Chapter 432. to reimburse the Creek orphan fund
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CHAP. 432.— An Act to reimburse the Creek orphan fund.August 7, 1882. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Creek orphan fund; appropriation to reimburse. That the sum of two hundred and forty-seven thousand five hundred and fifty-five dollars and ninety-seven cents, with five per centum interest on one hundred and seventy-six thousand seven hundred and fifty-five dollars and ninety-seven cents from April sixth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, be, and the same 302 FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 432, 433. 1882. are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of reimbursing the Creek orphan fund, which sum has been diverted from the said fund, and is due to 7 Stat., 368.*Proviso.*the Creek orphans and their heirs under the treaty of March twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and thirty-two: *Provided*, That said sum shall, in the discretion of the President, be paid to the Creeks who were orphans on the twenty-fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, and their heirs under the direction of the Secretary of the *Proviso.*Secretary of Interior to ascertain and pay the actual beneficiaries.Interior: *Provided further*, That it shall be the duty of the Secretory of the Interior to ascertain who are entitled under the aforesaid treaty of March twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and thirty-two and the provisions of this act, to receive the money hereby appropriated; and it shall be his duty to see that said moneys shall be paid to the actual beneficiaries under said law, the President of United States may authorize deposit of moneys in Treasury, and pay interest. etc., only.Bonds purchased, etc., to be the property of United States.orphans and their heirs, to the exclusion of all claims by attorneys for fees, except such reasonable attorneys’ fees as shall be approved by the Secretary of the Interior after the passage of this act, unless in the judgment of the President it shall be for the best interest of the said orphans or their heirs that the same in whole, or in part, be deposited in the Treasury to their credit as now provided by law for Indian trust-funds, and the interest thereon only to be paid to the actual beneficiaries under this act: *Provided further, *That all bonds heretofore purchased with moneys belonging to this fund shall be the property of the United States: *Provided further*, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and instructed to Moneys due the United States, retained, etc.charge the sum of sixty-nine thousand nine hundred and fifty-six dollars and sixty-eight cents, used for general purposes of the Creek Nation, against the general fund of said nation, and said sum shall be retained b.y the Secretary of the Interior in such installments as shall not seriously embarrass the object of the annual appropriations for the support and necessities of the Creek Nation; but nothing in this act contained shall be construed to prevent the United States from asserting its right to be reimbursed by the Creek Nation in any future settlements therewith the further sum of one hundred and six thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine dollars and sixty-eight cents, expended by the United States out of the Creek orphans fund for the support of loyal Creek refugees.
Approved, August 7, 1882.