An Act to donate to the Jicarilla Apache Tribe of the Jicarilla Reservation, New Mexico, approximately 391.43 acres of federally owned land.
PL 87-288 (S.2241), enacted 09/22/1961

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erty of the respective allottees or their heirs or devisees, subject to any 
outstanding leases, regardless of any prior conveyance hj such allottee, 
heirs, or devisees of the land overlying such minerals, oil, gas, or other 
natural deposits and regardless of the form of reference in such convey-
ance, or lack of reference, to the minerals, oil, gas, or other natural 
deposits reserved by this Act. 
" (b) Title to the minerals so granted shall be held by the United 
States in trust for the Indian owners, except that if upon the expira-
tion of said fifty years the entire Indian interests in the minerals 
within any allotment or parcel thereof is granted by this Act to a 
person or persons who at that time hold an unrestricted title to the 
lands overlying such minerals, oil, gets, or other natural deposits, then 
the Secretary of the Interior shall by fee patent transfer to such 
person or persons the unrestricted fee simple title to such minerals, 
oil, gas, or other natural deposits, which title shall vest in such per-
son or persons as of the date of the patent. 
"(c) The unallotted lands of said tribe of Indians shall be held in 
common, subject to the control and management thereof as Congress 
may deem expedient for the benefit of said Indians." 
Approved September 22, 1961. 
Public Law 87-288 
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September 22, 1961 
To donate to the Jiearilla Apache Tribe of the Jicarilla Reservation, New Mexico, 
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approximately 391.43 acres of federally owned land. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the right, title, 
Vj^g^"®^ A a h 
and interest of the United States in the following described land TribeTN,;\iex^'' 
containing 391.43 acres, more or less, situated in the State of New 
^^^'^ donation. 
Mexico and now in use by the Jicarilla Apache Tribe of the Jicarilla 
Reservation— 
Township 32 north, range 1 west. New Mexico principal 
meridian: 
Section 31, lots 1, 2, 3, east half northwest quarter, northeast 
quarter southwest quarter, containing 234.38 acres, more or less; 
Section 30, lot 4, northeast quarter southwest quarter, lot 3, 
southeast quarter southwest quarter, containing 156.20 acres, 
more or less; 
Beginning at corner numbered 1, from which the northwest 
corner of section 30, township 32 north, range 1 west. New 
Mexico principal meridian, bears north 57 degrees 40 minutes 
west a distance of 2,676 feet; 
Thence from corner numbered 1 south 53 degrees 33 minutes 
west a distance of 396 feet to corner numbered 2; thence south 
36 degrees 27 minutes east a distance of 100 feet to corner 
numbered 3; 
Thence north 53 degrees 33 minutes east, a distance of 352 feet 
to corner numbered 4; thence north 12 degrees 32 minutes west, 
a distance of 112 feet to point of beginning, containing 0.85 
acres, more or less; 
is hereby declared to be held by the United States in trust for the 
Jicarilla Apache Tribe of the Jicarilla Reservation, New Mexico, sub-
ject to a reservation of the right of the United States to use so much 
of said land, together with all facilities now thereon or hereafter 
installed by the United States, as shall in "the opinion of the Secretary 
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Indian 
C l a i m s 
Commission. 
Determination. 
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of the Interior be needed for the administration of the affairs of the 
tribe, and subject to a reservation in the United States of a right-of-
way across any part of said land which the Secretary of the Interior 
deems desirable in connection with the administration of the affairs 
of the tribe. 
SEC. 2. The Indian Claims Commission is directed to determine in 
accordance with the provisions of section 2 of the Act of August 13, 
1&46 (60 Stat. 1050), the extent to which the value of the title con-
veyed by this Act should or should not be set off against any claim 
against the United States determined by the Commission. 
Approved September 22, 1^©1. 
September 22«1961 
[H. R. 4458] 
Public Law 87-289 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to replace lateral pipelines, line 
discharge pipelines, and to do other work he determines to be required for the 
Avondale, Dalton Gardens, and Hayden Lake Irrigation Districts in the 
State of Idaho. 
Interior Dept. 
I r r i g a t i o n dis-
tricts, Idaho. 
C o n s t r u c t i o n 
costs, repayment. 
Repayment 
tract. 
Appr 
opr 
ia ti on. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
of the Interior is authorized to replace lateral pipelines, perform inte-
rior lining of discharge pipelines, and to do other work he determines 
to be required in replacement, modification, or improvement of the 
facilities heretofore constructed by the United States for the Avon-
dale, Dalton Gardens, and Hayden Lake Irrigation Districts in the 
State of Idaho. 
SEC. 2. Each irrigation district, starting with the year following 
the completion of tne work for the district under the authority of 
this Act, shall repay the United States toward the cost thereof over 
a forty-year period annual installments which, when added to those 
payments required by existing repayment contracts between the 
United States and the district, will be equal to the amortization capac-
ity of the lands of the district as that amortization capacity has been 
heretofore established by the Secretary. 
In the event works or 
capacity are provided hereunder at the request of the district in addi-
tion to those heretofore constructed by the United States and being 
replaced or improved under authority of this Act, such work may be 
undertaken by the Secretary at a cost not to exceed $125,000, and 
payment therefor shall be made concurrently with other annual pay-
ments as provided for herein. 
SEC. 3. Prior to initiating actual construction of anv of the work 
authorized in section 1 of this Act, the district shall oe required to 
enter into a contract with the United States satisfactory to the Secre-
tary to repay the United States toward the cost thereof as provided in 
section 2 of this Act. 
SEC. 4. The remaining costs of the work completed hereunder for 
each district shall be returned to the reclamation fund within the 
period provided for in section 2 of this Act from revenues derived by 
the Secretary of the Interior from the disposition of power marketed 
through the Bonneville Power Administration. 
SEC. 5. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums, 
but not more than $1,611,000, as are necessary to carry out the provi-
sions of this Act. 
Approved September 22, 1961.