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[70 Stat. 581]
PUBLIC LAW 000—MMMM. DD, 1956
[70 Stat. 581]

70 S T A T. ]

Public Law 735

PUBLIC LAW 736-JULY 20, 1956

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CHAPTER 640

AN ACT To provide for the conveyance of certain real property of the United States to the town of Bald Knob, Arkansas.

July 19, 1956 tH. R. 10075]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Admin- i^tiJSl^'e.'^** istrator of General Services is authorized and directed, to convey to the town of Bald Knob, White County, Arkansas, upon payment by such town of consideration in the amount of $1, all of the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to certain real property in such town of Bald Knob, White County, Arkansas, being that part of lot 4, block 11, conveyed by the town of Bald Knob, Arkansas, to the United States on February 23, 1953, as part of a proposed post-office site, a more particular description of which shall be provided in the deed of conveyance by the Administrator of General Services. Approved July 19, 1956. Public Law 736

CHAPTER 645

AN ACT To provide that certain lands shall be held in trust for the Seminole Indians and to provide that certain lands shall be designated as a reservation for Seminole Indians, /

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representqftives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the equitable title to the lands and interests in lands together with the improvements thereon, acquired by the United States under authority of title II of the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved/June 16, 1933 (48 Stat. 200), the Emergency Relief Appropriaticin Act ol 1935, apjjroved April 8, 1935 (49 Stat. 115), and sectipn 55 of the Act entitled "An Act to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act, and for other purposes", approved August 24, 1935 (49 Stat. 750, 781), administrative jurisdiction over which was transferred from the Secretary of Agriculture to the Secretary of the Interior by Executive Order Numbered 7868, dated April 15, 1938, for the use of the Seminole Tribe, is hereby conveyed to the Seminole Tribe of Indians in the State of Florida, and such lands and interests are hereby declared to be held by the United States in trust for the Seminole Tribe of Indians in the State of Florida in the same manner and to the same extent as other land held in trust for such tribe. . SEC. 2. The lands declared to be held in trust for the Seminole Tribe of Indians in the State of Florida under the first section of this Act and all lands which have been acquired by the United States for the Seminole Tribe of Indians in the State of Florida under authority of the Act entitled "An Act to conserve and develop Indian lands and resources; to extend to Indians the right to form business and other organizations; to establish a credit system for Indians; to grant certain rights of home rule to Indians; to provide for vocational education for Indians; and for other purposes" approved June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984), are hereby declared to be a reservation for the use and benefit of such Seminole Tribe in Florida. SEC. 3. Nothing in this Act shall deprive any Indian of any individual right, ownership, right of possession, or contract right he may have in any land or interest in land referred to in this Act. Approved July 20, 1956.

July 20, 1956 [H. R. 9451]

Seminole Indian reservation.

15 USC ch. 16.

25 USC 463.