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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 50 STAT. · August 16, 1937 · Public Law 296

Public Law 296.

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(/us/pl/75/295)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That BayouBayou Savage.Declared nonnavigable, in New Orleans, La. Savage, also styled Bayou Chantilly, in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, be, and the same is hereby, declared to be a nonnavigable waterway within the meaning of the Constitution and laws of the United States. Sec. 2. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is herebyAmendment. expressly reserved.
Approved, August 16, 1937. To authorize the Five Civilized Tribes, in suits heretofore filed under their original Jurisdictional Acts, to present claims to the United States Court of Claims by amended petitions to conform to the evidence; and to authorize said court to adjudicate such claims upon their merits as though filed within the time limitation fixed in said original Jurisdictional Acts. 1937-08-16 651 Chapter 50 Stat. 650 75 1 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2024-11-23 public 650 [CHAPTER 651] AN ACT To authorize the Five Civilized Tribes, in suits heretofore filed under their original Jurisdictional Acts, to present claims to the United States Court of Claims by amended petitions to conform to the evidence; and to authorize said court to adjudicate such claims upon their merits as though filed within the time limitation fixed in said original Jurisdictional Acts. August 16, 1937[[S. 1379](/us/bill/75/s/1379)][[Public, No. 296](/us/pl/75/296)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Five Civilized Tribes of Indians.Suits filed in Court of Claims under Jurisdictional Acts.[43 Stat. 27, 133, 139, 537](/us/stat/43/27/133/139/537); [44 Stat. 568](/us/stat/44/568); [45 Stat. 1229](/us/stat/45/1229).
That in suits heretofore filed in the United States Court of Claims by the Five Civilized Tribes under their respective Jurisdictional Acts (Cherokee Nation, Act approved March 19, 1924, 43 Stat. 27; Seminole Nation, Act approved May 20, 1924, 43 Stat. 133; Creek Nation, Act approved May 24, 1924, 43 Stat. 139; Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations, Act approved June 7, 1924, 43 Stat. 537; as amended by joint resolutions approved May 19, 1926; 44 Stat. 568; and February 19, 1929, 45 Amendment of petitions to conform to evidence, etc.Stat. 1229), plaintiffs therein shall have the right, prior to January 1, 1938, to amend their petitions to conform to any evidence heretofore filed in said suits, whether such amended petitions develop Jurisdiction conferred.original claims or present new claims based upon said evidence; and jurisdiction be, and is hereby, conferred upon said Court of Claims, notwithstanding the lapse of time or statutes of limitation, to hear, examine, adjudicate, and render judgment in any and all legal and equitable claims which may have been presented by said Indian Nations in any amended petitions heretofore filed, or which may be filed under the terms of this Act; and claims so presented shall be adjudicated by said court upon their merits as though presented by petition filed within the time limited by said respective original Reinstatement of certain dismissed claims.Jurisdictional Acts, as amended; and any case presenting claims which may have been dismissed upon the ground that new claims were set up by amended petition, after the expiration of the time limitation fixed in said original Jurisdictional Acts, as amended, shall be reinstated and retried by said court on their merits.
Approved, August 16, 1937. To provide time credits for substitutes in the motor-vehicle service. 1937-08-16 652 Chapter 50 Stat. 650 75 1 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-11-23 public [CHAPTER 652] AN ACT To provide time credits for substitutes in the motor-vehicle service. August 16, 1937[[H. R. 2021](/us/bill/75/hr/2021)][
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