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such per capita shares shall be paid by appropriate withdrawals out of the fund or funds on

deposit in the Treasury of the United States

arising out of such judgments.

(Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1085, §4, 68 Stat. 980.)

§ 775. Rules and regulations

The Secretary is authorized to prescribe the

necessary rules and regulations to carry out the

purposes of this subchapter.

(Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1085, §5, 68 Stat. 980.)

SUBCHAPTER XXXIV—CREEK NATION OF

INDIANS

§ 781. Distribution of funds

(a) Allotment equalization payments

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and

directed to use any funds on deposit in the

Treasury of the United States to the credit of

the Creek Nation to complete allotment equalization payments to persons with claims thereto

that were filed and adjudicated in accordance

with the provisions of section 18 in the Act of

June 30, 1919 (41 Stat. 3, 24.)

(b) Per capita payments to enrollees, heirs, or

legatees

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to

distribute per capita to the members of the

Creek Nation whose names appear on the final

rolls approved under the Act of April 26, 1906 (34

Stat. 137), or to their heirs or legatees, any

funds heretofore or hereafter deposited in the

Treasury of the United States to the credit of

the Creek Nation that are not used for the purposes of subsection (a) of this section and that

are not needed, in the judgment of the Secretary, for other tribal purposes except the proceeds of any final judgment entered in Docket

No. 21, pending before the Indian Claims Commission, in which the Creek Nation (Oklahoma)

is plaintiff, and McGhee et al., on behalf of the

Creek Nation East of the Mississippi are intervenors, and the United States is defendant.

(c) Judgment payments

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and

directed to distribute among the persons entitled thereto the funds appropriated by chapter

XII of the Third Supplemental Appropriation

Act, 1952 (66 Stat. 101, 121), in payment of the

judgment entered by the Indian Claims Commission in favor of the Loyal Creek Band or Group

of Creek Indians et al., Docket No. 1. Such funds

shall be paid to those persons whose names appear on the payroll prepared pursuant to the Act

of March 3, 1903 (32 Stat. 982, 994), by J. Blair

Schoenfelt, United States Indian Agent, or to

their heirs or legatees, on a pro rata basis in

proportion to the amounts appearing opposite

their names on such payroll.

(Aug. 1, 1955, ch. 444, §2, 69 Stat. 431.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Section 18 of the Act of June 30, 1919, referred to in

subsec. (a), is act June 30, 1919, ch. 4, §18, 41 Stat. 21,

which is set out as a note under section 375 of this title.

Act of April 26, 1906, referred to in subsec. (b), is act

Apr. 26, 1906, ch. 1876, 34 Stat. 137, which is set out as

a note under section 355 of this title.

The Indian Claims Commission, referred to in subsecs. (b) and (c), terminated Sept. 30, 1978. See Codification note set out under former section 70 et seq. of this

title.

Act of March 3, 1903, referred to in subsec. (c), is act

Mar. 3, 1903, ch. 994, 32 Stat. 982, 994, which was not

classified to the Code.

Chapter XII of the Third Supplemental Appropriation

Act, 1952, referred to in subsec. (c), is chapter XII of act

June 5, 1952, ch. 369, 66 Stat. 101, which was not classified to this Code.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 782, 783, 784, 785,

786 of this title.

§ 782. Payment to heirs or legatees

(a) Laws governing

If a person entitled to a payment authorized

by sections 781 to 785 of this title is deceased,

such payment shall be made to his heirs or legatees determined in accordance with the laws, relating to the distribution of personal property,

of the Creek Nation if the decedent died before

January 1, 1898, or of the State of Arkansas in

effect at the time of death if the decedent died

before November 16, 1907, or of the State of

Oklahoma in effect at the time of death if the

decedent died on or after November 16, 1907. For

the purposes of this section the decedent shall

be regarded as an owner in possession of the payment at the time of his death.

(b) Proof of death and heirship or bequest

Before a payment authorized by sections 781 to

785 of this title is made to an heir or legatee of

a deceased person, proof of death and heirship or

bequest satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior shall be submitted to him, and his findings with respect thereto shall be final and conclusive. Where satisfactory proof of death and

heirship or bequest is already available to the

Secretary, no additional submission shall be required.

(Aug. 1, 1955, ch. 444, §3, 69 Stat. 432.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 783, 784, 785 of

this title.

§ 783. Payments to minors or persons under legal

disability; liens, exception; tax exemption

Funds payable under sections 781 to 785 of this

title to minors or to persons under legal disability shall be paid to such representatives and

under such conditions as the Secretary of the Interior may direct. The distribution of funds

under said sections shall not be subject to any

lien, except for debts owed to the United States

or to Indian organizations indebted to the

United States, and shall not be taxable.

(Aug. 1, 1955, ch. 444, §4, 69 Stat. 432.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 782, 784, 785 of

this title.

§ 784. Appropriations

There is authorized to be appropriated out of

any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of $325,000 to remain available