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1204 SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sm. III. CHs.110,111. 1921. Pribilof Islands, and all islands along and off the coast of this division, between Cape Newenham and the point where the one hundred and fort,y-first meridian, west longitude, intersects the northern line of the territo . Bm¤*¤¤ N°·*· "Divisi0Ig numbered four shall consist of that part of the district of Alaska lyinv east; of the second division and north of the third division, and :51 islands along the north coast of said division, east of the one hundred and forty-eight};1 meridian of west longitude, also Nelson Island and all islands in Kuskokwim Bay. }r,$n"[,}§,f"°°“'°‘ "()ne encra,1 term of court shall be held each car at Juneau, and _ such adgitional terms at other (glances in the fist division as the >‘°“‘°‘ Attorney General may direct. ne eneral term of court shall be held each year at Nome, and such agditional terms at other places in the second division as the Attorney General may direct. One V°ld°”‘ general term of court shall be held each year at Valdez, and such _ additional terms at other places in the third division as the Attornc F““b°“k“‘ General may direct. One general term of court shall be held eacg year at Fairbanks, and suc additional terms at other laces in the fourth division as the Attorney General ma direct. giach of the Spml *°'“"‘ judges is authorized and directed to hold suc}; special terms of court as may be necessary for the public welfare or for the dispatch of the business of the court at smgn times and places in their respective districts as an of them, respectively, may deem expedient, or as m’°’*"`°‘“"·°""· the Attorney (general may direct; and each shall have authority to employ interpreters and to make allowances for the necessary expenses of Ins court and to employ an ofHcia.1 court stenographer at N°“°° °“°"““· such compensation as shall be fixed by the Attorney General. At, least thirty days' notice shall be given b the judge, or the clerk, of the time and place of holding the severely terms of the court/’ Approved, March 2, 1921. “‘E§¥`§i}3°$}1 mu?. 111.—;\n Act Amending an Act m provide my drainage or Indian allot-

 ments of ghe Five Civilized Tribes, approved Much 27, 1914 (Thirty-eighth Statutes,

310, Public, Numbered 77). _ _ Be it emzcted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United O,§§f°C**'"“°*’ T"*’°’· States of America in- Congress assembled, That Public Act Numbered dV¤¤.3s,p.¤w,¤¤¤¤¤<r 77 (Thqty-eighth Statutes 310), apiiroved March 27, 1914, an Act ° ‘ t0_g1·0v1de for yiraznage of, Indian a otments of the Five Civilizod Dmm e aww Tn cs, be and IS here y a.mended sto as to read as follows: _ mm ,,,,5mt mus of "Th&t whenever a dra1nage district is 0 nized in an countly un

  • ggg*g°;bgf§g¤gg_P°“ the Five Cxvilized Tribes of the State of éixiahoma, undyer the uWS

of that State, for the purpose of drain' <>· the lands within such district, the Secretary of the Interior is avgzixcrized, in his discretion, to pay from the funds or moneiys arising from any source under his control 01- under the control 0 the United States, and which would be prorated to such allottce, the assessment for drainage purposes against any Indian aLl0ttee or upon the lands of any allottee who is not subject to taxzmon, or wyhosa lands are exempt from taxation or from assessment for taxatmn under the treaties or a eements with the tribes to which such allottee rnay belong, or uni-arr any Act of Conch¥;;e§¤¤S¤¤¤*¤b¤ gy-ess; and such amount so pmd out shall be charged against such ` aH0ttee`s pro rata share of any funds to his credit under the control ggijgge of my of the Secretary of the Interwr: Provided, That; the Secretary of the mm. Imenor, before paying out euch funds, shall designate some person with 2. knowledge of the subject of drain e, to review the schedules of assessment against each tracy of land antzlgtc review the land assessed to ascertain whether such Indian aliottee, or his lands not subject to taxation, have been assessed mere than their pro rata shura as c0¤;· pared with other lands located m said distriét similarly situated and

  • '¤¤¤*· deriving like benefits. And nf Such Indian lands have been assessed