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| Chap. 812 | Ute Indians. Determination of certain claims. |
| Chap. 812 | 25 U.S.C. §§ 70-70v. Separate judgments for surface and subsurface of land. |
| Chap. 812 | Ante, p. 1000. |
| Chap. 812 | 1229 |
| Chap. 812 | Attorneys fees. |
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act conferring jurisdiction upon the United States Court of Claims to hear, examine, adjudicate, and render judgment on any and all claims which the Ute Indians or any tribe or band thereof may have against the United States, and for other purposes, approved June 28, 1938 (52 Stat. 1209), as amended July 15, 1941 (55 Stat. 593), June 22, 1943 (57 Stat. 160), June 11, 1946 (60 Stat. 255), and August 13, 1946 (60 Stat. 1049), is hereby amended by adding to section 3 thereof the following: "The court shall, upon a determination of the material issues or upon consent of the parties, enter a separate final judgment for any value of the surface and a subsequent separate final judgment for any value of the subsurface of the land which the court may determine to be the subject matter of case numbered 45585 in the United States Court of Claims entitled, Confederated Bands of Ute Indians versus United States of America. Each of the judgments shall be subject to review in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of the Act of February 13, 1929 (ch. 229, 43 Stat. 939), as amended by the Act approved May 22, 1939 (ch. 140, 53 Stat. 752; 28 U.S.C. 288). Any value subsequently allowed by the court for the subsurface, when added to any value previously allowed by the court for the surface, shall not exceed the court's determination of the value, if any, of the land, surface, and subsurface, valued as a whole. The parties may compromise or settle in whole or part claims for any of the surface or subsurface values involved, and any settlement or compromise shall be reduced to a separate judgment. The services rendered by the attorney or attorneys in obtaining any judgment shall constitute a separate employment and undertaking involving a single set of services and the court shall award separate compensation for the services rendered in obtaining each separate judgment. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to reduce or increase fees payable to counsel in accordance with their duly approved and executed contracts or to preclude their continued representation in any case until paid; nor, with respect to any judgment hereunder, shall this amendment impair or limit any claim, right, defense, or offset otherwise applicable."
Approved, July 2, 1948.
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