Public Law 239.
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(/us/pl/76/238)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Shoshone Indians of Wind River Reservation, Wyo. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, with the advice and consent of the business council of the Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming, to prepare a roll showing theTribal roll, preparation; basis for distribution of judgment fund. members of said tribe living on the date of the approval of this Act, and such roll shall form the basis for the distribution of the judgment fund of said tribe created as the result of the passage of the Act of June 25, 1938 (52 Stat. 1114–1156), and accrued interest thereon. [52 Stat. 1156.](/us/stat/52/1156) Sec. 2.
That there shall be credited on the books of the Office ofCredit to each enrollee authorized. Indian Affairs the sum of $2,450 to each member of said tribe whose name appears on the roll provided for in section 1 hereof ; and out of such sum so credited the Secretary of the Interior is herebyImmediate per capita distribution. authorized to make available immediately to each individual member of the tribe the sum of $100; and, under such rules and regulationsSums for specified purposes. as he may prescribe, the sum of $1,350 to each adult and the sum of $500 to each minor for the following purposes:
Purchase of land, improvement of lands to be acquired or already held by the Indian, for the erection and improvement of suitable homes, the purchase of building material, farming equipment, livestock, feed, food, seed, grain, tools, machinery, implements, household goods, bedding, clothing, and any other equipment or supplies necessary to enable the Indians to fit themselves for or to engage in farming, livestock,*Proviso.* industry, or such other pursuits or vocations, including education, as will enable them to become self-supporting: *Provided, however*, That the funds of the aged, infirm, decrepit, and incapacitated members may be used for their proper maintenance and support in the discretionMaintenance of aged and infirm members. of the Secretary of the Interior.
The remainder ofDisposition of remainder. the share of each adult individual Indian, including accrued interest, shall be made available under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, and the remainder of the share of each minor Indian shall, with accrued interest, be held intact until such Indian reaches the age of eighteen years, when it shall be available under the same conditions as herein provided for adults. As herein used the term “adult” shall include the membersTerms defined. of the tribe eighteen years of age or over, and the term “minor” shall include all members less than eighteen years of age.
On the deathDeath of enrollee, availability of deposit. of any enrolled member, adult or minor, the sum on deposit to his 53 Stat. 1129 credit shall be available for expenditure for the benefit of his heirs for the purposes herein authorized. Sec. 3.
(a)Not to exceed $1,000,000 of said judgment fund, orPurchase of lands. interest thereon, shall be available for expenditure upon the request of the tribe and with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, for the purchase of lands in the manner prescribed in section 6 of this Act.
(b)The sum of $125,000 of said judgment fund, or interest thereon,Sum set aside as a loan fund. shall, at the request of the tribe and with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, be set aside as a loan fund for making loans to individual members, or groups of members, of said tribe under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior.
(c)The remainder of said judgment fund, including interestEstablishment of productive enterprises. thereon, after making the segregation provided for in section 2, and after setting aside the respective amounts authorized by this section, shall be available for appropriation, upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior, and with the consent of the tribe, for purposes of benefit to the tribe, including the establishment and administration of productive enterprises for the benefit of said tribe, and any income derived from such enterprises shall be credited to the Shoshone tribal judgment fund: *Provided*, That should such*Proviso.* Repayment for benefit accruing to Arapaho Tribe. enterprises also benefit the Arapaho Tribe repayment proportionate to the benefit to the Arapaho Tribe shall be made into the Shoshone judgment fund by the Arapaho Tribe out of such tribal income as the Arapaho Tribe may enjoy. Sec. 4. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby,Land-use districts. authorized and directed to establish land-use districts within the diminished and ceded portions of the Wind River Indian Reservation, Wyoming, and, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, to effect the consolidation of Indian and privately owned lands withinExchanges and consolidations of lands, etc. said districts through exchange, relinquishment, donation, assignment, or purchase of lands or interests therein, including water rights or surface rights to lands, improvements thereon and improvements on undisposed-of ceded lands, to the end that the respective Indian and non-Indian land holdings may be consolidated for more beneficial use. Exchanges of lands hereunder shall be made on the basis ofBasis. equal value, and the value of improvements on lands to be relinquished to the Indians or by Indians to non-Indians shall be given due consideration, and allowance made therefor in the valuation of lieu lands.Application of section. This section shall apply to tribal land, and trust or otherwise restricted Indian allotments, whether the allottees be living or deceased. In all transactions involving tribal Indian land, the consent of the ShoshoneTribal consent in transactions. and Arapaho Tribes shall first be obtained. Title to all lands or interests therein acquired by the Government through exchange of tribal land shall be taken in the name of the United States in trustTitle to lands, etc. for the Shoshone and Arapaho Tribes of Indians of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming. Title to lands exchanged for individual Indian allotments, or purchased for individual Indians with restricted funds shall be taken by the United States in trust for the individual Indian allottee or heir. The right herein granted individual Indians to acquire lands by purchase with restricted funds or by exchange shall not extend to lands on the ceded or opened portion of the reservation. Sec. 5. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed toRestoration to tribal ownership of all undisposed-of surplus or ceded lands, etc. restore to tribal ownership all undisposed-of surplus or ceded lands within the land use districts which are not at present under lease or permit to non-Indians; and, further, to restore to tribal ownership the balance of said lands progressively as and when the non-Indian owned lands within a given land use district are acquired by the 53 Stat. 1130 Government for Indian use pursuant to the provisions of this Act. All such restorations shall be subject to valid existing rights and claims: *Provided*, That no restoration to tribal ownership shall be*Proviso.*Provisions inapplicable to certain reclamation projects. made of any lands within any reclamation project heretofore authorized within the diminished or ceded portions of the reservation. Sec. 6. That the sum of $1,000,000 authorized in section 3 forAppropriation authorized; availability, reimbursement. use in carrying out the land purchase and consolidation program hereinbefore authorized shall remain available until expended and any amount expended shall be reimbursed with interest at 4 per centum per annum to the Shoshone Tribe of Indians of the Wind River Reservation from joint funds to the credit of the Shoshone and Arapaho Tribes of the Wind River Reservation or from future accruals to said joint fund, as and when said funds accrue. Title toTitle in trust for Indians. all land purchases made hereunder shall be taken in the name of the United States in trust for the Shoshone and Arapaho Tribes of Indians of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming. All purchasesPurchases, etc., subject to tribal approval. of lands or interests therein made pursuant to this section shall receive the approval of the Shoshone and Arapaho Tribal Councils or of the business committees thereof. Sec. 7. That in no event shall any portion of the Shoshone judgmentLiability for prior debts. fund become liable, payable, or subject to any debt or debts contracted prior to the passage of this Act by any Indian of the Shoshone Tribe except debts to the United States or to the tribe. Approved, July 27, 1939. To improve the efficiency of the Coast Guard, and for other purposes. 53 Stat. 1130 388 Chapter July 27, 1939 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 2024-11-24 76 1 public [CHAPTER 388] AN ACT To improve the efficiency of the Coast Guard, and for other purposes. July 27, 1939[[S. 2170](/us/bill/76/s/2170)][[Public, No. 239](/us/pl/76/239)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Coast Guard.[36 Stat. 538.](/us/stat/36/538)[33 U. S. C. § 716.](/us/usc/t33/s716) That the last clause of section 9 of the Act approved June 17, 1910 (36 Stat., 538; U. S. C., title 33, sec. 716), is amended to read as follows: " “and the Commandant of the Coast Guard is authorized to employTemporary employment of draftsmen, etc., at seat of government. temporarily at the seat of government, draftsmen and engineers for the preparation of plans and specifications for vessels, lighthouses, aids to navigation, and other works for the Coast Guard that may be authorized or appropriated for by Congress, to be paid from the appropriations applicable to such works.” " Sec. 2. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to acquire bySaint Louis, Mo., site for depot. purchase and/or lease the necessary land for locating a Coast Guard depot at or in the vicinity of Saint Louis, Missouri, and he is authorized to erect thereon such wharves, docks, buildings, or other structures as he may determine to be necessary. Sec. 3. