An Act restoring to tribal ownership certain lands upon the Colville Indian Reservation, Wash., and for other purposes
PL 84-772 (H.R.7190), enacted 07/24/1956

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PUBLIC LAW 771-JULY 24, 1956 
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July 24, 1956 
[ a R. 6729] 
Public Law 771 
CHAPTER 683 
AN ACT 
To provide that the Secretary of the Navy shall appoint certain former members 
of the Navy and Marine Corps to the Fleet Reserve or Fleet Marine Corps 
Reserve, as may be appropriate, and thereafter transfer such members to the 
appropriate retired list. 
Transfer to r e -
tired li St. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Navy and Marine United States of America in Congress assembled, That upon applica-
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p ointment to tioii by any former member of the Navy or Marine Corps— 
Fleet Reserve. 
^ j^^ ^ j ^ ^ ^^g discharged pHor to August 10,1946, under honor-
able conditions, and 
(2) who, at the time of his discharge, had at least twenty years' 
active Federal service, 
the Secretary of the Navy shall appoint such former member in the 
Fleet Reserve or Fleet Marine Corps Reserve, as may be appropriate, 
in the rank held by him at the time of such discharge. 
SEC. 2, Each person appointed to the Fleet Reserve or Fleet Marine 
Corps Reserve under the first section of this Act shall be transferred 
to the appropriate retired list (1) on the fir.st day of the first calendar 
month beginning after such appointment, if his last discharge oc-
curred ten or more years prior to the date of such appointment, and 
(2) in the case of individuals appointed under such section before the 
expiration of ten years from their last discharge, on the first day of 
the first calendar month, beginning after the expiration of ten years 
from the date of such discharge. 
SEC. 3. Each former member transferred to a retired list under 
clauses (1) and (2) of section 2 shall receive retired pay at the annual 
rate of 2i/^ per centum of the annual base and longevity pay he was 
receiving at the time of his last discharge, multiplied by the number 
of his years of active Federal service at such time (not to exceed 
thirty), and adjusted to reflect the percentage increases made since 
such discharge in the retired pay of persons retired from the Armed 
Forces prior to October 12,1949. 
SEC. 4. For the purposes of this Act, all active service in the Army 
of the United States, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the Coast Guard, 
or any component thereof, shall be deemed to be active Federal service. 
SEC. 5. No pay shall accrue to the benefit of any person appointed 
under the provisions of this Act prior to the date such person is 
actually appointed under the provisions of this Act and in no event 
prior to the first day of the first month following enactment of this 
Act. 
Approved July 24, 1956. 
Pay. 
A c t i v e Federal 
service. 
Restriction. 
Public Law 772 
CHAPTER 684 
July 24, 1956 
AN ACT 
[H. R. 7190] 
Restoring to tribal ownership certain lands upon the Colville Indian Reservation, 
Washington, and for other purposes. 
Colville 
Indian 
Reservation. 
Land restored. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the undisposed-
of lands of the Colville Indian Reservation, Washington, dealt with 
by the Act of March 22, 1906 (34 Stat. 80), are hereby restored to 
tribal ownership to be held in trust by the United States to the same 
extent as all other tribal lands on the existing reservation, subject 
to any existing valid rights. 
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SEC. 2. For the purpose of effecting land consolidations between the 
Colville Indians and non-Indians in Ferry and Okanogan Counties, 
the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, with the consent 
of the tribal council as evidenced by a resolution adopted in accord-
ance with the constitution and bylaws of the tribe, under such regu-
lations as he may prescribe, to sell or exchange tribal lands in 
connection with the acquisition of lieu lands, and to acquire through 
purchase, exchange, or relinquishment, lands or any interest in lands, 
water rights, or surface rights. The acquisition of lands pursuant 
to this Act shall be limited to lands within the boundary of the reser-
vation. Exchanges of lands, including improvements thereon, shall 
be made on the basis of approximate equal value. In carrying out 
the provisions of this Act, if non-Indian lands are involved the board 
of county commissioners of counties in which land is located shall by 
proper resolution consent before such non-Indian land is acquired for 
the tribe or an individual Indian. 
No lands or interests in lands 
owned by the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation shall 
be subject to disposition hereafter without the consent of the duly 
authorized governing body of the tribes, and no lands or interests in 
lands shall be acquired for the tribes without the consent of the said 
governing body. 
SEC. 3. Title to lands or any interest therein acquired pursuant to 
this Act shall be taken in the name of the United States of America 
in trust for the tribe or individual Indian and shall be nontaxable 
as other tribal and allotted trust Indian lands of the Colville 
Reservation. 
SEC. 4. The agreement entered into by the Confederated Tribes of 
the Colville Reservation and Okanogan and Ferry Counties of the 
State of Washington on April 21,1954, is hereby ratified and approved. 
SEC. 5. The Business Council of the Confederated Tribes of the 
Colville Reservation shall, in accordance with resolution numbered 
1955-33, dated April 8, 1955, of the Colville Business Council, submit 
to the Secretary of the Interior within five years from the date of 
enactment of this Act proposed legislation providing for the termi-
nation of Federal supervision over the property and affairs of the 
Confederated Tribes and their members within a reasonable time after 
the submission of such proposed legislation. 
Approved July 24, 1956. 
Public Law 773 
CHAPTER 685 
AN ACT 
July 24, 1956 
To amend the Act entitled "An Act to provide recognition for meritorious service 
[H. R. IO375] 
by members of the police and fire departments of the District of Columbia", 
approved March 4, 1929. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the first section Fi^men!'*'"*^* ^** 
of the Act entitled "An Act to provide recognition for meritorious 
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service by members of the police and fire departments of the District 
D.C. code 4.701. 
of Columbia, approved March 4, 1929, is amended to read as follows: 
"That for the official recognition of outstanding acts in the line of 
duty by the members of the police and fire departments of the District 
of Columbia there shall be awarded annually one gold medal and one 
or more silver medals, appropriately inscribed, to those members of 
each department who have by outstanding or conspicuous services 
earned such awards." 
Approved July 24, 1956.