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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 653. Statutes of limitations unavailable against claims; amount of decree; set-off
If any claim or claims be submitted to said courts, they shall
settle the equitable rights therein, notwithstanding lapse of time
or statutes of limitation or the fact that the said claim or claims
have not been presented to any other tribunal, including the
commission created by the Act of March 3, 1851 (Ninth Statutes at
Large, page 631): Provided, That any decree for said Indians shall
be for an amount equal to the just value of the compensation
provided or proposed for the Indians in those certain eighteen
unratified treaties executed by the chiefs and head men of the
several tribes and bands of Indians of California and submitted to
the Senate of the United States by the President of the United
States for ratification on the 1st day of June, 1852, including the
lands described therein at $1.25 per acre. Any payment which may
have been made by the United States or moneys heretofore or
hereafter expended to date of award for the benefit of the Indians
of California, made under specific appropriations for the support,
education, health, and civilization of Indians in California,
including purchases of land, shall not be pleaded as an estoppel
but may be pleaded by way of set-off.
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