Volume 49
Public Law 74–239
To authorize an appropriation to carry out the provisions of the Act of May 3, 1928 (45 Stat. L. 484).
Approved June 14, 1935
Statutory text
AN ACT
To authorize an appropriation to carry out the provisions of the Act of May 3, 1928 (45 Stat. L. 484).
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That an appropriation. is hereby authorized in the sum of $79,002.19 to pay various Sioux Indians enrolled at the different agencies the amounts which have been awarded to them by the Secretary of the Interior under
Vol. 45, p. 484; Vol. 47, p. 818.
Proviso.
Attorney’s fees.
the Act of May 3, 1928 (45 Stat. L. 484), on account of allotments of land to which they were entitled but did not receive: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to determine what attorney or attorneys have rendered services of value in behalf of said Indians and to pay such attorney or attorneys on such findings when appropriation is available the reasonable value
Limitation.
of such services, not to exceed 10 per centum of the recovery on each individual claim, which payment shall be in full settlement for all services rendered by such attorney or attorneys to said claimants in said claims.
Approved, June 14, 1935.