Chapter 126. For the relief of the Mille Lac band of Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 126.— An Act For the relief of the Mille Lac band of Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota, and for other purposes. February 15, 1909.[[S. 5330](/us/bill/70/s/5330).][[Public, No. 226.](/us/pl/70/226)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United*Mille Lac Indian Reservation, Minn.Claims of Indians for losses on opening of. referred to Court of Claims. *States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Court of Claims be, and it is hereby, given jurisdiction to hear and determine a suit or suits to be brought by and on behalf of the Mille Lac band of Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota against the United States on account of losses sustained by them or the Chippewas of Minnesota by reason of the opening of the Mille Lac Reservation in the State of Minnesota, embracing about sixty-one thousand acres of land, to public settlement under the general land laws of the United States; and from any final judgment or decree of the Court of Claims either party shall have the right to appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States, and theAppeal. said cause shall be advanced on the docket of the Court of Claims and of the Supreme Court of the United States if the same shall be appealed: *Provided*, That upon the final determination of such suit or*Provito.*Attorneys fees. suits the Court of Claims shall have jurisdiction to decree the fees to be paid to the attorney or attorneys employed by the said Mille Lac band of Indians, and the same shall be paid out of any sum or sums found due said band or to the Chippewa Indians of Minnesota.
Approved, February 15, 1909.