60 Stat. 895. Travel expenses. 18 U. S. C. § 4124. Recreational director and curator, Osage Mu seum. Restriction. prior to August 7, 1946, to remain available until expended for the purposes authorized by section 3 of the Act of August 7, 1946, as amended (31 U. S. C. 725s-3), in connection with the respective projects from which such revenues are derived. TRIBAL FUNDS In addition to the tribal funds authorized to be expended by existing law, there is hereby appropriated $2,109,000 from tribal funds not otherwise available for expenditure for the benefit of Indians and tribes, including pay and travel expenses of employees; care, tuition and other assistance to Indian children attending public and private schools (which may be paid in advance or from date of admission); purchase of land and improvements on land, title to which shall be taken in the name of the United States in trust for the tribe for which purchased; lease of lands and water rights; compensation and expenses of attorneys and other persons employed by Indian tribes under approved contracts; pay, travel and other expenses of tribal officers, councils, and committees thereof, or other tribal organizations, including mileage for use of privately owned automobiles and per diem in lieu of subsistence at rates established administratively but not to exceed those applicable to civilian employees of the Government; relief of Indians, without regard to section 7 of the Act of May 27, 1930 (46 Stat. 391), including cash grants; and employment of a recreational director for the Menominee Reservation and a curator for the Osage Museum, each of whom shall be appointed with the approval of the respective tribal councils and without regard to the classification laws: Provided, That in addition to the amount appropriated herein, tribal funds may be advanced to Indian tribes during the current fiscal year for such purposes as may be designated by the governing body of the particular tribe involved and approved by the Secretary: Provided, however, That no part of this appropriation or other tribal funds shall be used for the acquisition of land or water rights within the States of Nevada, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming, either inside or outside the boundaries of existing Indian reservations. Approved, August 31, 1951. PUBLIC LAW 137 AN ACT CHAPTER 376 Making appropriations for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, corporations, agencies, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, 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 Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, corporations, agencies, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, namely: TITLE I * 1276 1277 60 Stat. 1049. * * Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of the Act of August 13, 1945 (25 U. S. C. 70), creating an Indian Claims Commission, $89,600, of which not more than $84,600 shall be available for personal services. * Approved, August 31, 1951. PUBLIC LAW 197 AN ACT CHAPTER 546 To amend title 18, United States Code, entitled "Crimes and Criminal Procedure," to empower the courts to remit or mitigate forfeitures under the Indian liquor laws. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the analysis of chapter 229 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting at the end thereof "3619. Disposition of conveyances seized for violation of the Indian liquor laws.' SEC. 2. Title 18, United States Code, is further amended by inserting immediately following section 3618 thereof a new section to be designated "section 3619" and to read as follows: "§ 3619. DISPOSITION OF CONVEYANCES SEIZED FOR VIOLATION OF THE INDIAN LIQUOR LAWS "The provisions of section 3617 of this title shall apply to any conveyances seized, proceeded against by libel, or forfeited under the provisions of section 3113 or 3618 of this title for having been used in introducing or attempting to introduce intoxicants into the Indian country or into other places where such introduction is prohibited by treaty or enactment of Congress." Approved, October 24, 1951. PUBLIC LAW 209 AN ACT CHAPTER 562 To amend or repeal certain laws relating to Government records, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,... * ISEC. 4. The following Acts and parts of Acts are amended, as shown below: * (5) By deleting all after the enacting clause of the Act of March 27, 1934, chapter 93 (48 Stat. 501; 25 U. S. C. 199a) and by substituting therefor "That title to records of Indian tribes heretofore placed with the Oklahoma Historical Society of the State of Oklahoma by the Secretary of the Interior shall remain vested in the United States and such records shall be held by the said society under rules and regulations prescribed by the Administrator of General Services: Provided, That copies of any such records, documents, books, or papers held by the said society when certified by secretary or chief clerk thereof under its seal, or by the officer or person acting as secretary or chief clerk, shall be evidence equally with the original, and in making such certified copies the said secretary or acting secretary and the said chief clerk or acting chief clerk shall be acting as a Federal agent, and such certified copies shall have the same force and effect as if made by the Administrator of General Services as provided in section 509 (b) of the Federal Records Act of 1950 (64 Stat. 583): Provided further, That whenever such certified copies are desired for official use by the Federal Government they shall be furnished without cost: Provided further, That any such records held by the said society shall be promptly returned to the Government official designated by the Administrator of General Services upon his request therefor." October 24, 1951 [H. R. 1087] 65 Stat. 609 Title 18, U.S. Code. amendment. 62 Stat. 839. October 25, 1951 [S. 1967] 65 Stat. 638 Government records. 1640 Title to records of certain Indian tribes. Certified copies. 41 U. S. C. § 288. Return of records. PUBLIC LAW 231 AN ACT CHAPTER 629 Granting the consent of Congress to a compact entered into by the States of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of the Congress is hereby given to an interstate compact relating to the waters of the Yellowstone River which was signed (after negotiations in which a representative of the United States duly appointed by the President participated) by the Commissioners for the States of Montana, North Dakota, and Wyoming on December 8, 1950, at Billings, Montana, and which was thereafter ratified by the legislatures of each of the States aforesaid as provided by Public Law 83, Eighty-first Congress, approved June 2, 1949, which compact reads as follows: * LARTICLE VI Nothing contained in this Compact shall be so construed or interpreted as to affect adversely any rights to the use of the waters of Yellowstone River and its tributaries owned by or for Indians, Indian tribes, and their reservations. * Approved, October 30, 1951. PUBLIC LAW 247 AN ACT CHAPTER 654 To amend or repeal certain Government property 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 the following Acts and parts of Acts are hereby repealed: * 1(113) Section 2 of the Act of August 8, 1946 (60 Stat. 958; 42 U. S. C. 1574). Approved, October 31, 1951. PUBLIC LAW 248 AN ACT CHAPTER 655 October 31, 1951 [H. R. 3899] 65 Stat. 710 61 Stat. 633. 