An Act to provide for the disposition of funds appropriated to pay a judgment in favor of the Creek Nation of Indians in Indian Claims Commission docket No. 276, and for other purposes
PL 90-506 (H.R.16211), enacted 09/21/1968

Effective date. 
82 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 90-506-SEPT. 21, 1968 
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Approved September 21, 1968. 
Public Law 90-506 
A N A C T 
September21, 196J 
To provide for the disposition of funds appropriated to pay a judgment in favor 
[H.R. I621I] 
of the Creek Nation of Indians in Indian Claims Commission docket numbered 
276, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Gon.gress assemhled^ That (a) the Secre- j^gj^'^^^"^' ^^^^^ 
tary of the Interior shall prepare a roll of the Creek Indians who meet 
judgment funds, 
the following requirements: (1) they were born on or prior to and liv- disposition. 
ing on the date of this Act, and (2) their names or the names of lineal 
ancestors through whom eligibility is claimed appear on either the 1857 
or 1859 payment roll prepared pursuant to Article VI of the Treaty of 
August 7,1856 (11 Stat. 699), or on the Final Roll of Creeks by Blood 
closed as of March 4,1907, pursuant to statute. 
(b) Applications for enrollment shall be filed with the Area Direc-
tor, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Muskogee, Oklahoma, in the manner, 
within the time limit, and on the form prescribed for that purpose. 
The determination of the Secretary of the eligibility for enrollment of 
Eligibility. 
an applicant shall be final. 
SEC. 2. All costs incident to carrying out the provisions of this Act 
shall be paid by appropriate withdrawals from the judgment funds 
referred to in this section. After deducting attorney fees and all other 
Equal shares, 
costs, the remainder of the funds, including interest, to the credit of 
the Creek Nation appropriated by the Act of Octdber 27,1966 (80 Stat. 
1057), shall be distributed in equal shares to those persons whose names 
appear on the roll prepared in accordance with section 1 of this Act. 
The funds so distributed shall not be subject to Federal or State 
'^^'^ exemption. 
income taxes. 
SEC. 3. The Secretary shall distribute a share payable to a living 
enroUee directly to such enrollee or in such manner as is deemed by the 
Secretary to be in the enrollee's best interest and the per capita share 
of a deceased enrollee shall be paid to his heirs or legatees upon proof 
of death and inheritance satisfactory to the Secretary, whose findings 
upon such proof shall be final and conclusive. Sums payable to enrollees 
or their heirs or legatees who are less than twenty-one years of age or 
who are under legal disability shall be paid to the persons whom the 
Secretary of the Interior determines will best protect their interests. 
SEC. 4. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to prescribe rules ^
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and regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act, including an -
appropriate deadline for filing applications for enrollment. 
Approved September 21, 1968. 
Heirs of de-
ceased enrollees.