reimburse the State, county, or political subdivision for such amounts as may have been paid by them." 1SEC. 2. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $95,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act. Any appropriations made pursuant to this section shall remain available until expended. Approved, February 10, 1942. [CHAPTER 96] AN ACT To authorize the purchase from appropriations made for the Indian Service of supplies and materials for resale to natives, native cooperative associations, and Indian Service employees stationed in Alaska. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to purchase from appropriations made for the benefit of natives of Alaska, food, clothing, supplies, and materials for resale, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, to employees of the Department of the Interior stationed in Alaska and to natives of Alaska and native cooperative associations under his supervision. The proceeds from such sales shall be credited to the appropriation or appropriations current at the date of the deposit thereof into the Treasury and shall be available for the same purposes. Approved, February 20, 1942. [CHAPTER 98] AN ACT To provide for the deposit and expenditure of various revenues collected at schools and hospitals operated by the Indian Service in Alaska. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That hereafter miscellaneous revenues derived from schools, hospitals, and other facilities maintained and operated by the Indian Service for the benefit of Indians and natives of Alaska shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States under the provisions of the Act of May 17, 1926 (44 Stat. 560). Approved, February 20, 1942. [CHAPTER 108] AN ACT Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal * TITLE II-JUDGMENTS AND AUTHORIZED CLAIMS * 1 AUDITED CLAIMS SEC. 204. (a) For the payment of the following claims, certified to be due by the General Accounting Office under appropriations the balances of which have been carried to the surplus fund under the provisions of section 5 of the Act of June 20, 1874 (31 U. S. C. 713), and under appropriations heretofore treated as permanent, being for the service of the fiscal year 1939 and prior years, unless otherwise stated, and which have been certified to Congress under section 2 of the Act of July 7, 1884 (5 U. S. C. 266), as fully set forth in House Document Numbered 573, Seventy-seventh Congress, there is appropriated as follows: 1112 18 Stat. 110. 23 Stat. 254. 1 Department of the Interior: * 1 For emergency conservation work (transfer to Interior, Indians, Act February 9, 1937), $7.80. For emergency conservation work (transfer to Interior, Indians, Act June 22, 1936), $206.47. For conservation of health among Indians, $624. For pay of judges, Indian courts, $16.64. For Indian boarding schools, $71.93. For Indian Service supply fund, $19.59. For general expenses, Indian Service, $1.06. For support of Indians and administration of Indian property, $330.25. For Indian school support, $258.51. For construction, and so forth, irrigation systems, Indian reservations (reimbursable), $1.20. For Civilian Conservation Corps (transfer to Interior, Indians), $821.40. For irrigation, Indian reservations (reimbursable), $2.16. 1114 1115 Relating to lands of the Klamath and Modoc Tribes and the Yahooskin Band of Snake Indians. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized to receive on behalf of the United States from individual members of the Klamath Tribe of Indians voluntarily executed deeds to such lands as said Indians may own in fee simple free from all encumbrances, said lands to be held in trust by the United States for said Indians and their heirs; and, whenever restricted funds are used for the purchase of lands for individual members of the Klamath Tribe of Indians, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to take title to said lands in the United States, the same to be held in trust for said individual Indians: Provided, however, That while any of the foregoing lands are held in trust by the United States for said Indians, the same shall be subject to the same restrictions, immunities, and exemptions as homesteads purchased out of trust or restricted funds of individual Indians pursuant to section 2 of the Act of June 20, 1936 (ch. 622, 49 Stat. 1542), as amended by the Act of May 19, 1937 (ch. 227, 50 Stat. 188, sec. 2), except the restrictions, immunities, or exemptions of the second proviso of said Act as so amended. SEC. 2. As used in this Act the term "Klamath Tribe of Indians" February 24, 1942 [S. 1368] [Public Law 465] 56 Stat. 121 Klamath Tribe of Indians. Lands to be held in trust. Proviso. Restrictions, etc. 25 U. S. C. § 412a. May 9, 1942 [S. 1927] [Public Law 546] 56 Stat. 273 Pomo Indians, Calif. includes the Klamath and Modoc Tribes, and the Yahooskin Band of Snake Indians. Approved, February 24, 1942. [CHAPTER 298] AN ACT To reserve certain public lands in California for the benefit of the Manchester Band of Pomo Indians of the Manchester Rancheria. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Manchester Band of United States of America in Congress assembled, That subject to all valid existing rights and claims, lot 15, section 1, township 12 north, range 17 west, Mount Diablo meridian, California, being part of the public lands of the United States, be, and the same is hereby, withdrawn from entry, sale, or other disposition and set aside as an addition to the Manchester Rancheria in California, for the exclusive use and benefit of the Manchester Band of Pomo Indians residing thereon. June 5, 1942 [H. R. 3488] [Public Law 576] 56 Stat. 312 Department of the Interior. Appointment of certain assistant or deputy commissioners. 42 Stat. 1488; Post, p. 733. 