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1So in original. Probably should be ‘‘devisees,’’.

§ 553. Deposit and expenditure of payments

The payments herein authorized shall be deposited to the credit of the individual Indian

money accounts of such Indians subject to expenditure by such Indians, under such rules and

regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may

prescribe for (1) industrial and agricultural assistance, and the construction and improvement

of homes, including the purchase of land and interests in land, building material, farming

equipment, industrial equipment, trucks, livestock, feed, food, seed, tools, machinery, implements, household goods, bedding, clothing, and

any other equipment or supplies necessary to

enable the Indians to fit themselves for or to engage in the farming, livestock industry, or such

other industrial or agricultural pursuits or avocations as will enable them to become self-supporting; (2) the educational advancement of such

Indians; (3) financial assistance in cases of illness, death, or other emergency; (4) the repayment of reimbursable debts previously contracted; or (5) security for or the repayment of

loans made to such Indians from any Klamath

revolving loan fund now existent or which shall

hereafter be created.

(June 1, 1938, ch. 310, §3, 52 Stat. 605.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Herein, referred to in text, means act June 1, 1938,

which comprises this subchapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

§ 554. Disposition of payment on death of Indian

In the event of the death of any such Indian

entitled to receive a payment in lieu of allotment after June 1, 1938, any unexpended balance

of said $1,500 still due the decedent shall first be

applied to the repayment of any loans received

by such Indian from the United States or from

the Klamath Tribal funds, and the balance

thereafter shall be distributed as personal property.

(June 1, 1938, ch. 310, §4, 52 Stat. 606.)

§ 555. Repealed. Aug. 13, 1954, ch. 732, § 9(c), 68

Stat. 721

Section, act June 1, 1938, ch. 310, §5, 52 Stat. 606, related to devise of restricted or trust property and is

now covered by section 564h of this title.

§ 556. Reversion of interest in property on death

without heirs or devisees

If any enrolled member of the Klamath Tribe

dies without lawful heirs or devises,1 all interest

which such member has in any restricted or

trust property within the Klamath Reservation

shall revert to and become part of the common

tribal property.

(June 1, 1938, ch. 310, §6, 52 Stat. 606.)

SUBCHAPTER XII—KLAMATH TRIBE: FEES

AND CHARGES

§§ 561, 562. Omitted

CODIFICATION

Sections, which related to fees for general services

and medical services, were from the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1946, July 3, 1945, ch. 262, §1,

59 Stat. 334, and were not repeated in the Interior Department Appropriation Act of 1947, July 1, 1946, ch.

529, 60 Stat. 348.

§ 563. Salaries and expenses for Klamath Tribe

Officials

The Secretary of the Interior, or such official

as may be designated by him, is authorized,

until otherwise directed by Congress, to advance

to the tribe or to pay out of any unobligated

tribal funds of the Klamath Indians in the

Treasury of the United States salaries and expenses of tribal officials or representatives (except the Klamath Loan Fund Board) at rates

and/or limitations designated in advance by the

Klamath General Council, or any governing

body to which it may delegate such authority,

and approved by the Secretary of the Interior:

Provided, That the length of stay of representatives serving the tribe at the seat of government

shall be determined by the Secretary of the Interior.

(May 29, 1953, ch. 86, §1, 67 Stat. 40.)

PRIOR PROVISIONS

A prior section 563, acts June 25, 1938, ch. 710, 52 Stat.

1207; Aug. 7, 1939, ch. 519, 53 Stat. 1244; May 15, 1945, ch.

123, 59 Stat. 167, provided for payment of salaries and

expenses of Klamath Tribe officials out of tribal funds

but limited the amount of such expenditures to $15,000

per annum, prior to repeal by act May 29, 1953, §2, 67

Stat. 40.

SUBCHAPTER XIII—KLAMATH TRIBE:

TERMINATION OF FEDERAL SUPERVISION

CROSS REFERENCES

Klamath Tribe and its members, inapplicability of

this subchapter to, see section 566 of this title.

Modoc Tribe and its members, inapplicability of this

subchapter to, see section 861a of this title.

SUBCHAPTER REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This subchapter is referred to in sections 566, 861a of

this title.

§ 564. Purpose

The purpose of this subchapter is to provide

for the termination of Federal supervision over

the trust and restricted property of the Klamath

Tribe of Indians consisting of the Klamath and

Modoc Tribes and the Yahooskin Band of Snake

Indians, and of the individual members thereof,

for the disposition of federally owned property

acquired or withdrawn for the administration of

the affairs of said Indians, and for a termination

of Federal services furnished such Indians because of their status as Indians.

(Aug. 13, 1954, ch. 732, §1, 68 Stat. 718.)

REVOLVING FUND: INTEREST-FREE LOANS TO KLAMATH

INDIANS; REFINANCING LENDING AGENCY LOANS

Pub. L. 86–40, June 11, 1959, 73 Stat. 70, provided:

‘‘That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to

make loans, without interest, from the revolving fund

authorized by the Acts of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 986; 25

U.S.C. 470), and June 26, 1936 (49 Stat. 1968; 25 U.S.C.

506), as amended and supplemented, to members of the

Klamath Tribe of Indians who elected to withdraw from

the tribe pursuant to the Act of August 13, 1954 (68 Stat.

718; 25 U.S.C. 564), as amended, regardless of the degree

of Indian blood of the borrower, and to collect such