An Act to modify the Acts of August 12, 1935 (49 Stat. 571, 584), May 15, 1936 (49 Stat. 1274), July 1, 1946 (60 Stat. 357), August 8, 1946 (60 Stat. 923), and June 30, 1947 (61 Stat. 211), with respect to the recoupment of certain public school construction costs, and to amend the Act of August 17, 1950 (64 Stat. 459), relating to the expenditure of funds for cooperating with the public school board of Walker, Minnesota
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Payment to heirs, 
etc. 
Liens and taxes. 
Appropriation. 
(c) The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and di-
rected to distribute among the persons entitled thereto the funds 
appropriated by chapter X I I of the Third Supplemental Appro-
priation Act, 1952 (66 Stat. 101, 121), in payment of the judgment 
entered by the Indian Claims Commission in favor of the Loyal 
Creek Band or Group of Creek Indians et al., Docket No. 1. 
Such 
funds shall be paid to those persons whose names appear on the 
payroll prepared pursuant to the Act of March 3, 1903 (32 Stat. 982, 
994), by J. Blair Schoenfelt, United States Indian Agent, or to their 
heirs or legatees, on a pro rata basis in proportion to the amounts 
appearing opposite their names on such payroll. 
SEC. 3. (a) If a person entitled to a payment authori;:ed by this 
Act is deceased, such payment shall be made to his heirs or legatees 
determined in accordance with the laws, relating to the distribution of 
personal property, of the Creek Nation if the decedent died before 
January 1, 1898, or of the State of Arkansas in eifect at the time of 
death if the decedent died before November 16, 1907, or of the State 
of Oklahoma in effect at the time of death if the decedent died on or 
after November 16,1907. For the purposes of this section the decedent 
shall be regarded as an owner in possession of the payment at the 
time of his death. 
(b) Before a payment authorized by this Act is made to an heir 
or legatee of a deceased person, proof of death and heirship or bequest 
satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior shall be submitted to him, 
and his findings with respect thereto shall be final and conclusive. 
Where satisfactory proof of death and heirship or bequest is already 
available to the Secretary, no additional submission shall be required. 
SEC. 4. Funds payable under this Act to minors or to persons under 
legal disability shall be paid to such representatives and under such 
conditions as the Secretary of the Interior may direct. The distri-
bution of funds under this Act shall not be subject to any lien, except 
for debts owed to the United States or to Indian organizations 
indebted to the United States, and shall not be taxable. 
SEC. 5. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of $200,000 
to remain available until expended, for necessary expenses incident to 
the distribution of funds authorized by this Act. 
SEC. 6. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to issue rules 
and regulations necessary for the purposes of this Act. 
Approved August 1, 1955. 
August 1, 1955 
[H. R. 3123] 
Public Law 203 
CHAPTER 445 
AN ACT 
To modify the Acts of August 12, 1935 (49 Stat. 571, 584), May 15, 1936 (49 
Stat. 1274), July 1, 1946 (60 Stat. 357), August 8, 1946 (60 Stat. 923), and 
June 30, 1947 (61 Stat. 211), with respect to the recoupment of certain 
public school construction costs, and to amend the Act of August 17, 1950 
(64 Stat. 459), relating to the expenditure of funds for cooperating with 
the public school board of Walker, Minnesota. 
Indians. 
School costs. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress a^semblea, Effective on July 
1, 1955, the recoupment requirements of the Acts of August 12, 1935 
(49 Stat. 571, 584), May 15, 1936 (49 Stat. 1274), July 1, 1946 (60 
Stat. 357), August 8, 1946 (60 Stat. 923), and June 30,1947 (61 Stat. 
211), shall become inapplicable to the unrecouped balances of funds 
expended pursuant to such Acts. 
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SEC. 2. In order to permit the granting of privileges to the public 
school board at Walker, Minnesota, that are consistent with those 
granted other public school boards pursuant to the Act of August 31, 
1954 (68 Stat. 999), the Act of August 17, 1950 (64 Stat. 459), is 
hereby amended by striking out the following: '"'• 
Provided, That in 
consideration of the amount heretofore appropriated and the amount 
which may be appropriated to carry out the provisions of this sec-
tion, all Indian children residing in such district shall be admitted to 
the schools of the district without further cost to the United States 
for instructional, operation, and maintenance purposes". 
Approved August 1, 1955. 
Walker, Minn. 
Public Law 204 
CHAPTER 446 
AN ACT 
To amend section 6 of Public Law 874, Eighty-first Congress, so as to provide 
for the continued operation of certain schools on military installations. 
August 1,1955 
[H. R. 3253] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 6 (a) 
of the Act of September 30, 1950 (Public I^w 874, Eighty-first Con-
gress) , as amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof the follow-
ing new sentence: "In any case where education was being provided 
on January 1, 1955, or thereafter under an arrangement made under 
this subsection for children residing on an Army, Navy (including 
the Marine Corps), or Air Force installation, it shall be presumed, 
for the purposes of this subsection, that no local educational agency is 
able to provide suitable free j^ublic education for the children residing 
on such installation, until the Commissioner and the Secretary of the 
military department concerned jointly determine, after consultation 
with the appropriate State educational agency, that a local educational 
agency is able to do so." 
Approved August 1, 1955. 
Schools on mili-
tary installations. 
64 Stat. 1107. 
20 u s e 241. 
Public Law 205 
CHAPTER 447 
AN ACT 
To provide for the conveyance to the city of Clarksburg, West Virginia, of 
certain property which was donated for use in connection with a veterans' 
hospital, and which is not being so used. 
August 1,1955 
[H. R. 6796] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That the Adminis-
trator of Veterans' Affairs is authorized and directed to convey, with-
out monetary consideration and subject to the conditions in section 2 
of this Act, to the city of Clarksburg, West Virginia, all right, title, 
and interest of the United States in and to a tract of land currently 
leased to the city of Clarksburg, situated on the western end of the 
Veterans' Administration hospital reservation, near the city of Clarks-
burg, in Clark District, Harrison County, West Virginia, the exact 
legal description of which shall be determined by the Administrator 
of Veterans'Affairs. 
SEC. 2. The deed of conveyance authorized by this Act shall pro-
vide that— 
(1) such tract shall be used only for park and recreational pur-
poses ; and 
C l a r k s b u r g , 
W. Va. 
Conveyance. 
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