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(/us/pl/73/28).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Indian pueblos in New Mexico.Payments authorized, in annual installments, United States’ liability to pueblos designated.Vol. 43, p. 636.*Post*, p. 277. That in fulfillment of the Act of June 7, 1924 (43 Stat. 636), there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sums hereinafter set forth, in compensation to the several Indian pueblos hereinafter named, in payment of the liability of the United States to the said pueblos as declared by the Act of June 7, 1924, which appropriations shall be made in equal annual installments as hereinafter specified, and shall To be expended in purchasing lands and water rights, to replace those divested from said pueblos.be deposited in the Treasury of the United States and shall be expended by the Secretary of the Interior, subject to approval of the governing authorities of each pueblo in question, at such times and in such amounts as he may deem wise and proper; for the purchase of lands and water rights to replace those which have been For construction, etc., of reservoirs, etc.divested from said pueblo under the Act of June 7, 1924, or for the purchase or construction of reservoirs, irrigation works, or other permanent improvements upon or for the benefit of the lands of said pueblos.
Sec. 2. Sums supplemental to awards by Pueblo Lands Board. In addition to the awards made by the Pueblo Lands Board, the following sums, to be used as directed in section 1 of this Act, and in conformity with the Act of June 7, 1924, be, and hereby are, authorized to be appropriated: Pueblos enumerated.Pueblo of Jemez, $1,885; pueblo of Nambe, $47,439.50; pueblo of Taos, $84,707.09; pueblo of Santa Ana, $2,908.38; pueblo of Santo Domingo, $4,256.56; pueblo of Sandia, $12,980.62; pueblo of San Felipe, $14,954.53; pueblo of Isleta, $47,751.31; pueblo of Picuris, $66,574.40; pueblo of San Ildefonso, $37,058.28; pueblo of San Juan, $153,863.04; pueblo of Santa Clara, $181,114.19; pueblo of Cochiti, $37,826.37; pueblo of Pojoaque, $68,562.61; in all, $761,954.88: 109 *Provided, however*, That the Secretary of the Interior shall report*Proviso*.Errors, etc., to be reported. back to Congress any errors or omissions in the foregoing authorizations measured by the present fair market value of the lands involved, as heretofore determined by the appraisals of said tracts by the appraisers appointed by the Pueblo Lands Board, with evidence supporting his report and recommendations.
Sec. 3. Pursuant to the aforesaid Act of June 7, 1924, there isAppropriation authorized for non-Indian claimants for lands dispossessed. hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, a sum to compensate white settlers or non-Indian claimants who have been found by the Pueblo Lands Board, created under said Act of June 7, 1924, to have occupied and claimed land in good faith but whose claim has not been sustained and whose occupation has been terminated under said Act of June 7, 1924, for the fair market value of lands, improvements appurtenant thereto, and water rights.
The non-Indian claimants, or their successors, as found and reported by said Pueblo Lands Board, to be compensated out of said appropriations to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior in the amounts due them as appraised by the appraisers appointed by saidPueblos designated. Pueblo Lands Board, as follows: Within the pueblo of Tesuque, $1,094.64; within the pueblo of Nambe, $19,393.59; within the pueblo of Taos, $14,064.57; within the Tenorio Tract, Taos Pueblo, $43,165.26; within the pueblo of Santa Ana (El Ranchito grant), $846.26; within the pueblo of Santo Domingo, $66; within the pueblo of Sandia, $5,354.46; within the pueblo of San Felipe, $16,424.68; within the pueblo of Isleta, $6,624.45; within the pueblo of Picuris, $11,464.73; within the pueblo of San Ildefonso, $16,209.13; within the pueblo of San Juan, $19,938.22; within the pueblo of Santa Clara, $35,350.88; within the pueblo of Cochiti, $9,653.81; within the pueblo of Pojoaque, $1,767.26; within the pueblo of Laguna, $30,668.87; in all, *Proviso*.Errors, etc., to be reported.$232,086.80: *Provided, however*, That the Secretary of the Interior shall report back to Congress any errors in the amount of award measured by the present fair market value of the lands involved and any errors in the omissions of legitimate claimants for award, with evidence supporting his report and recommendations.
Sec. 4. That for the purpose of safeguarding the interests andPueblo de Taos.Certain lands to be segregated for benefit of Indians. welfare of the tribe of Indians known as the Pueblo de Taos of New Mexico in the certain lands hereinafter described, upon which lands said Indians depend for water supply, forage for their domestic livestock, wood and timber for their personal use and as the scene of certain of their religious ceremonials, the Secretary of Agriculture may and he hereby is authorized and directed to designate and segregate said lands, which shall not thereafter be subject to entry under the land laws of the United States, and to thereafter grant to said Pueblo de Taos, upon application of the governor and council thereof, a permit to occupy said lands and use the resources thereof for the personal use and benefit of said tribe of Indians for a period of fifty years, with provision for subsequent renewals if the use and occupancy by said tribe of Indians shall continue, the provisions of the permit are met and the continued protection of the watershed isEstablished rights, etc., safeguarded. required by public interest.
