An Act to provide for the disposition of funds appropriated to pay a judgment in favor of the Delaware Nation of Indians in Indian Claims Commission docket No. 337, and for other purposes
PL 90-508 (H.R.16402), enacted 09/21/1968

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PUBLIC LAW 90-508-SEPT. 21, 1968 
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SEC. 4. Each share distributable to an enrollee under sections 2 and Hei'r^^o^f'de^^' 
3 of this Act shall be paid directly to the enrollee or, if he is deceased ceased enroUees. 
at the time of distribution, to his heirs or legatees unless the distributee 
is under twenty-one years of age or is otherwise under legal disability, 
in which case such disposition shall be made of the share as the Secre-
tary determines will adequately protect the best interests of the dis-
tributee. Funds distributed under the provisions of this Act shall not '^^'^ exemption, 
be subj ect to Federal or State income taxes. 
SEC. 5. The Secretary is authorized to prescribe rules and regulations ^ J'^'"^ deadline, 
to carry out the provisions of this Act, which rules and regulations 
shall include an appropriate deadline for the filing of applications 
for enrollment under the first section of this Act. The determinations 
Eligibility. 
of the Secretary regarding eligibility for enrollment, the affiliation of 
an applicant's ancestors, and the shares of the cost of roll preparation 
to be charged to each of the two funds referred to in sections 2 and 3 
of this Act shall be final. Not more than $325,000 in all shall be avail-
able under this Act for the costs of roll preparation and of the distri-
bution of shares. 
Approved September 21, 1968. 
Public Law 90-508 
A N A C T 
September 21, 1968 
To provide for the disposition of funds appropriated to pay a judgment in favor 
of the Delaware Nation of Indians in Indian Claims Commission docket 
numbered 337, and for other purposes. 
[H.R. 16402] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary ^gj^g'^^^"^/ ^^^^' 
of the Interior shall prepare a roll of all persons who meet the follow- 
/udgme^nt"funds, 
ing requirements for eligibility: (a) They were born on or prior to disposition. 
and living on the date of this Act; (b) their name or the name of a 
lineal ancestor appears on the Delaware Indian per capita payroll 
approved b;;/^ the Secretary on April 20,1906, or (c) their name or the 
name of a lineal ancestor is on or is eligible to be on the constructed 
base census roll as of 1940 of the Absentee Delaware Tribe of Western 
Oklahoma, approved by the Secretary of the Interior, or (d) they 
are lineal descendants of Delaware Indians who were members of the 
Delaware Nation of Indians as constituted at the time of the Treaty 
of October 3, 1818 (7 Stat. 188), and their name or the name of a 
lineal ancestor appears on any available census roll or any other rec-
ords acceptable to the Secretary. No person shall be. eligible to be 
enrolled under this section who is not a citizen of the United States. 
Applications for enrollment must be filed with the Area Director 
of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Muskogee, Oklahoma, or the Area 
Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Anadarko, Oklahoma, on 
forms prescribed for that purpose. All applications filed shall be 
Eligibility. 
reviewed and a judgment of the eligibility of each applicant will be 
made and recommendation given in writing to the respective area 
directors by a committee composed of representatives of the two Okla-
homa Delaware groups prior to submission of names to the Secretary 
of the Interior for acceptance on the distribution roll. The determina-
tion of the Secretary regarding the utilization of available rolls or 
records and the eligibility for enrollment of an applicant shall be 
final. 
SEC. 2. There shall be withdrawn from the funds on deposit in the 
Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Delaware Nation that 
were appropriaited by the Act of October 7, 1964 (78 Stat. 1033), and 
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Equal shares. 
Limitation. 
Heirs of de-
ceased enrollees. 
Tax exemption. 
Filing deadline, 
etc. 
the interest accrued thereon, using the interest fund first, $7,000, which 
shall be divided equally between the Cherokee Delawares and the Dela-
ware Tribe of Indians of Western Oklahoma, and shall be available 
for claims expenses incurred b^ the duly authorized personnel of the 
two tribal groups, as set forth m their joint resolution numbered 4-68 
adopted on September 9, 1967. 
SEC. 3. After the deduction of attornej^ fees and expenses, litigation 
expenses, all costs incident to the provisions of this Act, and to mak-
ing the payments authorized by this Act, including the cost of roll 
preparation, which shall be paid by appropriate withdrawals from the 
judgment fund, the unexpended balance of the funds on deposit in the 
Treasury shall be distributed in equal shares to those persons whose 
names appear on the roll prepared in accordance with section 1 of this 
Act. No person shall be entitled to more than one per capita share of 
the funds. 
SEC. 4. The Secretary shall distribute a share payable to a living 
enrollee directly to such enroUee. The Secretary shall distribute the 
per capita share of a deceased enrollee to his heirs or legatees upon 
proof of desHh and inheritance satisfactory to the Secretary whose 
findings upon such proof shall be final and conclusive. Sums payable 
to enrollees or their heirs or legatees who are less than twenty-one 
years of age or who are under a legal disability shall be paid in accord-
ance with such procedures as the Secretary detemiines will best pro-
tect their interests. 
SEC. 5. The funds distributed under the provisions of this Act shall 
not be sutgect to Federal or State income tax. 
SEC. 6. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to prescribe rules 
and regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act, including a 
deadline for filing enrollment applications. 
Approved September 21, 1968. 
Public Law 90-509 
AN ACT 
September21,1968 
[H.R. 14005] 
To authorize the disposition by the city of Hot Springs, Arkansas, of certain prop-
erty heretofore conveyed to the city by the United States, and for other 
purposes. 
Hot Springs, 
Ark. 
Pr operty dis-
posal, authoriza-
tion. 
Condition. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Rejjresentatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That, notwithstand-
ing the provisions of section 2 of the Act of May 29, 1928 (45 Stat. 
959), providing for a reversion to the United States under specified cir-
cumstances of the title to part of lot numbered 3 in block numbered 115 
in the city of Hot Springs, Arkansas, the city of Hot Springs is hereby 
authorized to sell or otherwise dispose of said lot upon the condition 
that the proceeds received from such sale or other disposition shall be 
used to construct a fire station within the city limits. 
SEC. 2. The conditions in the patent issued by the United States on 
September 7, 1928, to the city of Hot Springs, Arkansas, pursuant to 
the Act of May 29,1928 (45 Stat. 959), which provided for a reversion 
of title to the United States, are hereby released to the extent they are 
inconsistent with this Act. 
Approved September 21, 1968.