5 U. S. C. §§ 661-674; Supp. 1, ch. 13. Functions and duties. Performance of duties of commissioner in case of death, etc. June 5, 1942 (H. R. 5484] [Public Law 587] 56 Stat. 323 Tlingit and Haida Indians of Alaska. Time extension for filing suit. June 8, 1942 [H. R. 6802] (Public Law 600] 56 Stat. 330 Approved, May 9, 1942. [CHAPTER 336] AN ACT To provide that assistant or deputy heads of certain bureaus in the Department of the Interior shall be appointed under the civil-service laws, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That hereafter assistant or deputy commissioners of the General Land Office and Bureau of Indian Affairs, in the Department of the Interior, shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, subject to the civil-service laws and that Classification Act of 1923, as amended. Appointment to these positions shall be considered as made under the authority of section 169 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (5 U. S. C., sec. 43). Assistant and deputy commissioners so appointed shall be authorized to sign such letters, papers, and documents and to perform such other duties as may be directed by the commissioner of their respective bureaus. The Secretary may designate for each of the aforementioned bureaus an assistant or deputy commissioner, who shall be authorized to perform the duties of the commissioner in case of the death, resignation, absence, or sickness of the commissioner. SEC. 2. All provisions of law inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency. Approved, June 5, 1942. [CHAPTER 347] AN ACT For the relief of the Tlingit and Haida Indians of Alaska. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the time within which suit or suits may be filed by the Tlingit and Haida Indians of Alaska under the terms of the Act of Congress of June 19, 1935 (ch. 275, 49 Stat. L. 388), is hereby extended for a period of three years from and after the date of the approval of this Act. Approved, June 5, 1942. [CHAPTER 396] AN ACT Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1943, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Legislative Branch of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1943, namely: Indian Affairs-1 clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $3,600 and $1,400 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; assistant clerk $2,880; assistant clerk, $2,400; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800. 1HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES * COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES * 1. .. Indian Affairs-clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,460; janitor, $1,260. Approved, June 8, 1942. [CHAPTER 472] AN ACT Making appropriations for the Department of State, the Department of Justice, the Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of State, the Department of Justice, the Department of Commerce, and the Federal Judiciary, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1943, namely: TITLE I-DEPARTMENT OF STATE * I CONTRIBUTIONS, QUOTAS, AND SO FORTH For payment of the annual contributions, quotas, and expenses, including loss by exchange in discharge of the obligations of the United States in connection with international commissions, congresses, bureaus, and other objects, in not to exceed the respective amounts, as follows... 1 ... and Inter-American Indian Institute, $4,800; in all, $996,500, together with such additional sums, due to increase in rates of exchange as the Secretary of State may determine and certify to the Secretary of the Treasury to be necessary to pay, in foreign currencies, the quotas and contributions required by the several treaties, conventions, or laws establishing the amount of the obligation. Approved, July 2, 1942. [CHAPTER 473] AN ACT Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending Purchase of goods and supplies. Proviso. Maintenance of law and order. Lease, etc., of agency buildings. Proviso. Tribal organizations, expenses. 478a, 478b; 48 U. S. C. §§ 358a, 362; 25 U. S. C. §§ 501-509. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1943, namely: OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 1 CONTINGENT EXPENSES, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR * * * For the purchase or exchange of professional and scientific books, law and medical books, and books to complete broken sets, periodicals, directories, and other books of reference relating to the business of the Department, $600, and in addition there is hereby made available from the Department not to exceed the following respective sums: Grazing Service, $250; Indian Service, $500; Bureau of Reclamation, $10,000; Geological Survey, $6,000; National Park Service, $4,000; General Land Office, $1,000; Bureau of Mines, $6,000. * 1 BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS SALARIES For the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $610,040. 1 GENERAL EXPENSES For transportation and incidental expenses of officers and clerks of the Bureau of Indian Affairs when traveling on official duty; for radio, telegraph, and telephone toll messages on business pertaining to the Indian Service sent and received by the Bureau of Indian Affairs at Washington, for the rental of office equipment and the purchase of necessary supplies therefor, and for other necessary expenses of the Indian Service for which no other appropriation is available, $47,320. For advertising, inspection, storage, and all other expenses incident to the purchase of goods and supplies for the Indian Service and for payment of railroad, pipe-line, and other transportation costs of such goods and supplies, $799,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be used in payment for any services except bill therefor is rendered within one year from the time the service is performed. For maintaining law and order on Indian reservations, including pay of judges of Indian courts, pay of Indian police, and pay of employees engaged in the suppression of the traffic in intoxicating liquors, marihuana, and deleterious drugs among Indians, and including traveling expenses, supplies, and equipment, $264,660. For lease, purchase, construction, repair, and improvement of agency buildings, exclusive of hospital buildings, including the installation, repair, and improvement of heating, lighting, power, and sewerage and water systems in connection therewith, $195,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be available for the construction of any building the total cost of which is in excess of $1,500. For expenses of organizing Indian chartered corporations, or other tribal oranizations, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of 25 U. S. C. $$ 469, June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 986), as supplemented and amended by the Acts of June 15, 1935 (49 Stat. 378), May 1, 1936 (49 Stat. 1250), and June 26, 1936 (49 Stat. 1967), including personal services, purchase of equip ment and supplies, not to exceed $3,000 for printing and binding, and other necessary expenses, $45,000, of which not to exceed $13,800 may be used for personal services in the District of Columbia: Provided. |