at the rate
of 5 per centum per annum from
the date ST the judgment or &c
cree. The costs incurred in any
suit hereunder shall be taxed
against the losing party; if against
the United States such costs shall
be included 10 the amount of the
judgment or decree, and If against
said Indians shall be paid by the
Secretary of the Interior out of
the funds standing to their credit
in che Treasury of the United
States.
Amend the title so as to read:
"An Act authorizing the Chippe-
wa Indians of Minnesota to sub
NIT claims to the Court of Claims. !"
Passed the House of Repre-
sentatives, January 81, 1925.
Attest: VIM. Teller Page,
Clerk.
NOTE-A telegram received
last Friday from Washington, D.
c., STATED that Commissioner
Burke had appeared before the
House Indian Committee when that
body were considering the above
bill and asked to have the word
''violate'' stricken out and the
word ''unlawfully" substituted
therefore. This would make the
bill practically the same as the
Departments draft and of little
guod'to the Indians. Steps were
Immediately taken to urge the
Senate Committee on Indian
Affairs when the bill goes back to
that committee to strike out the
amendment asked by Burke in the