68 Existing provision repealed . 34 Stat. 453; 40 Stat . 64 0. 14U.S.C.§124. Proviso . Restr iction on pre s- ent appointees . a Ari l 17, 1937 s .1901i [Publie, No . 39] Quapaw Indians, Oklahoma . State gross produc- tion tax on lead and zi nc produced on lands of . 41 Stat . 1249 . Exemption from other State taxes . Proviso. Not a lien on prop- erty of Indian . April 17, 1937 [S. 1473] [Public, No . 401 75 TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CHS . 107- 109-APRIL 16, 17, 1937 SEC . 10 . Section 4 of an Act entitled "An Act to promote the effi- ciency of the Revenue C utter Service ", approved J une 23, 1906 (34 Stat. 453; U. S. C., 1934 ed., title 14, sec. 124), as amended by the Act of July 1, 1918 (40 Stat . 640), is hereby repealed, but such repeal shall not be construed to affect exi sting appoint ments : Provided, That no appointee, appointed prior to the enactment of this Act, may be re tained as an i nstructor in the Coast Gua rd Academy wit h- out appropriate civil-service status for a period longer than six months from the effective date of this Act . Approved, April 16, 1937 . [CHAPTER 108] AN ACT To amend the last two provisos, section 26, Act of Congress approved March 3, 1921 (41 Stat . L . 1225-1248) . Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Be resentatives of the United States o f America in Congress assemble That the last two provisos in section 26 of the Act of Congress approved March 3, 1921 (41 Stat . L . 1225-1248), be, and the same are hereby, amended to read as follows : "That the State of Oklahoma is authorized, from and after the passage of this amendment, to levy and collect a gross production tax upon all lead and zinc produced on said lands in an amount not to exceed the present rate of three-fourths of 1 per centum on the gross value thereof . In accordance with the uniform policy of the United States Government to hold the lands of the Quapaw Indians while restricted and the income therefrom free from State taxation of whatsoever nature, except as said immunity is expressly waived, and, in pursuance of said fixed policy, it is herein expressly provided that the waiver of tax immunity herein provided shall he in lieu of all other State taxes of whatsoever nature . on said restricted lands or the income therefrom, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be paid out of the individual Indian funds held under his supervision, belonging to the Indian owner of the land, the gross production tax so assessed against the royalty interest of the respective Indian owner in an amount not to exceed the rate hereinabove set forth : Provided, however, That such tax shall not become a lien or charge of any kind or character against the land or other property of said Indian owner ." Approved, April 17, 1937 . [CHAPTER 109] AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of War to lend War Department equipment for use at the World Jamboree to the Boy Scouts of America; and to authorize the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to remit the tax on steamship tickets; and further to authorize the Secretary of State to issue passports to bona-fide Scouts and Scouters without fee for the application or the issuance of said passports Be it enacted by the Senate a nd House of Re presentatives of the Boy Scouts of Amer- Un it ed St at es of America in C ongress assem bled, That the Sec retary Loan of Army equip- .of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to lend, at his discretion, mnt t fo in wrid to the National Council, Boy Scouts of America, for use at the World Netherlands . Jamboree, Boy Scouts, to be held in the Netherlands, in the months of July and August 1937, one thousand two hundred cots, four thousand fiv e hundred bla nkets, tentag e for one thou sand two hun- dred Scouts, twenty-five fire cranes, twenty-five sets commissary storage shelves, one hundred pot chains, one hundred cook pots, twenty-five United States parade-size flags, fifty fry pans, fifty bake
