An Act to authorize an appropriation for the construction of certain public school facilities on the Klamath Indian Reservation at Chiloquin, Oregon
PL 83-716 (H.R.7290), enacted 08/30/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 716-AUG. 30, 1954 
[68 ST. 
(c) No part of any payment hereunder shall be subject to any debt 
or debts created prior to the date of this Act by a beneficiary of Indian 
blood. Payment to living enrollees, unless under twenty-one years of 
age, or under legal disability, shall be completed within one year after 
approval of the tribal rolls. Payment to next of kin and legatees, and 
payment for the account of persons under twenty-one years of age or 
under legal disability shall be completed within the same period of time 
to the maximum extent possible. 
SEC. 4. All costs incurred by the Secretary in the preparation of such 
rolls and the payment of such per capita shares shall be paid by appro-
priate withdrawals out of the fund or funds on deposit in the Treasury 
of the United States arising out of such judgments. 
SEC. 5. The Secretary is authorized to prescribe the necessary rules 
and regulations to carry out the purposes of this Act. 
Approved August 30, 1954. 
August 30, 1954 
[H. R. 7290] 
Public Law 716 
CHAPTER 1086 
AN ACT 
To authorize an appropriation foi- the construction of certain public-school facili-
ties on the Klamath Indian Reservation at Chiloquin, Oregon. 
K1 a m ath Indian 
Reservation. 
School construc-
tion. 
Conditions. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of RepreHentatives of the 
Ignited States of America in Congress assemhled^ That there is hereby 
authorized to be appropriated the sum of $206,880 to be used by the 
Secretary of Interior for assisting tlie Klamath County School Dis-
trict in constructing and equipping new public-school facilities, which 
shall include an elementaiy school site, school building, and necessary 
equipment, on the Klamath Indian Reservation at Chiloquin, Klamath 
County, Oregon. 
SEC. 2. The expenditure of any money appropriated pursuant to the 
first section of this Act shall be subject to the express conditions that 
(1) 40 per centum of the cost of such facilities shall be paid by the 
Klamath County School District; (2) such facilities shall be available 
to all Indian children of the district on the same terms, except as to 
payment from Federal funds of tuition of Indian children under Fed-
eral supervision, as other children of the district; (3) the cost of pre-
paring the plans and specifications for such facilities, to be furnished 
by the local or State authorities, shall be paid out of the appropriation 
authorized in this Act in the same proportion as the building costs; 
(4) upon the approval of such plans and specifications by the Secretary 
of the Interior, the actual work shall proceed under the supervision 
of such local authority; and (5) payment for the work completed 
shall be made monthly on vouchers properly certified by the local 
officials of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. 
Approved August 30, 1954. 
August 30, 1954 
[H. R. 8020] 
Public Law 717 
CHAPTER 1087 
AN ACT 
Authorizing the transfer of certain property of the United States Government 
(in Klamath County, Oregon) to the State of Oregon. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
^K^atnath County, jj,j^it^ct Statcs of America in Congress assembled, That the General 
Land transfer. 
Scrviccs Administration be, and is hereby, authorized to transfer to