Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 43 Part 1.djvu/849

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818 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS, Sess. II. Cris. 164, 165. 1925. Y•l>*¤*'Y°·*”5- . 184.—An Act To rovide for the ent of certain claims &88i¤8t W6 -1T-— LH‘ 5;:%;] Ch a Indians of Minnesldta. paym Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of Mfl¥¤v¤W¤ i¤¤i¤¤¤· the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the reyinenneemeaer Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is,_author1zed to pay w°,,I’f§,2"““ °‘·'°‘ out of any money in the Treasury of the United States to the V¤¤·¤5·v·¤¤°· credit of the Chi pewa Indians of the State of Minnesota, proceeds of the Bnali gudgment obtained in the Court of Claims

E§-linst the United tates in case numbered 30447 entitled “The

` e Lac Band of Chippewa. Indians in the State of Minnesota against the United States,” the following sums: To Wah-we-yew cumig and Ain·dus-o-goshi , Mille Lac chiefs, $5,000 each; to Me-ge-zee a Mille Lac chief, $500; to the heirs of Go—gee, a Mille Lac chief, $500; to. the heirs of Nay-gwa-nay·be—ke-wain-zee, a @L{°*¤“ *° "‘“ '°‘ Mille Lac chief, $500; upon the execution by each, or their legal ` representative, of a receépt in full for all claims and demands against the Chippewa In ians of Minnesota, or any band thereof, for services ren ered and money expended in connection with the preparation or prosecution of the said case. Approved, February 9. 1925. FlbIil“itr?5%be1??5° CHAP. 165.—An Act To authorize the incorporated town of Sitka, Alaska,

 to issue bonds in any sum not exceeding $25,000 for the purpose of constructing

a public school building in the town of Sitka, Alaska. sm¤,.u.¤. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the w,§‘0g,Yb*gf,*;,•,¤&”¤““* United States of America in Congress assembkd, That theincorporated town of Sitka, Alaska, is hereby authorized and empowered to issue bonds in any sum not exceeding $25,000 for the purpose of S . damn to constructinrgha public school building in the town of Sitka, Alaska. smgiiciii. Sec. 2. at before said bonds shall be issued a special election shall be ordered by the common council of the town of Sitka, at which election the question of whether such bonds shall be issued shall be submitted to the qualified electors of said town of Sitka whose names appear on the last assessment roll of said town for municipal taxation. Thirty days’ notice of such election shall be `ven by publication thereof in a newspaper printed and publishegl and of gpneral circulation in said town be ore the day fixed for such e ection. ¤¤¤d¤¤¢ or ¤1•c¤¤¤. Sec. 3. That the registration for such election, the manner of conducting the same, and the canvass of the returns of said election shall be, as near as practicable, in accordance with the requirements of law in neral or special elections in said municipality, and said bonds shallebe issued only upon condition that 60 per centum of the voi§sbgas§S‘at such election in said town shall be in favor of issuing sai n ¤¤¢¤¤¤¢ ¤¤¤· ¤¤1¤· Sec. 4. That the bonds above ecified when authorize °°°' issued as hereinbefore provided, sligll bear interest at a rage ig bg fixed by the common council of Sitka, not to exceed 6 per centum per_ annum, payable semiannually, and shall not be sold for less than their par va ue, Wlth accrued interest, and shall be in denominations not exceeding $1,000 each, the principal to be due in twenty years emu. from date thereof: Provided, however, That the common council of ”""°“‘*’“°°· the said town of Sitka may reserve the right to pay off such bonds in their numerical order at the rate of $2,000 thereof 1- annum pjgggggugé r¤*¤¤<=¤· from and after the expiration of five years from their (iris. Prin- ' cipal and interest shall be ayable in lawful money of the United States of America at the oilipce of the town treasurer or at such bank