An Act to provide for the disposition of funds appropriated to pay a judgment in favor of the Emigrant New York Indians in Indian Claims Commission Docket Numbered 75, and for other purposes.
PL 90-93 (S.1972), enacted 09/27/1967

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PUBLIC LAW90-93-SEPT. 27, 1967 
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Public Law 90-92 
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A N A C T 
September27, 1967 
To provide for holding terms of the Distric-t Court of the United States for the 
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eastern division of the Northern District of Mississippi in Ackernian, 
Mississippi. 
U.S. district 
court. 
Be, it enacted hy the ^Senate and House of RepreaentathmH of the 
United States of America in CongreHH a>iHemhled, Tliat the third sen- ^ ^^ 
fence of section lO'l(a) (1) of title 28, United States Code, is amended 
Ackerman, Miss. 
to read as follows: 
^^ stat. 4is. 
"Couit for tlie eastern division shall be held at Aberdeen and 
Ackerman.''. 
Approved September 27, 1967. 
Public Law 90-93 
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A N A C T 
September27, 1967 
To provide for tlie disposition of funds appropriated to pay a judgment in favor 
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of the Emigrant New York Indians in Indian Claims Commission Docket 
Numbered 7.5, and for other puri)Oses. 
Be it enacted l)y the Senate and Houae of RepreHentativeH of the 
United States of Ainerica in Congress assembled, That the funds on Y^rik'^fndiln^^'^ 
deposit in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Emi- wL. 
grant New York Indians that were appropriated by the Act of May 29, 
J udgment funds. 
1967 (81 Stat. 50), to pay a judgment by the Indian Claims Commis-
sion in Docket Numbered 75, and the interest thereon, after payment 
of attorney fees and expenses, shall be distributed as determined in 
sections 4 and 5 of this Act. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior shall prepare rolls of all 
Membership 
persons born on or prior to and living on the date of this Act (a) whose 
names appear on the membership roll of the Oneida Tribe of Indians 
of Wisconsin; or (b) whose names appear on the membership roll of 
the Stockbridge-Munsee Indian Community of Wisconsin; or (c) who 
are Brotherton Indians of Wisconsin of at least one-fourth degree 
Emigrant New York Indian blood and not members of either of the 
organized groups mentioned in (a) or (b). 
SEC. 3. For the purposes of expediting the enrollment of persons 
Enrollment ap-
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nlications 
referred to m section 2, subsections (a) and (b) of this Act, the gov-
erning bodies of the Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin and the 
Stockbridge-Munsee Indian Community of Wisconsin shall, with the 
assistance of the Secretary, prepare membership rolls of their respec-
tive bands. Applications for enrollment under subsection (c) of section 
2 must be filed with the Superintendent of the Great Lakes Agency, 
Ashland, Wisconsin 54806, on forms prescribed for that purpose. The 
determination of the Secretary regarding the eligibility of the appli-
cant shall be final. 
SEC. 4. The Secretary of the Interior shall apportion to each group 
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mentioned in section 2 so much of the aforementioned judgment and 
accrued interest as the ratio of its enrollees bears to the total enrollees 
of all of said groups. 
SEC. 5. The funds apportioned to the Oneida Tribe of Indians of f^^ds!'"'"'"" °^ 
Wisconsin and the Stockbridge-Munsee Indian Community of Wis-
consin shall be placed to their credit and may be used, advanced, 
expended, deposited, invested, or reinvested for any purposes that are 
authorized by the tribal governing bodies thereof and approved by 
rolls, prepara-
tion. 
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Tax exemptions. 
the Secretary of the Interior. The funds apportioned to the group 
mentioned in section 2(c) shall be available for distribution in equal 
shares to the enroUees or their heirs or legatees. Payment may be made 
directly to each enroUee except that a share payable to a person under 
twenty-one years of age or to a person under legal disability shall be 
paid in accordance with such procedures as the Secretary detennines 
will adequately protect the best interests of such persons. 
SEC. 6. None of the funds that may be distributed per capita shall 
be subject to Federal or State income taxes. 
SEC. T. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to prescribe rules 
and regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
Approved September 27, 1967. 
OlfH'.i-
Public Law 90-94 
September 27, 1967 
[S.1165] 
Chippewa In-
dians, 
Judgment funds, 
disposition. 
79 Stat. 1152. 
Tax exemp-
tions. 
AN ACT 
To provide for the disposition of judgment funds now on deposit to the credit 
of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe of Indians on behalf of the Mississippi 
Bands and the Pillager and Lake Winnibigoshish Bands of Chippewa Indians. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress asserribled^ That the funds on 
deposit in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Min-
nesota Chippewa Tribe of Indians on behalf of the Mississippi Bands 
and the Pillager and Lake Winnibigoshish Bands of Chippewa In-
dians that were appropriated by the Act of October 31, 1965, to pay 
a judgment by the Indian Claims Commission in docket 18-B, and 
the interest thereon, after payment of attorney fees and expenses, 
may be advanced or expended for any purpose that is authorized by 
the tribal governing bodies of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe and 
the White Earth, Leech Lake, and Mille Lacs Reservations with whom 
the members of the Mississippi Bands and Pillager and Lake Winni-
bigoshish Bands of Chippewa Indfans are affiliated, and approved 
by the Secretary of the Interior. Only those persons who are descend-
ants of the Mississippi Bands and the Pillager and Lake Winnibigo-
shish Bands of Chippewa Indians who were bom on or prior to and 
living on the date of this Act and who meet the requirements for 
membership in the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe shall be entitled to 
share in the use or distribution of the funds. Any part of such funds 
that may be distributed per capita to the members of the tribe shall 
not be subject to the Federal or State income tax. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to prescribe rules 
and regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
Approved September 27, 1967. 
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