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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 991. Per capita payments to tribal members; closure of rolls; appropriations; accrued interest; deductions
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to
distribute per capita to all persons whose names appear on the
rolls of the Cherokee Nation, which rolls were closed and made
final as of March 4, 1907, pursuant to the Act of April 26, 1906
(34 Stat. 137), and subsequent additions thereto, all funds which
were appropriated by the Act of September 30, 1961 (75 Stat. 733),
in satisfaction of a judgment that was obtained by the Cherokee
Tribe in the Indian Claims Commission against the United States in
docket numbered 173, together with the interest accrued thereon,
except $1,432,084.17 which by stipulation of the parties has been
set aside for the payments of any offsets that are finally
determined to be due the United States, and except the amount
allowed for attorney fees and expenses.
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