Such permit shall specifically provide for and safeguard all rights and equities hitherto established and enjoyed by said tribe of Indians under any contracts or agreements hitherto existing, shall authorize the free use of wood, forage, and lands for the personal or tribal needs of said Indians, shall define the conditions under which natural resources under the control ofNatural resources, not needed, available for commercial use. the Department of Agriculture not needed by said Indians shall be made available for commercial use by the Indians or others, and 110Supervision.shall establish necessary and proper safeguards for the efficient supervision and operation of the area for national forest purposes and all other purposes herein stated, the area referred to being described as follows:
Area described.Beginning at the northeast corner of the Pueblo de Taos grant, thence northeasterly along the divide between Rio Pueblo de Taos and Rio Lucero and along the divide between Rio Pueblo de Taos and Red River to a point a half mile east of Rio Pueblo de Taos; thence southwesterly on a line half mile east of Rio Pueblo de Taos and parallel thereto to the northwest corner of township 25 north, range 15 east; thence south on the west boundary of township 25 north, range 15 east, to the divide between Rio Pueblo de Taos and Rio Fernandez de Taos; thence westerly along the divide to the east boundary of the Pueblo de Taos grant; thence north to the point of beginning; containing approximately thirty thousand acres, more or less.
Sec. 5. Protection of purchases, etc. Except as otherwise provided herein the Secretary of the Interior shall disburse and expend the amounts of money herein authorized to be appropriated, in accordance with and under the *Provisos*.Surveys and investigations to be made.terms and conditions of the Act approved June 7, 1924: *Provided, however*, That the Secretary be authorized to cause necessary surveys and investigations to be made promptly to ascertain the lands and water rights that can be purchased out of the foregoing appropriations and earlier appropriations made for the same purpose, with Purchases not limited to appraised values.full authority to disburse said funds in the purchase of said lands and water rights without being limited to the appraised values thereof as fixed by the appraisers appointed by the Pueblo Lands Board appointed under said Act of June 7, 1924, and all prior Acts limiting the Secretary of the Interior in the disbursement of said funds to the appraised value of said lands as fixed by said appraisers of said Pueblo Lands Board be, and the same are, expressly repealed:
Securing options, abstracts of title, etc. *Provided further*, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to disburse a portion of said funds for the purpose of securing options upon said lands and water rights and necessary abstracts of title thereof for the necessary period required to investigate titles and which may be required before disbursement Purchase of available lands before issue of final patents in certain cases.can be authorized: *Provided further*, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized, out of the appropriations of the foregoing amounts and out of the funds heretofore appropriated for the same purpose, to purchase any available lands within the several pueblos which in his discretion it is desirable to purchase, without waiting for the issuance of final patents directed to be issued under the provisions of the Act of June 7, 1924, where the right of Disbursements subject to approval of pueblo affected.said pueblos to bring independent suits, under the provisions of the Act of June 7, 1924, has expired: *Provided further*, That the Secretary of the Interior shall not make any expenditures out of the pueblo funds resulting from the appropriations set forth herein,, or prior appropriations for the same purpose, without first obtaining the Initiating land purchases by pueblo.approval of the governing authorities of the pueblo affected: *And provided further*, That the governing authorities of any pueblo may initiate matters pertaining to the purchase of lands in behalf of their respective pueblos, which matters, or contracts relative thereto, will not be binding or concluded until approved by the Secretary of the Interior.
Sec. 6. Right to prosecute independent suits not abridged.Vol. 43, p. 637. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent any pueblo from prosecuting independent suits as authorized under section 4 of the Act of June 7, 1924. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to enter into contract with the several Pueblo Indian tribes, affected by the terms of this Act, in consideration of the 111authorization of appropriations contained in section 2 hereof, providing for the dismissal of pending and the abandonment of contemplated original proceedings, in law or equity, by, or in behalf of said Pueblo Indian tribes, under the provisions of section 4 of thePueblo may elect to accept authorized compensation.
