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- 72d CONG RESS . SESS. I. CHS. 23, 24. FEBRUARY 6, 8,1932 .

39 [ CHAP TER 23 .] AN ACT To authorize the sale of parts of a cemetery reserve made for the Kiowa February 7 1932.

[s.240 .1 ComanchePand Apach e Indians in Oklahoma .

[i'ublie, No . 13.] Be i t enacte d by the Senate and Hous e of Repr esentati ves of t he United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- Cache Creek Indian tary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to muse to be C me Pat ent te y'to k asue for issued a patent in fee for not to exceed two and one-half acres of part of. land lying in the northwest corner of the south half of southwest quarter o f section 23, town ship 5 no rth, rang e 12 west , Indian merid- ian, in Caddo County, Oklahoma, said area being within the tract set apart and reserved as a tribal burial ground for the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Indians, but long used with their knowledge and assent as a burial place for white residents of the vicinity Provided, That no paten t shal l issu e unti l a ce metery associ ation Proviso8. has been legally organized to hold title and until payment for the condition. area involved has been made to the superintendent of the reservation in an amount not less than the appraised value of the land : Provided Mineral righ ts re • further, That there is hereby reserved for the use and benefit of ser ved . the present Indian owners in common all oil, gas, coal, or other minerals in the la nds set a side here under . SEC. 2. The Se cretary o f the Int erior is further a uthorized , in his sale of additional discretion, to offer for sale on competitive bids, at not less than portions authorized . their apprai sed va lue an d to c onvey to the purcha sers, such o ther parts of the said eighty acres heretofore set apart and known as the Cache Creek Indian Cemetery, as may be found not longer needed for Indian burial or administrative purposes ; with the un- derstanding that the net proceeds received from such sale or sales and from the cultivation or leasing of any part prior to sale, shall be set ap art an d cons titute a fun d for the bea utifyi ng, im provem ent, and management of the portion retained as a tribal cemetery : Pro- Proviso . Mi

rig hts re vided, That there is hereby reserved for the use and benefit of the ser ved . present Indian ow ners in c ommon all oil, ga s, coal, or other minerals in the lands set aside hereunder . SFc . 3 . It is further provided that each of the three tribes in- Management oftribal terested may sele ct one of its full -blood m embers, t he three to func- cemetery . tion as trustees and custodians of the tribal cemetery, signing leases and ot herwise a ssisting in the ma nagement of the pr operty, s ubject to advice and approval of the superintendent . Approved, February 6, 1932 . [C HAPT ER 24 .] AN ACT Providing for the participation of the United States in A Century of Progress February

5,1 1932. (the Chicago World's Fair Centennial Celebration) to be held at Chicago, [Public, No. 14 .] Illinois, in 1933, authorizing an appropriation therefor, and for other purposes . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there Chicag o World 's Fair is hereby established a commission, to be known as the Chicago Ce nte nn ial com mis - World's Fair Centennial Commission, and to be composed of the Podt, pp. 145, 703. Secretary of State, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Secretary p composition and of Commerce ; which commission shall serve without additional com- pensation and shall represent the United States in connection with the holdin g of a n inte rnatio nal ex hibitio n, kno wn as A Cent ury of Progress, in the city of Chicago, in the State of Illinois, in the year 1933, in celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the incor- poration of Chicago as a municipality .