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Secretary of the Interior to be entitled to enrollment upon the annuity roll of said tribes of

the Klamath Reservation, Oregon, living upon

March 29, 1948. The share of each adult member

of the credit so established shall be available for

expenditure, under such rules and regulations as

the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, for

the following purposes:

Purchase of land or interests in land; improvement of lands acquired or already held by the

Indian; erection and improvement of suitable

homes including household equipment and furnishings; repayment of any loans received from

the United States or from the Klamath tribal

funds; purchase of building material, feed, seed,

and grain; purchase or rehabilitation and repair

of farming equipment, tools, trucks, tractors,

machinery, and implements; and purchase of

any other equipment or supplies necessary to

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

other pursuits or vocations, including education

and adult education, as will enable them to become self-supporting; and health, including dental work: Provided, however, That the funds of

the aged, infirm, decrepit, and incapacitated

members may be used for their proper maintenance and support: Provided further, That during

minority the share of each minor Indian shall be

available for expenditure only for his education

and for health purposes, including dental work,

except that in an emergency expenditure of a

minor Indian’s share may be made for any of the

purposes specified in this section and section 545

of this title. As herein used, the term ‘‘minor’’

shall include all members of the tribe who have

not attained the age of twenty-one years, except

that minors eighteen years of age or over and

who are married or have families of their own to

support, shall be regarded as adults. On the

death of any enrolled member, adult or minor,

the sum on deposit to his credit shall be distributed as personal property, and shall be available

for expenditure by the distributees only for the

purposes herein authorized: And provided further,

That each member of the Klamath Tribes honorably discharged from service to the United

States in its armed forces shall, upon application to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, be

paid $200 in cash, free from the aforesaid restrictions and in addition to the $500 to be credited

to such member as provided in this section.

(Mar. 29, 1948, ch. 160, §2, 62 Stat. 92.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Act of August 28, 1937, referred to in text, is act Aug.

28, 1937, ch. 874, 50 Stat. 872, as amended, which is classified generally to subchapter IX (§530 et seq.) of this

chapter.

Act of August 7, 1939, referred to in text, is act Aug.

7, 1939, ch. 552, 53 Stat. 1252, as amended, which is classified generally to this subchapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

CODIFICATION

This section was not enacted as part of act Aug. 7,

1939, ch. 552, 53 Stat. 1252, which comprises this subchapter.

SHORT TITLE

Section 1 of act Mar. 29, 1948, provided: ‘‘That this

Act [enacting this section and section 545 of this title]

shall be known as the ‘Klamath Welfare Act’.’’

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

For transfer of functions of other officers, employees,

and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with

power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§1, 2,

eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in

the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and

Employees.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 545 of this title.

§ 545. Liability of judgment funds for debts

In no event shall any portion of the funds directed to be credited and paid become liable,

payable, or subject to any debt or debts contracted prior to the passage of this section and

section 544 of this title by any Indian of the

Klamath Tribe, except debts to the United

States or to the tribe.

(Mar. 29, 1948, ch. 160, §3, 62 Stat. 93.)

CODIFICATION

This section was not enacted as part of act Aug. 7,

1939, ch. 552, 53 Stat. 1252, which comprises this subchapter.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 544 of this title.

SUBCHAPTER XI—KLAMATH TRIBE: PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF ALLOTMENTS; INHERITANCE OF RESTRICTED PROPERTY

SUBCHAPTER REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This subchapter is referred to in section 542 of this

title.

§ 551. ‘‘Klamath Tribe’’ defined

As used in this subchapter the term ‘‘Klamath

Tribe’’ includes the members of the Klamath

and Modoc Tribes and the Yahooskin Band of

Snakes and all other Indians having rights on

the Klamath Indian Reservation in the State of

Oregon.

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

§ 552. Payments in lieu of allotments

Each enrolled member of the Klamath Tribe

living on June 1, 1938, who has not received an

allotment of land shall be paid the sum of $1,500

from unobligated Klamath tribal funds on deposit in the Treasury of the United States,

under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior shall prescribe, in installments of not to exceed $300 per annum: Provided,

That no member of the Klamath Tribe who shall

not be enrolled within one year from June 1,

1938, shall receive a payment in lieu of allotment. No member of the Klamath Tribe born

after June 1, 1938, shall be entitled to receive

any allotment of land or money payment in lieu

thereof.

(June 1, 1938, ch. 310, §2, 52 Stat. 605.)

CROSS REFERENCES

Minor’s funds withheld until he becomes an adult, see

section 542 of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 542 of this title.