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62 STAT.] 80TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 160, 161-MAR. 29, 30, 1948 homes, including household equipment and furnishings; repayment of any loans received from the United States or from the Klamath tribal funds; purchase of building material, feed, seed, and grain; purchase or rehabilitation and repair of farming equipment, tools, trucks, tractors, machinery, and implements; and purchase of any other equipment or supplies necessary to enable the Indians to fit them- selves for or to engage in farming, livestock, industry, or such other pursuits or vocations, including education and adult education, as will enable them to become self-supporting; and health, including dental work: Provided,however, That the funds of the aged, infirm, decrepit, and incapacitated members may be used for their proper maintenance and support: Provided further, That during minority the share of each minor Indian shall be available for expenditure only for his education and for health purposes, including dental work, except that in an emergency expenditure of a minor Indian's share may be made for any of the purposes specified in this Act. As herein used, the term "minor" shall include all members of the tribe who have not attained the age of twenty-one years, except that minors eighteen years of age or over and who are married or have families of their own to support, shall be regarded as adults. On the death of any enrolled member, adult or minor, the sum on deposit to his credit shall be distributed as personal property, and shall be available for expenditure by the dis- tributees only for the purposes herein authorized: And provided fur- ther, That each member of the Klamath Tribes honorably discharged from service to the United States in its armed forces shall upon appli- cation to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, be paid $200 in cash, free from the aforesaid restrictions and in addition to the $500 to be credited to such member as provided in section 2 of this Act. SEC. 3. That in no event shall any portion of the funds hereby directed to be credited and paid become liable, payable, or subject to any debt or debts contracted prior to the passage of this Act by any Indian of the Klamath Tribe, except debts to the United States or to the tribe. Approved March 29, 1948. [CHAPTER 161] AN ACT To extend certain provisions of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, to provide for the termination of controls on maximum rents in areas and on housing accommodations where conditions justifying such controls no longer exist, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Housing and Rent Act of 1948". TITLE I-AMENDMENTS TO TITLE I OF HOUSING AND RENT ACT OF 1947 SEC. 2. Section 1 (b) of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended, is hereby repealed. SEC. 3. Section 4 of such Act, as amended, is amended by striking out "April 1, 1948" wherever such date appears therein and inserting in lieu thereof "April 1, 1949". TITLE II-MAXIMUM RENTS SEC. 201. Section 202 (c) of such Act, as amended, is amended by striking out paragraphs (2) and (3) thereof and inserting in lieu of such paragraphs the following: "(2) any motor court, or any part thereof; any trailer or trailer 93 Repayment of loans. Maintenance of aged, etc. Education and health purposes. " Minor." Death of member. Honorably dis- charged veterans. Prior debts. March 30, 1948 [S. 2182] [Public Law 4641 Housing and Rent Act of 1948. Post, p. 216 . 61 Stat. 193. 50 U. S. C., Supp. I, app. 1881 (b). 61 Stat. 195. 50 U. S. C., Supp. I, app. § 1884. Ante, p. 37. 61 Stat. 197. 50 U. S. C., Bupp. I, app. § 1892 (c) (2) (3).