PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 424, 425-AUG. 12 , 13 , 1949
Railroad right-of-
way.
August 13, 1949
[S. 1323]
[Public Law 226]
Pueblo and Canon-
cito Navajo Indians.
40U..C.. 401-
410; Supp. II; 401
note; 23 U.. C. 9b;
7 U.S. C.1 607.
7U. . C. o1000et
8eq.; Supp. n,
1001
et ey.
3F. R.161.
3 CFR, 1943 Cum.
Supp., pp. 416, 582,
683, 902, 684.
9 west, and section 4, township 10 north, range 9 west, to a point on
the center line of the Boyll Road which is one thousand three hundred
and twenty feet west of the southeast corner of section 4, township 10
north, range 9 west; thence due north five hundred and eighty-five
and twenty-five one-hundredths feet; thence east one thousand four
hundred and eighty-five feet; thence north seventy-four and seventy-
five one-hundredths feet; thence east one thousand three hundred and
twenty feet to the center line of Seventh Street Road; thence north
along center line of Seventh Street Road to the center section line of
section 3, township 10 north, range 9 west; thence east along center
section line of section 3, township 10 north, range 9 west, to the
east line of section 3, township 10 north, range 9 west, being the center
line of United States Highway Numbered 41; thence north along the
center line of United States Highway Numbered 41 to the intersection
of the south line of section 34, township 11 north, range 9 west, and
section 35, township 11 north, range 9 west, being also the center line
of the township line or Bates-Harlan Road; thence west along the
center line of said Bates-Harlan Road to a point which is approxi-
mately three thousand five hundred and sixty feet east of the north-
east corner of section 5, township 10 north, range 9 west, being also
the center line of the Sullivan Road; thence south and southwesterly
along the center line of Sullivan Road to its intersection with the
center line of Boyll Road, being the place of beginning and containing
one thousand four hundred and seventy-two acres, more or less.
SEC. 2. There is excepted from the transfer provided for in this
Act that certain railroad right-of-way used and occupied by the
Department of the Army, across the northerly part of the lands
above-described.
SEC. 3 . The transfer provided for in this Act shall be effected with-
out reimbursement or transfer of funds.
Approved August 12, 1949.
[CHAPTER 425]
AN ACT
To declare that the United States holds certain lands in trust for the Pueblo
Indians and the Canoncito Navajo group in New Mexico, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United State.s of AnLerica in Congress assembled, That title to the
lands and the improvements thereon, lying and situated within the
State of New Mexico, which have been acquired by the United States
under authority of title II of the National Industrial Recovery Act of
June 16, 1933 (48 Stat. 200), the Emergency Relief Appropriation
Act of April 8, 1935 (49 Stat. 115), section 55 of title I of the Act of
August 24, 1935 (49 Stat. 750, 781), the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant
Act (50 Stat. 522, 525) and subsequent emergency relief appropriation
Acts administrative jurisdiction over which has heretofore been
transferred by the President from the Secretary of Agriculture to the
Secretary of the Interior, to be administered through the Commis-
sioner of Indian Affairs for the benefit of the Indians, by Executive
Orders Numbered 7792, 7975, 8255, 8471. 8696, and 8472 and that title
to the public domain lands and improvements thereon, lying and
situated within the State of New Mexico, which were withdrawn in
aid of proposed legislation by the Secretary of the Interior on Decem-
ber 23. 1938, and May 31, 1939, and now in use by Pueblo or Canoncito
Navajo Indians, excepting those portions thereof used by the United
States for administrative purposes, is hereby declared to be in the
United States of America in trust for the respective tribes, bands, or
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