Chapter 377.
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CHAP. 377.— Joint Resolution Authorizing the distribution of the judgment rendered by the Court of Claims to the Indians of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, North Dakota. March 2, 1931.[[S. J. Res. 226](/us/bill/71/sjres/226).][[Pub. Res., No. 125](/us/bill/71/pubres/125).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, N. Dak.Pro rata distribution of funds to Indians of, authorized.of the Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to withdraw from the Treasury of the United States funds on deposit arising from the final judgment rendered by the Court of Claims in Docket Numbered B–449, entitled “The Indians of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in the State of North Dakota, comprising the tribes known as the Arickarees, the Gros Ventres, and the Mandans, and the individual members thereof, versus the United States,” and cause the total sum (less fees and expenses as fixed by the CourtFees and expenses deducted. of Claims, which shall first be deducted and paid from the amount recovered) to be paid in pro rata shares to all members of the Arick aree, Gros Ventres, and Mandan Tribes of Indians who were alive and entitled to enrollment with such Indians on the date of said final judgment: *Provided*, That the said Secretary, under such rules *Provisos.*Payments in cash to competents.and regulations as he may prescribe, shall cause to be paid, in cash, all shares due or belonging to competent Indians; and the shares Remainder deposited.of all other Indians, including minors, shall be deposited as individual Indian money in banks bonded and designated as depositaries for individual Indian moneys to remain subject to disbursement for the benefit of the Indians entitled thereto as are other individual Indian moneys under existing laws: *Provided further*, That the Distribution in installments.distribution herein authorized shall be made in two or more installments, in the discretion of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, the first of which shall not exceed $200.
Approved, March 2, 1931.