Chapter 942. Referring the claim of S
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CHAP. 942.— An Act Referring the claim of S. W. Peel for legal services rendered the Choctaw Nation of Indians to the Court of Claims for adjudication. February 18, 1907.[[H. R. 19930](/us/bill/34/hr/19930).][[Private, No. 849](/us/pvt/34/849).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the claim of S. W. Peel,S. W. PeelClaim for legal services to Choctaw Nation referred to Court of Claims. of Bentonville, Arkansas, for legal services rendered and expenditures had for the Choctaw Nation of Indians, of the Indian Territory, in an action in said Court of Claims wherein Yvon Pike and Lillian Pike, and Yvon Pike as the administrator of the estate of Luther S.
Pike, deceased, were plaintiffs, and said nation was defendant, be, and the same is hereby, referred to the Court of Claims with full jurisdiction, equitable and legal, to render judgment or decree therein as to the very right of the matter; and in case the said court finds any sumPayment. or amount due the claimant for his services and disbursements as aforesaid, it shall thereupon direct the same to be paid with interest from the funds of said nation now in the Treasury of the United States, and a transcript of such decree or judgment shall be authority for the Secretary of the Interior to make the payment therewith, and to make the proper charge against the funds of said nation; and sufficient of the funds of said nation shall be retained in the Treasury of the United States to meet any judgment or decree for payment to said S.
W. Peel that may finally be rendered. The suit herein providedTitle of suit. for shall be entitled S. W. Peel versus The Choctaw Nation and the United States; the petition and other proceedings therein shall be in accordance with the ordinary rules and requirements of said court, with the right of appeal to the Supreme Court by either party: *Provided,* *Provisos.*Limit.That no suit shall be brought under the provisions of this Act after six months from the date of the passage thereof: *And provided further,* That such suit shall be advanced and promptly tried in anyPrompt trial. court where it may be pending.
Approved, February 18, 1907.