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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 50 STAT. · April 17, 1937 · Public Law 43

Public Law 43.

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(/us/bill/75/pl/42)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary Santa Rosa Band of Mission Indians, California.Acquisition of land for use of, authorized.of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to purchase in the name of the United States of America in trust for the Santa Rosa Band of Mission Indians six hundred and forty acres of land described as section 36, township 7 south, range 4 east, San Bernardino meridian, California, and for that purpose there is hereby Appropriation authorized.*Post*, p. 763.authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, not to exceed the sum of $500.
Approved, April 17, 1937. To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to exchange certain lands and water rights in Inyo and Mono Counties, California, with the city of Los Angeles, and for other purposes. 1937-04-20 114 Chapter 50 Stat. 70 75 1 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 2024-11-23 public 70 [CHAPTER 114] AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to exchange certain lands and water rights in Inyo and Mono Counties, California, with the city of Los Angeles, and for other purposes.
April 20, 1937[[H. R. 5299](/us/bill/75/hr/5299)][[Public, No. 43](/us/bill/75/pl/43)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Los Angeles, Calif.Exchange of certain lands and water rights with, for benefit of Indians. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized, in his discretion, to accept title on behalf of the United States to lands and water rights now owned and held by the city of Los Angeles in the counties of Inyo and Mono, State of California, if, in his judgment, the interests of the Indians in said counties will be benefited thereby; and in consideration therefor the said Secretary may issue a patent or patents to the said city of Los Angeles for lands, water rights, and buildings now held by the United States for the benefit of the Indians, provided that the lands, water rights, and buildings covered by the patent or patents shall not exceed in value the lands and water rights conveyed *Proviso*.Reservation of minerals and easements.by the said city of Los Angeles to the United States: *Provided,* That the said Secretary may reserve the minerals of the lands conveyed to the said city and the said Secretary is authorized to accept conveyance by the said city of the lands and water rights, subject to a similar reservation in the city of the minerals of such lands, and in determining the relative value of the lands and water rights to be exchanged, consideration shall be given to any reservation made by either or both parties of any minerals or easements in the lands that may be exchanged.
Sec. 2. Exchange of lands covered by trust patent, etc. No allotted or other lands covered by trust patent or other instrument containing restriction against alienation by the allottee shall be involved in any such exchange except with the consent of the allottees or their heirs. Any such allottees or their heirs are hereby authorized to relinquish to the United States any lands covered by such patents or other instruments and accept in lieu thereof assignments of land within the new Indian reservations which are hereby authorized to be established by the Secretary of the Interior out of *Proviso*.Indian to receive area of equal value.any lands accepted by him pursuant to section 1 hereof: *Provided*, That any such Indian may receive an area of equal value to the area of the allotment relinquished by him and receive similar title to that relinquished should any of the lands accepted by the said Secretary be outside of the boundaries of the new reservations.
Sec. 3. No tribal lands involved except with consent. No tribal lands shall be involved in any such exchange except with the consent of a majority of the adult Indians entitled to the use thereof. All lands acquired pursuant to this Act, other than land to which title may be held by or in trust for individual Indians, shall be held by the United States in trust for the Indian tribe, band, or group concerned. Approved, April 20, 1937. To amend the National Housing Act. 1937-04-22 121 Chapter 50 Stat. 70 75 1 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 2024-11-23 public [CHAPTER 121] AN ACT To amend the National Housing Act. April 22, 1937[[S. 1228](/us/bill/75/s/1228)][
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