Chapter 297. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to pay John T
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CHAP. 297.— An Act To enable the Secretary of the Interior to pay John T. Heard for professional services rendered the “Old Settlers” or Western Cherokee Indians out of the funds of said Indians.August 15, 1894. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,John T. Heard. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to John 1010FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 297, 298, 303. 1894.
T. Heard, for professional services rendered, out of any moneys appropriated or to be appropriatedPayment to, for professional services, “Old Settlers” Cherokee Indiana. by Congress for the “Old Settlers” or Western Cherokee Indians, by reason of a judgment rendered Juno sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, by the Court of Claims, in favor of the “Old Settlers” or Western Cherokee Indians, in case numbered sixteen thousand five hundred and ninety-nine, for certain moneys and lands due, arising from or growing out of certain treaty *Ante*, p. 451.stipulations or Acts of Congress, amounting to eight hundred thousand three hundred and eighty six dollars and thirty-one cents, in compliance with the mandate of the Supreme Court of the United States, the sum of ten thousand dollars, or such part thereof, if any, as shall remain of the thirty-five per centum set apart by resolution in various councils of said “Old Settlers” or Western Cherokee Indians, for the expense of the prosecution of said claim, after the ascertainment and determination of the amount of such fees and charges and other claims as are *Proviso*.Examination.properly chargeable against said thirty-five per centum: *Provided*, That the Secretary of the Interior shall first determine that the said professional services were rendered to said “Old Settlers” or Western Cherokee Indians, and were contracted for in good faith by persons authorized to represent said Indians.
Approved, August 15, 1894.