An Act to amend section 13 of the act entitled ""An Act to provide for the allotment of lands of the Crow Tribe, for the distribution of tribal funds and other purposes.""
PL 83-49 (H.R.1244), enacted 06/04/1953

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PUBLIC LAW 48-JUNE 4» 1953 
[67 S T A T . 
Act in connection with any single school property conveyed to State 
or local governmental agencies or to local school authorities. 
Any 
conveyance under this Act shall reserve all mineral deposits in the 
land and the right to prospect for and remove such deposits under 
rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of tne Interior, 
shall require the property to be used for school or other public purposes, 
and shall require the property to be available to Indians and non-
Indians on the same terms unless otherwise appro\^ed by the Secretary 
of the Interior. If at any time the Secretary of the Interior determines 
that the grantee of any such lands, improvements, and personal prop-
erty has failed to observe the provisions of the transfer agreement and 
that the failure has continued for at least one year, he may declare a 
forfeiture of the conveyance and the title conveyed shall thereupon 
revert to the United States. Such determination by the Secretary of 
the Interior shall be final. 
Approved June 4, 1953. 
June 4, 1953 
IH. R. 1243] 
Public Law 48 
CHAPTER 99 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act of June 30, 1919 (41 Stat. 16). 
Blackfeet R e s -
ervation, Mont. 
Repeal. 
Be it enacted hy the Seriate and House of Refresentatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following 
proviso of section 10 of the Act of June 30, 1919 (41 Stat. 16), ''Pro-
vided, That of the lands so allotted eighty acres of each allotment shall 
be designated as a homestead by the allottee and shall be evidenced 
by a trust patent and shall remain inalienable and non-taxable until 
(jongress shall otherwise direct", be amended to read as follows: ''•Pro-
vided, That of the lands so allotted eighty acres of each allotment 
shall be designated as a homestead allotment by the allottee, and shall 
be evidenced by a trust patent, which shall be subject to sale, partition, 
issuance of patent in fee, or other disposition in accordance with the 
laws relating to the other allotments on the Blackfeet Reservation and 
shall be nontaxable as long as held in a trust or restricted status". 
SEC. 2. The Act of June 2,1924 (43 Stat. 252, ch. 231) is repealed. 
Approved June 4, 1963. 
June 4, 1953 
[H. R. 1244] 
Public Law 49 
CHAPTER 100 
AN ACT 
To amend section 13 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the allotment 
of lands of the Crow Tribe, for the distribution of tribal funds and other 
purposes". 
C r o w 
tion 
Reserva-
41 Stat. 756. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That notwithstand-
ing any provision contained in section 13 of the Act of June 4, 1920 
(41 Stat. 751), all homestead, irrigable, or agricultural land on the 
Crow Reservation may be sold, or patents in fee may be issued therefor, 
upon application in writing by the Indian owners, subject to the 
approval of the Secretary of the Interior or his authorized representa-
tive, but nothing in this Act shall be construed to abridge the power 
of the Secretary of the Interior to sell land under any existing law. 
Approved June 4, 1953.