Act of June 7, 1924 (43 Stat. L. 636), and the pueblo concerned may elect to accept the appropriations herein authorized, in the sums herein set forth, in full discharge of all claims to compensation under the terms of said Act, notifying the Secretary of the Interior in writing of its election so to do: *Provided*, That if said election by*Provisos*.Independent suits.Filing if election not made. said pueblo be not made, said pueblo shall have one year from the date of the approval of this Act within which to file any independent suit authorized under section 4 of the Act of June 7, 1924, at the expiration of which period the right to file such suit shall expire by limitation: *And provided further*, That no ejectment suits shallEjectment suits against non-Indians. be filed against non-Indians entitled to compensation under this Act, in less than six months after the sums herein authorized are appropriated.
Sec. 7. Section 16 of the Act approved June 7, 1924, is herebyVol. 43, p. 641, amended. amended to read as follows: " “Sec. 16. That if the Secretary of the Interior deems it to be forLands recovered from non-Indians may be resold. the best interest of the Indians that any land adjudged by the court or said Lands Board against any claimant be sold, he may, with the consent of the governing authorities of the pueblo, order the sale thereof, under such regulations as he may make, to the highest bidder for cash; and if the buyer thereof be other than the losing claimant, the purchase price shall be used in paying to such losing claimant the adjudicated value of the improvements aforesaid, if found under the provisions of section 15 hereof, and the balance thereof, if any, shall be paid over to the proper officer, or officers, of the Indian community, but if the buyer be the losing claimant, and the value of his improvements has been adjudicated as aforesaid, such buyer shall be entitled to have credit upon his bid for the value of such improvements so adjudicated.
” " Sec. 8. The attorney or attorneys for such Indian tribe or tribesAttorneys’ fees. shall be paid such fee as may be agreed upon by such attorney or attorneys and such Indian tribe or tribes, but in no case shall the feeLimitation. be more than 10 per centum of the sum herein authorized to be appropriated for the benefit of such tribe or tribes, and such attorney’s fees shall be disbursed by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance herewith out of any funds appropriated for said Indian tribe or tribes under the provisions of the Act of June 7, 1924 (43*Proviso*.Future services.
Stat. L. 636), or this Act: *Provided however*, That 25 per centum of the amount agreed upon as attorneys’ fees shall be retained by the Secretary of the Interior to be disbursed by him under the terms of the contract, subject to approval of the Secretary of the Interior, between said attorneys and said Indian tribes, providing for further services and expenses of said attorneys in furtherance of the objects set forth in section 19 of the Act of June 7, 1924. Sec. 9. Nothing herein contained shall in any manner be construedWater rights not subject to loss through nonuse, etc. to deprive any of the Pueblo Indians of a prior right to the use of water from streams running through or bordering on their respective pueblos for domestic, stock-water, and irrigation purposes for the lands remaining in Indian ownership, and such water rights shall not be subject to loss by nonuse or abandonment thereof as long as title to said lands shall remain in the Indians.
Sec. 10. The sums authorized to be appropriated under the termsCompensation to be made in three annual installments.*Ante*, p. 108. and provisions of section 2 of this Act shall be appropriated in three annual installments, beginning with the fiscal year 1937. Approved, May 31, 1933. Authorizing a per capita payment of $100 to the members of the Menominee Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin from funds on deposit to their credit in the Treasury of the United States. Chapter 46 48 Stat. 112 1933-06-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2024-12-11 73 1 public 112 [CHAPTER 46.] AN ACT Authorizing a per capita payment of $100 to the members of the Menominee Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin from funds on deposit to their credit in the Treasury of the United States.June 3, 1933.[[H.R. 4494](/us/bill/73/hr/4494).][[Public, No. 29](/us/pl/73/29).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Menominee Indians of Wisconsin.Per capita payments to, from tribal funds.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to withdraw from the fund in the Treasury of the United States on deposit to the credit of the Menominee Indians in the State of Wisconsin a sufficient sum to make therefrom a per capita payment or distribution of $100, in three installments, $50 immediately upon passage of this Act, $25 on or about October 15, 1933, and $25 on or about January 15, 1934, to each of the living members on the tribal roll of the Menominee Tribe of Indians of the State of Wisconsin, under such rules and regulations as the said Secretary may prescribe.
Approved, June 3, 1933. Authorizing the Secretary of War to receive for instruction at the United States Military Academy at West Point, Posheng Yen, a citizen of China. Chapter 47 48 Stat. 112 1933-06-05 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-12-11 73 1 public [CHAPTER 47.] JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the Secretary of War to receive for instruction at the United States Military Academy at West Point, Posheng Yen, a citizen of China.June 5, 1933.[[S.J.
