25 USC § 81a - Counsel for prosecution of claims against the United States; cancellation; revival

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title: "25 USC § 81a - Counsel for prosecution of claims against the United States; cancellation; revival"
title_number: 25
title_name: "INDIANS"
section_number: "81a"
section_name: "Counsel for prosecution of claims against the United States; cancellation; revival"
chapter_number: 3
chapter_name: "AGREEMENTS WITH INDIANS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "CONTRACTS WITH INDIANS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-07-14"
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source_credit: "(June 26, 1936, ch. 851, § 1, 49 Stat. 1984.)"
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# § 81a. Counsel for prosecution of claims against the United States; cancellation; revival

June 26, 1936section 81 of this title*Provided, however**Provided further*section 81b of this title

Any contracts or agreements approved prior to , by the Secretary of the Interior between the authorities of any tribe, band, or group of Indians and their attorneys for the prosecution of claims against the United States, which provide that such contracts or agreements shall run for a period of years therein specified, and as long thereafter as may be required to complete the business therein provided for, or words of like import, or which provide that compensation for services rendered shall be on a quantum-meruit basis not to exceed a specified percentage, shall be deemed a sufficient compliance with : , That nothing herein contained shall limit the power of the Secretary of the Interior, after due notice and hearing and for proper cause shown, to cancel any such contract or agreement: , That the provisions of this section and  shall not be construed to revive any contract which has been terminated by lapse of time, operation of law, or by acts of the parties thereto.

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**Source Credit**: (June 26, 1936, ch. 851, § 1, 49 Stat. 1984.)

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