An Act to provide that certain funds in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Confederated Bands of Ute Indians be transferred to the credit of the Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colo.
PL 86-245 (S.2435), enacted 09/09/1959

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Repeals. 
of the violation; and any master or person in charge of such vessel 
who so defaults shall be liable to a penalty of $500. 
"(d) Any person who willfully and knowingly manufactures or 
sells, or offers for sale, or has in his possession with intent to sell, 
any lifesaving, firefighting, or other equipment subject to the pro-
^46 use 170-498 yisious of title 52 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, which is so 
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defective as to be inefficient to accomplish the purpose for which it is 
intended, shall be fined not more than $10,000 and may, in addition 
thereto, in the discretion of the Court, be imprisoned for a term not 
exceeding five years." 
SEC. 2. To the extent that any existing provision of law, or any rule 
or regulation prescribed pursuant thereto, is in conflict with any pro-
vision of section 4488 of the Revised Statutes (46 U.S.C. 481), such 
section as amended by this Act, and the rules and regulations hereafter 
prescribed pursuant thereto, shall prevail. 
SEC. 3. (a) The following Acts or parts of Acts and all amendments 
thereto are hereby repealed: 
(1) Section 4470 of the Revised Statutes (46 U.S.C. 463). 
(2) Section 4471 of the Revised Statutes (46 U.S.C. 464). 
(3) Section 4479 of the Revised Statutes (46 U.S.C. 472). 
(4) Section 4481 of the Revised Statutes (46 U.S.C. 474). 
(5) Section 4482 of the Revised Statutes (46 U.S.C. 475). 
(6) Section 4483 of the Revised Statutes (46 U.S.C. 476). 
(7) Section 4492 of the Revised Statutes (46 U.S.C. 490). 
(8) Section 2(a) of the Act of October 9, 1940 (ch. 777, 54 Stat. 
1028; 46 U.S.C. 463a). 
(9) Section 11 of the Act of May 28, 1908 (ch. 212, 35 Stat. 428; 
46 U.S.C. 396). 
(b) Any reference in any other law to any Act, or any part thereof, 
repealed by this Act shall be deemed as a reference to section 4488 of 
the Revised Statutes, as amended (46 U.S.C. 481). 
SEC. 4. Any rights or liabilities existing on the effective date of 
this Act shall not be affected by the enactment of this Act. Any 
procedures or rules or regulations in effect on the effective date of this 
Act shall remain in effect until modified or superseded under the 
authority of this Act. 
Approved September 9, 1959. 
Exceptions. 
September 9, 1959 
[S. 2435] 
Public Law 86-245 
AN ACT 
To provide that certain funds in the Treasury of the United States to the credit 
of the Confederated Bands of Ute Indians be transferred to the credit of the 
Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado. 
C o nf e d er ated 
Bands of Ute In-
dians, funds. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress ass&tnhled, That the entire 
proceeds of the judgment in Court of Claims case numbered 47565 
entitled "The Confederated Bands of Ute Indians against the United 
States of America", now on deposit in the Treasury of the United 
States to the credit of the Confederated Bands of Ute Indians, 
together with all accrued interest thereon, be transferred and credited 
to the account of the Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain 
Reservation, Colorado, to be used as directed by the Ute Mountain 
Tribal Council and approved by the Secretary of the Interior. Any 
part of such funds that may be distributed per capita to the members 
of the tribe shall not be subject to Federal or State income tax. 
Approved September 9, 1959.