An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Army to modify certain leases entered into for the provision of recreation facilities in reservoir areas.
PL 87-236 (S.48), enacted 09/14/1961

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PUBLIC LAW 87-237-SEPT. U, 1961 
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SEC. 5. No part of any oi the funds which may be so distributed 
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shall be subject to any hen, debt, or claim of any nature whatsoever 
against the tribe or individual Indians except delinquent debts owed 
by the tribe to the United States or owed by individual Indians to the 
tribe or to the United States. 
SEC. 6. All costs incurred by the Secretary in the preparation of the 
costs. 
roll and in the payment of the per capita shares in accordance with 
provisions of this Act shall be paid by appropriate withdrawals from 
the judgment fund. 
SEC. 7. The Secretary is authorized to prescribe rules and regulations aufhlritV" ^'*''""^° 
to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
Approved September 14, 1961. 
Public Law 87-236 
A N A C T 
September M, 1961 
To authorize the Secretary of the Army to modify certain leases entered into __^_[fllflj 
for the provision of recreation facilities in reservoir areas. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Chief of 
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Engineers, under the sui>ervision of the Secretary of the Army, is ities in reservoir 
authorized to amend any lease entered into before November 1, 1956, 
providing for the construction, maintenance, and operation of commer-
cial recreational facilities at a water resource development project 
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Army so as to provide 
for the adjustment, either by increase or decrease, from time to time 
during the term of such lease of the amount of rental or other consid-
eration payable to the United States under such lease, when and to 
the extent he determines such adjustment or extension to be necessary 
or advisable in the public interest. 
No adjustment shall be made 
under the authority of this Act so as to increase or decrease the amount 
of rental or other consideration payable under such lease for any 
period prior to the date of such adjustment. 
Approved September 14, 1961. 
areas. 
Leases. 
Public Law 87-237 
A N A C T 
September 14, 1961 
To authorize the transfer of three units of the Fort Belknap Indian irrigation 
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project to the landowners within the project. 
Indians. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
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of the Interior is authorized to transfer to an association or organiza- rigat'on prCI^cT, 
tion of the landowners whose lands are served by the following units f^n^^^"" o
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of the Fort Belknap Indian irrigation project all of the right, title, 
and interest of the United States in the irrigation project works of each 
unit: 
(1) Upper Peoples Creek (Hays) unit, located in township 26 
north, ranges 23 and 24 east, P.M.M., about 24 miles south of the 
Fort Belknap agency headquarters. 
(2) Big Warm unit, located along the east boundary of the 
Fort Belknap Reservation in township 27 north, range 26 east, 
P.M.M., about 36 airline miles from the Fort Belknap agency 
headquarters.