Res. 48](/us/bill/73/sjres/48).][[Pub. Res., No. 9](/us/bill/73/pubres/9).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Posheng Yen, a citizen of China.Admitted to Military Academy. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to permit Posheng Yen to receive instruction at the United States Military Academy at West Point *Provisos*.No Federal expense.Conditions.for the course beginning not later than July 1, 1934: *Provided*, That no expense shall be caused to the United States thereby, and that Posheng Yen shall agree to comply with all regulations for the police and discipline of the Academy, to be studious, and to give his utmost efforts to accomplish the courses in the various departments of instruction, and that said Posheng Yen shall not be admitted to the Academy until he shall have passed the mental and physical examinations prescribed for candidates from the United States, and that he shall be immediately withdrawn if deficient in studies or in Oath and service, waived.[R.S., secs. 1320, 1321, p. 227](/us/rs/s1320/1321/p227).conduct and so recommended by the Academic Board: *Provided further*, That in the case of said Posheng Yen the provisions of sections 1320 and 1321 of the Revised Statutes shall be suspended:
Existing law repealed.Vol. 47, p. 1546. *Provided further*, That S.J. Res. 179, approved March 3, 1933, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. Approved, June 5, 1933. To assure uniform value to the coins and currencies of the United States. Chapter 48 48 Stat. 112 1933-06-05 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-12-11 73 1 public [CHAPTER 48.] JOINT RESOLUTION To assure uniform value to the coins and currencies of the United States.June 5, 1933.[[H.J.
Res. 192](/us/bill/73/hjres/192).][[Pub. Res., No. 10](/us/bill/73/pubres/10).] Whereas the holding of or dealing in gold affect the public interest, and are therefore subject to proper regulation and restriction; and Uniform value of coins and currencies.Preamble.Whereas the existing emergency has disclosed that provisions of obligations which purport to give the obligee a right to require payment in gold or a particular kind of coin or currency of the United States, or in an amount in money of the United States measured thereby, obstruct the power of the Congress to regulate the value of the money of the United States, and are inconsistent with the declared policy of the Congress to maintain at all times the equal power of every dollar, coined or issued by the United States, in the markets and in the payment of debts.
Now, therefore, be it 113 *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That
(a)everyClauses in obligations requiring gold, etc., payments declared contrary to public policy. provision contained in or made with respect to any obligation which purports to give the obligee a right to require payment in gold or a particular kind of coin or currency, or in an amount in money of the United States measured thereby, is declared to be against publicNo future obligation to be so expressed. policy; and no such provision shall be contained in or made with respect to any obligation hereafter incurred. Every obligation,Payments to be made in legal tender. heretofore or hereafter incurred, whether or not any such provision is contained therein or made with respect thereto, shall be discharged upon payment, dollar for dollar, in any coin or currency which at the time of payment is legal tender for public and private debts.Conflicting provisions repealed.[U.S.C. p. 1003](/us/usc/p1003).Other provisions not invalidated. Any such provision contained in any law authorizing obligations to be issued by or under authority of the United States, is hereby repealed, but the repeal of any such provision shall not invalidate any other provision or authority contained in such law.
(b)As used in this resolution, the term “obligation” means anTerm “obligation” defined. obligation (including every obligation of and to the United States, excepting currency) payable in money of the United States; and the term “coin or currency” means coin or currency of the United“Coin or currency.” States, including Federal Reserve notes and circulating notes of Federal Reserve banks and national banking associations. Sec. 2. The last sentence of paragraph
(1)of subsection
(b)ofNational Economic Emergency Act, amended.*Ante*, p. 52. section 43 of the Act entitled “An Act to relieve the existing national economic emergency by increasing agricultural purchasing power, to raise revenue for extraordinary expenses incurred by reason of such emergency, to provide emergency relief with respect to agricultural indebtedness, to provide for the orderly liquidation of joint-stock land banks, and for other purposes”, approved May 12, 1933, is amended to read as follows: " “All coins and currencies of the United States (including FederalCoins and currencies as legal tender. Reserve notes and circulating notes of Federal Reserve banks and national banking associations) heretofore or hereafter coined or issued, shall be legal tender for all debts, public and private, public charges, taxes, duties, and dues, except that gold coins, whenAbrased gold coins, according to weight. below the standard weight and limit of tolerance provided by law for the single piece, shall be legal tender only at valuation in proportion to their actual weight.” " Approved, June 5, 1933, 4.40 p.m. To provide for the establishment of a national employment system and for cooperation with the States in the promotion of such system, and for other purposes. Chapter 49 48 Stat. 113 1933-06-06 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-12-11 73 1 public [CHAPTER 49.] AN ACT To provide for the establishment of a national employment system and for cooperation with the States in the promotion of such system, and for other purposes.June 6, 1933.[[S. 510](/us/bill/73/s/510).][
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