Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 56 Part 1.djvu/542

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[56 STAT. Replacement of property destroyed by fire, flood, or storm: That to meet possible emergencies not exceeding $35,000 of the appropria- tions made by this Act for support of reservation and nonreservation schools, for school and agency buildings, and for conservation of health among Indians shall be available, upon approval of the Secretary of the Interior, for replacing any .buildings, equipment, supplies, livestock, or other property of those activities of the Indian Service above referred to which may be destroyed or ren- rovo. dered unserviceable by fire, flood, or storm: Provided, That any diversions of appropriations made hereunder shall be reported to Congress in the annual Budget. INDIAN LANDS Purchase of land for the Navajo Indians, Arizona, reimbursable: The unexpended balance of the appropriation contained in the 4 Stat. 1033. Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1934, for the purchase of land, and improvements thereon, including water rights, for the Navajo Indians in Arizona, as authorized by and in conformity with the provisions of the Act of June 14, 1934 (48 Stat. 961), is hereby continued available for the same purposes until expended. Purchase of land for the Navajo Indians, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah (tribal funds): For the purchase of land, or interests therein and improvements thereon, within the Navajo Indian Res- Proviso. Expeditres. ervation in Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah, $40,000: Provided, That no expenditures shall be made hereunder unless the Indians of the Navajo Tribe, by formal resolution of the tribal council, consent to the use of tribal funds for such purpose. Title to any lands and improvements purchased hereunder shall be taken in the name of the United States in trust for the Navajo Tribe of Indians. Leasing of lands for Navajo Indians (tribal funds): For lease, pending purchase, of land and water rights for the use and benefit of Indians of the Navajo Tribe in Arizona and New Mexico, $20,000, payable from funds on deposit to the credit of the Navajo Tribe. Acquisition oflands, For the acquisition of lands, interest in lands, water rights and etc. surface rights to lands, and for expenses incident to such acquisi- tioh (except salaries and expenses of employees), in accordance with 25 U.S.C. 465. the provisions of the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 985), $325,000: proeieO. Provided, That no part of the sum herein appropriated shall be used for the acquisition of land within the States of Arizona, Colo- rado, New Mexico, and Wyoming outside of the boundaries of existing Indian reservations. taRestrted lands, The unexpended balance of the appropriation of $25,000 contained taxes etc. 50 Stat. 573 . in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1938, for the payment of taxes, including penalties and interest, assessed against individually owned Indian land, title to which is held subject to restrictions against alienation or encumbrance except with the consent or approval of the Secretary of the Interior, when such land was purchased with trust or restricted funds with the under- standing that after purchase it would be nontaxable, as authorized 25U.s. . 42 by the Act of June 20, 1936 (49 Stat. 1542), is hereby continued available for the same purposes until June 30, 1943. of Utes, Utah. d Purchase of land, Confederated Bands of Utes, Utah (tribal funds): The unexpended balances of the amounts authorized to be expended by the Interior Department Appropriation Act for the 54 Stat. 415. fiscal year 1941 for the purchase of additional lands and improve- ments for the Confederated Bands of Ute Indians in Utah, are hereby continued available for the same purposes until expended. Round valley Res- Purchase of land for the Indians of the Round Valley Reserva- tion, California (tribal funds): The unexpended balance of the PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 473-JULY 2, 1942 514