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74TH CONGRESS. SESS. II . CHS. 871, 872. JUNE 29, 1936. [CHAPTER 871.) AN ACT lune 29,1936. Validating certain conveyances by Kickapoo Indians of Oklahoma made prior to --;;~[S~•...;;,;; .1;:;;52:,,- ')= - ; ,. . - February 17, 1933, providing for actions in partition in certain cases. [Private, No. 722.) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represematives of the o~poo Indians, United States of America in Oongress assembled, That all convey- I eer:s.:rveyanC8S ances made to Ira L. Couch, A. J . Ownby, Fred L. Rooker, Wallace )r. v Estell, junior, J. D . Shepherd, or any of them, or to their grantors purporting to convey an mherited interest in Kickapoo lands allotted III Oklahoma in and to the following-described real estate, to wit: The northeast quarter of northwest quarter, and lot 1 of the north- west quarter section 19, township 12 north, range 2 east; lot 11, northeast quarter section 17, and lot 3, northeast quarter section 18, and lot 3, northeast quarter section 20, and lot 2, northwest quarter section 20, and lot 2, northeast quarter section 18, township 12 north, range 1 east; the north half southeast quarter section 19, township 11 north, range 3 east; the northwest quarter southeast quarter and lot 2 of the southeast quarter section 8, township 12 north, range 1 east; lot 4 of section 16, lot 5 of section 17, and lot 1 of section 20, township 12 north, range 1 east; lots 3 and 4 of the northeast quarter section 7, township 12 north, range 1 east; west half southeast quarter section 3, townshIp 11 north, range 2 east; east half southeast quar- ter section 3, township 11 north, range 2 east; east half northeast quarter section 10, township 11 north, range 2 east; lots 7 and 8 of the southeast quarter section 13, township 11 north, range 2 east; the north half southeast quarter section 4, township 11 north, range 2 east, where such instrument or instruments were made after Sep- tember 11, 1922, and recorded in the office of the registrar of deeds for the county in which said lands are located, prior to February 17, 1933, are hereby ratified and confirmed as valId conveyances of an inherited interest. Suit to partition In SEC. 2 . That any such ~rantee his heirs or assigns in any such dlstrlot court. • d"" , deed conveymg an un IVI ed mterest to any part of said land may maintain a SUIt to partition the same ag!linst any restricted Indian who is aJ!...art owner of said lands in the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma in accordance with the law luri8dictlon con· governing partitions in the State of Oklahoma. The United States ~1Dp. shall be made a party to such action, and jurisdiction is hereby con- ferred upon such court to hear and determine such causes, and service may be had on the United States by serving one copy of the petition or bill in equity on the United States attorney for the western dis- trict of Oklahoma forty-one days before said cause is set for trial, and any conveyance ordered made by said court., in such proceedings, shall operate to remove all restrictions on the lands conveyed to the grantee therein, except where such grantee is !I. restricted Indian. Approved, June 29, 1936. [CHAPTER 872.] lune 29, 1936. AN ACT -:,:~[S:::...'..:;:,.7~73.:£..)=;; - To confer jurisdiction on the Court of Claims to hear and determine certain claims [Private, No. 723.) against the United States on the part of owners of certain vessels. ~l:r:h ,(_IS. f Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 01 the oenaIn, sr:r:~~e: fa United States of America in Oongress aBsemblea, That jurisdiction Oourt of Claims. be, and is hereby, conferred upon the Court of Claims, notwithstand- ing any lapse of time or any statutes of limitations, to hear, examine,
