An Act to amend the act entitled ""An Act to provide recognition for meritorious service by members of the police and fire departments of the District of Columbia,"" approved March 4, 1929.
PL 84-773 (H.R.10375), enacted 07/24/1956

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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.