Chapter 592. For the relief of Northrup and Chick, and also of Thomas N
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CHAP. 592.— An Act For the relief of Northrup and Chick, and also of Thomas N. Stinson. May 26, 1900. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Northrup & Chick and Thomas N. Stinson, examination, etc., of claims of, authorized. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is, authorized and directed to examine and adjudicate the claims of Northrup and Chick, and also of Thomas N. Stinson, late licensed Indian traders with the Pottawatomie Indians in Kansas, for supplies furnished said Indian band for their subsistence, and to determine whether anything is justly due said Northrup and Chick, and also Thomas N.
Stinson, and if so, the amount thereof, and whether there is any fund belonging to said Indians which can be applied to the payment of such claims; and if so determined, then to report and certify the amount found due to said Northrup and Chick, and also to Thomas N. Stinson, without interest, to be paid from the funds of said Indians to the Secretary of the Treasury, to be so paid by him; and the receipt by said Northrup and Chick, and also by Thomas N. Stinson, or their representatives, of any amount found due them shall operate as a waiver and relinquishment of any claim for interest.
Limit of award. It is further provided that the award by the Secretary of the Interior to Northrup and Chick shall not exceed the sum of three thousand five hundred and twenty-nine dollars and ninety-eight cents, and that to Thomas N. Stinson shall not exceed two thousand six hundred and ninety-four dollars and six cents. Approved, May 26, 1900.