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18 Vol . 43, p. 636. Distribution. Provisos . Purchase of land and water rights . Distribution ofre. maind er . Kiowas, etc ., Okla. Payment of att or- neys from oil royalties trust fund of. Vol . 44, p. 740. C oncur rent Res olu- tions, p. 1 . Shawnees, etc., Okla. Pa yment to, u nder t reaty pro visio ns . Post, p. 1550. Vol .15,p . 513. Provisos . Amou nt for atto r- neys . Re linquishm ent required of all claims. Papago Reservation, Ariz . Improvement of road within , from Tuc son to Ajo. Vol . 44, p. 762. Coolidge Da m, Gila River, Ariz . Constru ction of, un - der San Carlos project . Vol. 43, p. 475 . Provisos. South ern Pacifi c Railway Company . Payment to, for re- locating railroad . Property damages . SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SEss. I. CH. 5. 1927 . with the findings of the Pueblo Lands Board created by section 2 of the Act approved June 7, 1924 (Forty-third Statutes at Large, page 636), $29,801 .20, of which sum $500 shall be credited on the books of the Treasury Department to the Indians of Jemez pueblo and $29,301 . 20 to the Indians of Tesuque pueblo, such sums to draw interest at the rate of 4 per centum per annum : Provided, That the $500 credited to the Indians of Jemez pueblo is hereby made avail- able until June 30, 1929, for the purchase of land and water rights for such Indians, and $14,150 of the sum credited to the Indians of Tesuque pueblo is hereby authorized to be expended during -the fiscal years 1928 and 1929 in providing an additional water supply for such pueblo : Provided further, That the remainder of such funds, and the interest thereon, shall be subject to future appropriation by Co ngress . Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Indians (tribal funds)

To enable

the Secretary of the Interior to make payment of fees to the attor- neys (their heirs or their assignees now of record, as their interest may appear) of the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Tribes of Indians in Oklahoma, under a tribal contract approved October 12, 1923, fiscal ye ar 1928, $85,000, payable out of the fund held in trust for said tribes under the provisions of Public Resolution Numbered 36, approved June 12, 1926 . To pay to the Indians of the Shawnee Tribe, and thirteen Dela- ware Indians a ffiliated wit h the same tr ibe, their hei rs or legal representatives, in accordance with the official findings, arbitration award, and report of the Secretary of the Interior to Congress made in pursuance of the twelfth article of the treaty between the United States and the Shawnee Indians proclaimed October 14, 1868 (Fifteenth S tatutes at La rge, page 5 13), the sum of $463,732 .49 : Provided, That out of said sum there shall be paid to the attorneys for said Indians 10 per centum of the above amount in full satis- faction and in lieu of the contract dated May 26, 1909, and extensions thereof dated April 21, 1919, and January 31, 1924, calling for 20 per centum : And provided further, That before payment of the amount hereby appropriated the Indian beneficiaries or their legal representatives entitled to said awards shall execute in writing a receipt, release, and relinquishment of any and all claims arising under the twelfth article of said treaty which they may have against the United State s, and which receipt, relea se, and relin quishment shall be approved by the Commissioner of Indian Aft airs and the Secretary of the Interior and which shall be binding, when executed and approved, on all parties thereto . The Shawnee Indian superin- tendent and the council of the tribe at Shawnee, Oklahoma, are authorized to execute and shall execute a release binding on all beneficiaries having no legal representatives. Road, Papago Indian Reservation, Arizona : For the improvement and construction of the uncompleted part of the road from Tucson to Ajo, by way of Indian Oasis, within the Papago Indian Reserva- tion, Arizona, as . authorized by the Act approved June 23, 1926, fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $125,000 . Coolidge Dam across canyon of Gila River near San Carlos, Arizona (reimbursable) : For construction of the Coolidge Dam across the canyon of the Gila River near San Carlos, Arizona, as authorized by the Act of June 7, 1924 (Forty-third Statutes, pages 47 5, 4 76), and under the te rms and condi tions of, and reimbursable as provi ded in said Act, $3 .450,000, to continue available until June 30, 1929 : Pr ovided , That not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be av ailabl e for paymen t to the So uthern Paci fic Ra ilway Compan y for relocating its railroad pursuant to its existing contract with the Secretary of the Interior : Provided further, That not to exceed