1721 1722 To amend certain titles of the United States Code, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 1SEC. 30. Section 3113 of Title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking out, in the second paragraph of such section, the words "War Department" and in lieu thereof inserting "Department of the Army", so that such section will read as follows: 18 3113. LIQUOR VIOLATIONS IN INDIAN COUNTRY "If any superintendent of Indian affairs, or commanding officer of a military post, or special agent of the Office of Indian Affairs for the suppression of liquor traffic among Indians and in the Indian country and any authorized deputies under his supervision has probable cause to believe that any person is about to introduce or has introduced any spirituous liquor, beer, wine or other intoxicating liquors named in sections 1154 and 1156 of this title into the Indian country in violation of law, he may cause the places, conveyances, and packages of such person to be searched. If any such intoxicating liquor is found therein, the same, together with such conveyances and packages of such person, shall be seized and delivered to the proper officer, and shall be proceeded against by libel in the proper court, and forfeited, one-half to the informer and one-half to the use of the United States. If such person be a trader, his license shall be revoked and his bond put in suit. "Any person in the service of the United States authorized by this section to make searches and seizures, or any Indian may take and destroy any ardent spirits or wine found in the Indian country, except such as are kept or used for scientific, sacramental, medicinal, or mechanical purposes or such as may be introduced therein by the Department of the Army. "In all cases arising under this section and sections 1154 and 1156 of this title, Indians shall be competent witnesses." Approved, October 31, 1951. PUBLIC LAW 253 AN ACT CHAPTER 664 Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, 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, to supply supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, and for other purposes, namely: Resources management: For an additional amount for "Resources management", $300,000, and the limitation under this head in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1952, on the amount available for personal services is increased by $56,980. Construction: For an additional amount for "Construction", $575,000, to remain available until expended; and the limitation under this head in the Department of the Interior Appropriation Act, 1952, on the amount available for personal services is increased by "$142,950": Provided, That no obligation shall be incurred under appropriations granted under this head for construction of school facilities at Ponemah, Minnesota, until school district number 45 of the State of Minnesota shall be deposited into the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation an amount equal to the proceeds of the insurance collected on the destroyed Ponemah school plant: Provided further, That not to exceed $3,000 of appropriations for the fiscal year 1952 under this head for acquisition of land may be used for purchase in the name of the United States in trust twenty acres of land in Placer County, California, for the use of the Indians of Auburn Rancheria. 1 CHAPTER XII—REDUCTIONS IN APPROPRIATIONS, CONTRACT AUTHORIZATIONS, AND AUTHORIZATIONS TO BORROW FROM THE TREASURY Appropriations, contract authorizations, and authorizations to borrow from the Treasury, of the departments and agencies, available in November 1, 1951 Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1952. 1741 1742 Ante, p. 252. School facilities at Ponemah, Minn. Land for Indians of Auburn Rancheria. 1755 the fiscal year 1951, are hereby reduced in the sums and in the manner set forth in House Document Numbered 182, Eighty-second Congress, except that the rescission proposed for the Bureau of Indian Affairs under "Construction" shall be $4,240,000 instead of $4,340,000 as set forth in said document. * Approved, November 1, 1951. PUBLIC LAW 254 AN ACT CHAPTER 665 Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, 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, to supply supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, and for other purposes, namely: 1 CHAPTER IV-DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS Commutation of treaty obligations, Choctaw Nation of Indians in Oklahoma: For commutation of treaty obligations with the Choctaw Nation of Indians in Oklahoma in accordance with the Act of September 1, 1950 (Public Law 747), $385,000, including not to exceed $34,333 for defraying expenses of making per capita payments authorized by said Act, to remain available until expended. RESOURCES MANAGEMENT For an additional amount for "Resources Management," for the development of additional water supplies on the Navajo Reservation, $250,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That development shall be made after consultation and approval of the Navajo Tribal Council. Approved, November 1, 1951. PRIVATE LAWS OF THE EIGHTY-SECOND CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION, 1951 AN ACT Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue a patent in fee to Richard James 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 authorized and directed to issue to Richard James Brown a patent in fee to the following-described lands allotted to him on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Montana: The west half of the northwest quarter, section 12, township 37 north, range 10 west, Montana principal meridian, containing eighty acres. SEC. 2. Said patent in fee when issued shall contain a reservation to the Blackfeet Indian Tribe of the oil, gas, and all other mineral deposits as provided in the Act of June 30, 1919 (41 Stat. 16). Approved, June 28, 1951. June 28, 1951 [H. R. 631] 65 Stat. A42 PRIVATE LAW 109 AN ACT CHAPTER 169 Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue a patent in fee to Alice E. Williams |