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to purchase aAtlantic City, N. J., servicing base. site for a servicing base for the Coast Guard at or in the vicinity of Atlantic City, New Jersey. Sec. 4. The Secretary of War is authorized to transfer to theYerba Buena Island Military Reservation, Calif.; transfer of portion for Coast Guard use. Treasury Department for the use of the Coast Guard, the tract of land no longer needed for military purposes and comprising the whole of tract numbered 2 of the United States Military Reservation on Yerba Buena Island in San Francisco Bay, State of California, containing twenty-six and fifty-one one-hundredths acres, more or less, exclusive of the two parcels, together containing two and sixty-nine one-hundredths acres, now under the control and jurisdiction of the Navy Department, all as shown on map numbered 6797–101, entitled Yerba Buena Island, California (Goat Island) Reservation Map”, dated December 1935, revised to May 21, 1938, on file in the office of the Quartermaster General, War Department, Washington,53 Stat. 1131District of Columbia, the specific tract of land to be more fully described by metes and bounds at the time of transfer. Sec. 5. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and empoweredRochester Harbor Lighthouse property, Charlotte, N. Y. to lease for a period not to exceed twenty-five years to the New York Central Railroad Company, a corporation organized and existingLicense for right-of-way across, granted the N. Y. Central R. R. Co. under and by virtue of the laws of the State of New York and other States, its successors and assigns, for railroad track purposes, that portion of the Rochester Harbor Lighthouse property at Charlotte, New York, now occupied by wye track of said railroad company under the terms and provisions of a revocable license granted by the Department of Commerce, which license expires by limitation during 1939, or such modification thereof as may be deemed to be in the public interest. The New York Central Railroad Company for suchYearly rental. use of the property in question shall pay the same yearly rental as stipulated in stated existing revocable license or such yearly rental as may be hereafter determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, at his discretion: *Provided*, That nothing herein contained shall grant*Provisos*.Restrictions.or convey or be held to grant or convey to said railroad company, its successors or assigns, during such time as it or they may hold, said land under the lease hereby authorized, nor any right or privilege to take or remove any of such land or structures other than the property of the said railroad company: *Provided further*, That theTermination of lease upon failure to comply. Secretary of the Treasury may at any time during the said lease period of twenty-five years, at his discretion, terminate and cancel said lease, in case said company shall fail to comply with the stipulated terms or conditions. It shall also be stipulated in the leaseRestoration of property. hereby authorized that upon termination or expiration the said railroad company shall promptly remove from the land all of its property and restore the same to the condition when first taken or condition otherwise satisfactory to the Government. Sec. 6. Section 1 of the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the SecretaryStony Point Light Station Reservation, N. Y., exchange of properties. of Commerce to convey to the Commissioners of the Palisades Interstate Park, a body politic of the State of New York, certain portions of the Stony Point Light Station Reservation, Rockland County, New York, including certain appurtenant structures, and for other purposes”, approved July 30, 1937 (50 Stat. 549), is amended[50 Stat. 549.](/us/stat/50/549) by striking out “the Commissioners of the Palisades Interstate Park” and inserting in lieu thereof “the Palisades Interstate Park Commission, a body corporate and politic established by compact between the States of New York and New Jersey, authorized by joint resolution of Congress approved August 19, 1937 (50 Stat. 719)”; and section 2 of[50 Stat. 719.](/us/stat/50/719) such Act of July 30, 1937, is amended by striking out “In exchange for the property to be transferred the Commissioners of the Palisades Interstate Park shall transfer title to the United States to” and inserting in lieu thereof “The Secretary of the Treasury is also authorized to accept on behalf of the United States”. Approved, July 27, 1939. For the protection of the water supply of the city of Ketchikan, Alaska. 53 Stat. 1131 389 Chapter July 27, 1939 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 2024-11-24 76 1 public [CHAPTER 389] AN ACT For the protection of the water supply of the city of Ketchikan, Alaska. July 27, 1939[[H. R. 2413](/us/bill/76/hr/2413)][
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