An Act relating to the plan for control of the property of the Menominee Indian Tribe, and for other purposes.
PL 84-718 (H.R.9280), enacted 07/14/1956

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the southwest quarter and the southeast quarter of the southwest quar-
ter and the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter, of section 28; 
section 29; section 30; the northeast quarter, and lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, 
and the east half of the west half, and the southeast quarter of section 
31; section 32; section 33; section 34; the west half of section 35; the 
northeast quarter and the east half of the southeast quarter of 
section 36. 
Township 1 south, range 12 west, Uintah meridian, Utah: Lots 1, 
2, 3, and 4, and the south half of the south half of section 12; section 
13; section 24; the northeast quarter, and the northwest quarter of 
the southeast quarter of section 25. 
Township 2 south, ran^e 10 west, Uintah meridian, Utah: Section 
4, section 5; section 6; section 7; section 8; section 9. 
Township 2 south, range 11 west, Uintah meridian, Utah: Lots 3 
and 4 of section 2; lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, and the south half of the north 
half and the south half of section 3; lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, and the south 
half of the north half and the south half of section 4. 
SEC. 7. This Act is for the purpose of effecting partial settlement 
P^njose. 
of the claims asserted by the Uintah and White Kiver Bands of Ute 
Indians against the United States in Court of Claims case numbered 
47568 and shall not be construed as giving recognition to any rights 
or title of the Uintah, White River, or Uncompahgre Bands of lite 
Indians except as provided for in this Act. 
improved July 14, 1956. 
Public Law 718 
CHAPTER 604 
AN ACT 
July 14, 1956 
Relating to the plan for control of the property of the Menominee Indian Tribe, 
[H. R. 9280] 
and for other purposes. 
Menominee In-
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 7 of the d
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Act entitled "An Act to provide for a per capita distribution of 
Menominee tribal funds and authorize the withdrawal of the Menom-
inee Tribe from Federal jurisdiction", approved June 17, 1954 (68 
Stat. 250), is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 7. The tribe shall as soon as possible and in no event later than control pim'.*^*"^ 
December 31, 1957, formulate and submit to the Secretary a plan for 
the future control of the tribal property and service functions now 
conducted by or under the supervision of the United States, including, 
but not limited to, services in the fields of health, education, welfare, 
credit, roads, and law and order, and for all other matters involved in 
the withdrawal of Federal supervision. 
The Secretary is authorized 
to provide such reasonable assistance as may be requested by officials 
of the tribe in the formulation of the plan heretofore referred to, 
including necessary consultations with representatives of Federal 
departments and agencies, officials of the State of Wisconsin and 
political subdivisions thereof, and members of the tribe: Provided^ 
That the responsibility of the United States to furnish all such super-
vision and services to the tribe and to the members thereof, because 
of their status as Indians, shall cease on December 31, 1958, or on 
such earlier date as may be agreed upon by the tribe and the Secretary. 
The plan shall contain provision for protection of the forest on a 
sustained yield basis, and for the protection of the water, soil, fish and 
wildlife. 
To the extent necessary, the plan shall provide for such 
terms of transfer pursuant to section 8 of this Act, by trust or other-
wise, as shall insure the continued fulfillment of the plan. 
The Secre- FR.' 
tary, after approving the plan, shall cause the plan to be published 
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in the Federal Register. 
The sustained yield management require-
ment contained in this Act shall not be construed by any court to 
impose a financial liability on the United States." 
SEC. 2. Section 8 of such Act of June 17, 1954, is amended to read 
as follows: 
"SEC. 8. The Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to transfer 
to the tribe, on December 31, 1958, or on such earlier date as may be 
agreed upon by the tribe and the Secretary, the title to all ])roperty, 
real and personal held in trust by the United States for the tribe: 
Provided^ hoioever^ That if the tribe obtains a charter for a corporation 
or otherwise organizes under the laws of a State or of the District of 
Columbia for the purpose, among any others, of taking title to all 
tribal lands and assets and enterprises owned by the tribe or held in 
trust by the United States for the tribe, and requests such transfer 
to be made to such corporation or organization, the Secretary shall 
make such transfer to such corporation or organization. 
The Secre-
tary is authorized, in his discretion, to transfer to the tribe or any 
member or group of members thereof any federally owned property 
acquired, withdrawn, or used for the administration of the affairs of 
the tribe which he deems necessary for Indian use, or to transfer 
to a public or nonprofit body any such property which he deems 
necessary for public use and from which members of the tribe will 
derive benefits.'' 
Approved July 14, 1956. 
Public Law 719 
CHAPTER 605 
July 14, 1956 
[H. R. 9660] 
Camp 
P e a r y , 
Williamsburg, Va. 
Conveyance. 
AN ACT 
To direct the Secretary of the Army or his designee to convey an eleven and 
one-fourth acre tract of land situated in the vicinity of Williamsburg, Virginia, 
to the State of Virginia. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress asserribled^ That the Secretary 
of the Army or his designee is authorized and directed to convey by 
quitclaim deed, without consideration, to the State of Virginia, all 
right, title, and interest of the United States, except as retained in this 
Act, in and to eleven and one-fourth acres of land situated in York 
County, Virginia, and being a part of the lands at the Armed Forces 
Experimental Training Activity, Camp Peary, near Williamsburg, 
Virginia. The eleven and one-fourth acre tract of land to be conveyed 
to the State of Virginia is more particularly described as follows: 
Beginning at a point in the southwestern boundary line of the Camp 
Peary Reservation where the Government's southwestern property 
line intersects the center line of Queen's Creek; said point of beginning 
is also the farthermost point west that the Government's boundary 
line traverses the center line of Queen's Creek; thence from the said 
point of beginning along the property line of the Government north 
41 degrees 58 minutes 20 seconds west 84.14 feet to a concrete monu-
ment ; thence north 41 degrees 58 minutes 20 seconds west 150.13 feet 
to a concrete monument in a corner of the Government's southwestern 
boundary line; thence continuing along the property line of the Gov-
ernment north 51 degrees 15 minutes east 1,374.04 feet to a concrete 
monument; thence south 35 degrees 4 minutes east, through property 
of the Government, 2,682.73 feet to the true point of beginning; thence, 
from said true point of beginning, south 69 degrees 49 minutes east 
837 feet to a pomt on the northwestern right-of-way line of Virginia 
State Highway Route Numbered 132; thence southwesterly along said