An Act to provide that certain lands acquired by the United States shall be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as national forest lands.
PL 84-257 (S.72), enacted 08/09/1955

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PUBLIC LAW 256-AUG. 9, 1955 
[69 
STAT. 
and by the persons prescribed in the Act of July 8, 1940 (54 Stat. 745; 
•25 U. S. C, 1946 edition, sec. 380, as amended) : Provided, That if the 
authority of the Secretary under this section is delegated to any sub-
ordinate official, then any heir or devisee shall have the right to appeal 
the action of any such official to the Secretary under such rules and 
regulations as he may prescribe. 
SEC. 3. The Act of March 3, 1909 (35 Stat. 783; 25 U. S. C. 396) is 
amended by inserting before the period at the end thereof the following 
proviso: ": Provided, That if the said allottee is deceased and the heirs 
to or devisees of any interest in the allotment have not been determined, 
or, if determined, some or all of them cannot be located, the Secretary 
of the Interior may offer for sale leases for mining purposes to the 
highest responsible qualified bidder, at public auction, or on sealed 
bids, after notice and advertisement, upon such terms and conditions 
as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe. The Secretary of the 
Interior shall have the right to reject all bids whenever in his judg-
ment the interests of the Indians will be served by so doing, and to 
readvertise such lease for sale". 
SEC. 4. No rent or other consideration for the use of land leased under 
this Act shall be paid or collected more than one year in advance, unless 
so provided in the lease. 
SEC. 5. The Secretary of the Interior shall approve no lease pursuant 
to this Act that contains any provision that will prevent or delay a 
termination of Federal trust responsibilities with respect to the land 
during the term of the lease. 
SEC. 6. Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to repeal 
any authority to lease restricted Indian lands conferred by or pursuant 
to any other provision of law. 
Approved August 9, 1955. 
Public Law 256 
CHAPTER 616 
August 9. 1955 
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Authorizing construction of certain public works on the Mississippi River for the 
protection of Saint Louis, Missouri. 
Flood p r o t e c-
tion. 
St. Louis, Mo. 
Appropriat ion. 
Be it e?iacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the project for 
flood protection at Saint Louis, Missouri, is hereby authorized sub-
stantially as recommended by the Chief of Engineers in Senate Docu-
ment Numbered 57, Eighty-fourth Congress, at an estimated cost of 
$123,020,000. 
SEC. 2. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
Approved August 9, 1955. 
August 9, 1955 
[S. 72] 
Public Law 257 
CHAPTER 617 
AN ACT 
To provide that certain lands acquired by the United States shall be administered 
by the Secretary of Agriculture as national forest lands. 
Lincoln National 
Forest, N. Mex. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That those certain 
lands situated within the boundaries of the Lincoln National Forest, 
New Mexico, which were conveyed to the United States by the State