An Act to provide for the disposition of the funds arising from a judgment in favor of the Shawnee Tribe or Nation of Indians
PL 88-457 (H.R.8834), enacted 08/20/1964

78 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 88-457-AUG. 20, 1964 
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Public Law 88-457 
AN ACT 
To provide fox* the disposition of the funds arising? from a judgment in favor of 
the Shawnee Tribe or Nation of Indians. 
August 20, 1964 
[H. R. 8834] 
Be it etmcted hy the Seriate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the funds on 
deposit in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the 
Shawnee Tribe or Nation that were appropriated by the Act of 
September 30,1961 (75 Stat. 7eS3), to pay a judgment that was obtained 
by the tribe or nation in the Indian Claims Commission for inadequate 
compensation for lands ceded to the United States under the treaty of 
May 10,1854 (10 Stat. 1053), and the interest thereon, shall be divided 
on the basis of 514/1378ths to the Absentee Band of Shawnee Indians 
of Oklahoma; 747/1378ths to the Cherokee Band of Shawnee Indians 
of Oklahoma; and 117/1378ths to the Eastern Band of Shawnee In-
dians of Oklahoma, after payment of attorney fees and expenses of 
litigation. 
SEC. 2. The funds placed to the credit of the Absentee and the 
Eastern Bands of Shawnee Indians in the United States Treasury, and 
the interest thereon may be advanced or expended for any purpose 
and in such manner as the respective tribal governing bodies authorize 
and the Secretary of the Interior approves. 
SEC. 3. For the purpose of determining individual interests in the 
funds placed to the credit of the Cherokee Band of Shawnee Indians 
pursuant to section 1 of this Act, the Secretary shall prepare a new 
roll based on the roll of Cherokee Shawnees prepared in accordance 
Avith the Act of March 2, 1889 (25 Stat. 994). Eligible for inclu-
sion on this new payment roll shall be all persons living on the date 
of this Act (a) who are, themselves, listed on the 1889 roll and (b) 
who are direct lineal descendants of persons listed on the 1889 roll. 
The Secretary may promulgate such rules and regulations as he 
considers necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. 
SEC. 4. When the roll prepared pursuant to section 3 above has 
been completed and finally approved, the Secretary shall withdraw 
from the Treasury the funds placed to the credit of the Cherokee 
Band of Shawnee Indians in accordance with section 1 of this Act, 
together with the interest accumulated thereon, and shall distribute 
them in equal per capita shares to persons whose names appear on 
the roll: Provmed^ That no person who receives a per capita pay-
ment from funds credited to the Cherokee Band of Shawnee Indians 
shall be permitted to share in any per capita distribution of the funds 
credited to the Absentee and Eastern Bands of Shawnee Indians. 
SEC. 5. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, 
the Secretary shall distribute a per capita share payable to a living 
enroUee directly to such enroUee, and the Secretary shall distribute 
a per capita share payable to a deceased enrollee directly to his next 
of kin or legatees upon proof of death and inheritance satisfactory 
to the Secretary, whose findings upon such proof shall be final and 
conclusive. 
(b) A share payable to a person under twenty-one years of age 
or to a person under legal disability shall be paid in accordance 
with such procedures as the Secretary determines will adequately 
protect the best interests of such persons. 
Indians. 
Shawnee Tribe. 
Disposition of 
funds. 
Payment roll. 
Distribution. 
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Tax exemption. 
Costs. 
SEC. 6. No part of any of the funds distributed in accordance with 
this Act shall be subject to Federal or State income tax. 
SEC. 7. AH costs incurred by the Secretary in the preparation of 
the roll and in the payment of the per capita shares in accordance 
with the provisions of this Act shall be paid by withdrawals from the 
judgment fund of the appropriate band. 
SEC. 8. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to prescribe 
rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
Approved August 20, 1964. 
Public Law 88-458 
August 20, 1964 
[H. R. 6128] 
AN ACT 
D.C. life insur-
ance companies. 
Record of stock-
holders. 
48 Stat. 1147. 
To amend section 15 of the Life Insurance Act to permit any stock life insurance 
company in the District of Columbia to maintain its record of stockholders at 
its principal place of business in the District of Columbia or at the oflSce of its 
designated stock transfer agent in the District of Columbia, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 15 of 
the Life Insurance Act (D.C. Code, sec. 35-515) is amended to read 
as follows: 
"SEC. 15. CAPITAL-STOCK RECORD.—It shall be the duty of the direc-
tors of every domestic stock company to cause a record to be kept by 
the treasurer or secretary of the company or by the stock transfer 
agent of the company containing the names of all persons, alphabeti-
cally arranged, who are or shall within six years have been stock-
holders of such company, and showing their place of residence, the 
number of shares of capital stock held by them, respectively, the time 
when they became owners of such shares, and the amount of capital 
stock actually paid in. 
"Such record shall, during the usual business hours of the day, on 
every business day, be open for inspection by policyholders, stock-
holders, creditors of the company, and the personal representatives of 
such policyholders, stockholders, and creditors at the office or principal 
place of business of such company in the place where its business 
operations shall be located in the District of Columbia, or at the 
office of the stock transfer agent located in the District of Columbia, 
and anj^ policyholder, stockholder, creditor, or representative shall 
have a right to make extracts from such record. 
"Such record shall be presumptive evidence of the facts therein 
stated in favor of the plaintiff in any suit or proceeding against such 
company or against any one or more stockholders. 
"Every officer, stock transfer agent, or any other agent of any 
company who shall neglect to make any proper entry in such record, or 
shall refuse or neglect to exhibit the same, or allow the same to be in-
spected and extracts to be taken therefrom, as herein provided, shall 
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and the company shall pay to the 
party injured a penalty of $50 for any such neglect or refusal, and 
all damages resulting therefrom. 
"Every company that shall neglect to have such record kept open 
for inspection, as herein provided, shall forfeit to the District the 
sum of $50 for every day it shall so neglect, to be sued for and re-
covered by the Superintendent, the Corporation Counsel represent-
ing him, in the United States District Court for the District of Co-
lumbia." 
Approved August 20, 1964.