An Act to provide for the distribution of funds belonging to the members of the Creek Nation of Indians, and for other purposes
PL 84-202 (H.R.4367), enacted 08/01/1955

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erly along the southern and southeastern edge of the delta of the Sa^-
avanirktok River to a point on the east bank of the river at approxi-
mate latitude 69 degrees 57 minutes north, longitude 148 degrees 39 
minutes west; thence in a meandering line in a generally southerly 
direction along the eastern main bank of the flood plain of the Sag-
avanirktok River to the junction with the Ivishak River, approxi-
mate latitude 69 degrees 32 minutes north, longitude 148 degrees 29 
minutes west; thence due west approximately 2 miles to the divide 
between the waters of the Sagavanirktok and the Tooliok Rivers 
approximate latitude 69 degrees 32 minutes north, longitude 148 
degrees 35 minutes west; thence in a generally southwesterly direc-
tion following the height of land dividing the waters of the Tooliok, 
Kuparuk, and Itkillik Rivers from those of the Sagavanirktok River 
to a point on the Brooks Range Divide between the headwaters of 
the Colville River on the north and west and the waters of the Yukon 
River on the south at approximate latitude 68 degrees 9 minutes 
north, longitude 149 degrees 51 minutes west; thence southwesterly 
along the divide between the waters of the Colville River, Kotzebue 
Sound, and the east end of Norton Sound on the north and west and 
the waters of the Yukon on the south to the one hundred and sixty-
first meridian of west longitude, thence along said meridian to lati-
tude 61 degrees 30 minutes; thence southwesterly to latitude 61 
degrees, longitude 165 degrees 30 minutes; thence south along the 
meridian of 165 degrees 30 minutes to latitude 58 degrees; thence west 
to the international boundary." 
Approved August 1, 1955. 
Public Law 202 
CHAPTER 444 
AN ACT 
August 1,1955 
To provide for the distribution of funds belonging to the members of the 
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Creek Nation of Indians, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhied, That the provisions 
^fJTt'Vi'bution of 
of section 1 of the Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1934 creek Nation funds. 
(48 Stat. 1021, 1033), under the heading "Bureau of Indian Affairs" 
directing the Secretary of the Interior to make a per capita payment 
to the members of the Creek Tribe of Indians on the basis of a roll 
to be made as of December 4,1933, are repealed. 
SEC. 2. (a) 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 adjudi-
cated in accordance with the provisions of section 18 in the Act of 
June 30,1919 (41 Stat. 3, 24). 
(b) 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 de-
posited 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 Secre-
tary, for other tribal purposes except the proceeds of any final judg-
ment 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 Missis-
sippi are intervenors, and the United States is defendant. 
25 use 355 note. 
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Payment to heirs, 
etc. 
Liens and taxes. 
Appropriation. 
(c) The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and di-
rected to distribute among the persons entitled thereto the funds 
appropriated by chapter X I I of the Third Supplemental Appro-
priation 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. 
SEC. 3. (a) If a person entitled to a payment authori;:ed by this 
Act 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 eifect 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) Before a payment authorized by this Act 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. 
SEC. 4. Funds payable under this Act 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 distri-
bution of funds under this Act 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. 
SEC. 5. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of $200,000 
to remain available until expended, for necessary expenses incident to 
the distribution of funds authorized by this Act. 
SEC. 6. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to issue rules 
and regulations necessary for the purposes of this Act. 
Approved August 1, 1955. 
August 1, 1955 
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Public Law 203 
CHAPTER 445 
AN ACT 
To modify the Acts of August 12, 1935 (49 Stat. 571, 584), May 15, 1936 (49 
Stat. 1274), July 1, 1946 (60 Stat. 357), August 8, 1946 (60 Stat. 923), and 
June 30, 1947 (61 Stat. 211), with respect to the recoupment of certain 
public school construction costs, and to amend the Act of August 17, 1950 
(64 Stat. 459), relating to the expenditure of funds for cooperating with 
the public school board of Walker, Minnesota. 
Indians. 
School costs. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress a^semblea, Effective on July 
1, 1955, the recoupment requirements of the Acts of August 12, 1935 
(49 Stat. 571, 584), May 15, 1936 (49 Stat. 1274), July 1, 1946 (60 
Stat. 357), August 8, 1946 (60 Stat. 923), and June 30,1947 (61 Stat. 
211), shall become inapplicable to the unrecouped balances of funds 
expended pursuant to such Acts.