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[78 STAT. 559]
PUBLIC LAW 88-000—MMMM. DD, 1964
[78 STAT. 559]

78 STAT. ]

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PUBLIC LAW 88-462-AUG. 20, 1964

Public Law 88-461 AN ACT To convey certain federally owned land to the Cherokee Tribe of Oklahoma. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all the right, title, and interest of the United States in the following described land comprising 40 acres, more or less, heretofore set aside for school purposes, are hereby conveyed to the Cherokee Indian Tribe of Oklahoma, and such land shall not be subject to any exemption from taxation, or restriction on use, management, or disposition, because of Indian ownership: North half southeast quarter northeast quarter, and that part of the northeast quarter northeast quarter lying south of United States Highway Numbered 62, section 20, township 16 north, range 22 east, Indian meridian, Oklahoma. SEC. 2. The Indian Claims Commission is directed to determine in accordance with the provisions of section 2 of the Act of August 13, 1946 (60 Stat. 1050), the extent to which the value of the lands conveyed under the authority of this Act should or should not be set off against any claim against the United States determined by the Commission subsequent to the conveyance. Approved August 20, 1964.

August 20, 1964 [H. R. 6496]

Indians. Cherokee Tribe of Okla. Land convey-

25 USC 70a.

Public Law 88-462 AN ACT To provide for the relocation and restablishment of the village of Sil Murk and of the members of the Papago Indian Tribe inhabiting the village of Sil Murk, and for other purjwses.

August 20, 1964

[H. R. II329]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Indians. Tribe. Papago of the Interior is authorized to receive and hold in trust for the Sil Murk village Papago Tribe an amount of $269,500 out of funds available for the relocation Painted Rock Dam and Reservoir project to be used solely for the relocation and restablishment of the village of Sil Murk, and its inhabitants, including the purchase of a replacement site, construction of community facilities, and other improvements: Provided, That title to the replacement site and such community facilities shall be held by the United States of America in trust for the Papago Indian Tribe: Provided further, That said funds held by the Secretary of the Interior in trust for the Papago Tribe shall be expended in accordance with plans approved by the Secretary of the Interior. SEC. 2. As a condition of the payment authorized in section 1 for the relocation of the village of Sil Murk, the individuals who may assert an interest in the improvements in the village and the Papago Tribe shall, by appropriate resolution and deed, quitclaim and release to the United States whatever interest the tribe and the individuals may have in the site of the present village of Sil Murk. SEC. 3. There is authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $269,500 to carry out the provisions of this Act. Approved August 20, 1964,