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the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, for

the following purposes:

Purchase of land; improvement of lands acquired or already held by the Indian; erection

and improvement of suitable homes; repayment

of any loans received from the United States or

from the Klamath tribal funds; purchase of

building material, farming equipment, livestock, feed, food, seed, grain, 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 farming, livestock, industry, or such

other pursuits or vocations, including education, as will enable them to become self-supporting; and health purposes: Provided, however,

That the funds of the aged, infirm, decrepit, and

incapacitated members, and of minors, may be

used for their proper maintenance and support.

The remainder of the share of each minor Indian

shall be held intact until such Indian reaches his

majority, when it, together with interest at the

rate of 4 per centum per annum, shall be available for expenditure for the purposes specified

herein. As herein used, the term ‘‘minor’’ shall

include all members of the tribe less than twenty-one years of age, 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: Provided, however, That of the aforesaid $2,000 to be prorated to each person, $100

shall be paid to each member of said tribes as a

per capita payment, free from the aforesaid restrictions, under rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior.

(Aug. 7, 1939, ch. 552, §1, 53 Stat. 1252.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Act of June 25, 1938, referred to in text, probably refers to the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal

year 1938, act June 25, 1938, ch. 681, §203(a), 52 Stat. 1156.

Section 203(a) of that act provided for an appropriation

for payment of judgments rendered by the court of

claims and reported to the 75th Congress in Senate

Document Numbered 191, and House Documents Numbered 661 and 686. House Document No. 681 listed a judgment in favor of the Klamath and Modoc Tribes and

Yahooskin Band of Snake Indians in the sum of

$5,313,347.32, with interest on a part thereof to date of

payment, for the taking of land.

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 542 of this title.

§ 542. Limitations on remainder of fund

After the segregation provided for in section

541 of this title shall have been made, the remainder of such judgment fund, including interest, shall be available for expenditure subject to

the following limitations and conditions:

(a) Repealed. Aug. 13, 1954, ch. 732, §12, 68 Stat.

721.

(b) Three hundred and seventy-five thousand

dollars for immediate payment in a lump sum of

$1,500 to each adult unallotted Indian found to

be entitled to payment in lieu of allotment, as

authorized in the Act of June 1, 1938 (52 Stat.

605) [25 U.S.C. 551 et seq.]: Provided, That the

amount due any minor under the provisions of

said subchapter shall be withheld until he becomes an adult, as herein defined, when it shall

be paid to him in a lump sum from any funds,

principal, or interest, on deposit to the credit of

the Klamath Tribe, and section 2 of said Act of

June 1, 1938 [25 U.S.C. 552], is amended accordingly.

(c) Such moneys as shall remain in the principal fund shall be transferred to and become a

part of the capital reserve fund created by section 530 of this title.

(Aug. 7, 1939, ch. 552, §2, 53 Stat. 1253; Aug. 13,

1954, ch. 732, §12, 68 Stat. 721.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Act of June 1, 1938, referred to in subsec. (b), is act

June 1, 1938, ch. 310, 52 Stat. 605, as amended, which is

classified generally to subchapter XI (§551 et seq.) of

this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to

the Code, see Tables.

AMENDMENTS

1954—Subsec. (a). Act Aug. 13, 1954, repealed subsec.

(a) which related to transfer of funds.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1954 AMENDMENT

Section 12 of act Aug. 13, 1954, provided that the

amendment made by that section is effective on the

date of the transfer of tribal property to a trustee, corporation, or other legal entity pursuant to section 564e

of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

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

§ 543. Liability of judgment funds for debts

In no event shall any portion of the said judgment fund become liable, payable, or subject to

any debt or debts contracted prior to the passage of this subchapter by any Indian of the

Klamath Tribe except debts to the United States

or to the tribe.

(Aug. 7, 1939, ch. 552, §3, 53 Stat. 1253.)

§ 544. Creation of individual credits; authorized

purchases

The Secretary of the Interior be, and he is authorized and directed, from the capital reserve

fund deposited in the Treasury of the United

States to the credit of the Klamath and Modoc

Tribes and Yahooskin Band of Snake Indians

(hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Klamath

Tribes’’), said fund being established pursuant to

the Act of August 28, 1937 (ch. 874, 50 Stat. 872)

[25 U.S.C. 530 et seq.], as augmented by the proceeds of the judgment fund of the Klamath Indians as provided in the Act of August 7, 1939 (ch.

552, 53 Stat. 1252) [25 U.S.C. 541 et seq.], to credit

the sum of $500 upon the books of the Office of

Indian Affairs, to each person determined by the