An Act to authorize the preparation of rolls of persons of Indian blood whose ancestors were members of certain tribes or bands in the State of Oregon, and to provide for per capita distribution of funds arising from certain judgments in favor of such tribes or bands
PL 83-715 (H.R.4118), enacted 08/30/1954

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existing riglit initiated under the public land laws, or a valid posses-
sory right based upon section 8 of the Act of May 17, 1884 (28 Stat, 
24), section 14 of the Act of March 3, 1891 (26 Stat. 1095), or section 
27 of the Act of June 6, 1900 (31 Stat. 321; 48 U. S. C., sec. 356) : 
Provided further^ That notwithstanding any of the provisions of this 
Act, the Secretary shall convey the lands to the Alaska Council of 
Boy Scouts of America only if the organization pays the price fixed 
by the Secretary within five years after notification by the Secretary 
of the price. 
Approved August 30, 1954. 
31 Stat. 330. 
Payment. 
Public Law 715 
CHAPTER 1085 
AN ACT 
To authorize the preparation of rolls of persons of Indian blood whose ancestors 
were members of certain tribes or bands in the State of Oregon, and to provide 
for per capita distribution of funds arising from certain judgments in favor of 
such tribes or bands. 
August 30, 1954 
[H. R. 4118] 
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, hereafter referred to as the "Secretary", is hereby 
authorized and directed to prepare separate rolls of the Indians of the 
blood of the Molel or Molallalas Tribe of Oregon and of the Confeder-
ated Bands of the Umpqua Tribe of Indians and the Calappoias resid-
ing in the Umpqua Valley, and of the Tillamook, Coquille, Tootoo-
toney, and Chetco Tribes of Oregon, living on the date of this Act. 
Applications for enrollment shall be filed within one year of the date 
of ajjproval of this Act. 
The determination of the Secretary of the 
eligibility of an applicant for enrollment shall be final and conclusive. 
No person shall be entitled to be enrolled on more than one roll. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary is authorized and directed to withdraw the 
funds on deposit in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of 
the respective tribes or bands, including those funds appropriated by 
Public Law 253 (Eighty-second Congress) approved November 1, 
1951, in satisfaction of judgments obtained by the tribes or bands in the 
cases of Alcea Band of Tillamook, et al., against United States (119 
C. Cls. 835), and Rogue River Tribes of Indians, et al., against United 
States (116 C. Cls. 454), and to make appropriate and equitable per 
capita payments therefrom to each person whose name appears on said 
approved rolls: Provided, That any amounts paid to or for individual 
members, or distributed to or for the legatees or next of kin of any 
eiirollee, as provided in this Act, shall not be subject to Federal tax. 
SEC. 3. (a) The Secretary shall make payments directly to a living 
enrollee. 
The Secretary shall distribute the share of a person deter-
mined to be eligible for enrollment, but who dies subsequent to the date 
of approval of this Act and on whose behalf an application is filed and 
approved, and the share of a deceased enrollee, directly to his next of 
kin or legatees as determined by the laws of the domicile of the 
decedent, upon proof of death and inheritance satisfactory to the 
Secretary, whose findings upon such proof shall be final and conclusive. 
(b) Payments due persons under twenty-one years of age or persons 
under legal disability shall be made in accordance with laws applicable 
to such persons in the State of domicile of the payee. The Secretary 
may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment 
of a guardian to receive and administer payments due a person under 
twenty-one years of age or under legal disability, and may take such 
other action as he deems appropriate for the protection of the interests 
of any such person in connection with payments hereunder. 
Indian tribes of 
Oregon. 
Enrollment of de-
scendants. 
Per capita pay-
ments. 
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(c) No part of any payment hereunder shall be subject to any debt 
or debts created prior to the date of this Act by a beneficiary of Indian 
blood. Payment to living enrollees, unless under twenty-one years of 
age, or under legal disability, shall be completed within one year after 
approval of the tribal rolls. Payment to next of kin and legatees, and 
payment for the account of persons under twenty-one years of age or 
under legal disability shall be completed within the same period of time 
to the maximum extent possible. 
SEC. 4. All costs incurred by the Secretary in the preparation of such 
rolls and the payment of such per capita shares shall be paid by appro-
priate withdrawals out of the fund or funds on deposit in the Treasury 
of the United States arising out of such judgments. 
SEC. 5. The Secretary is authorized to prescribe the necessary rules 
and regulations to carry out the purposes of this Act. 
Approved August 30, 1954. 
August 30, 1954 
[H. R. 7290] 
Public Law 716 
CHAPTER 1086 
AN ACT 
To authorize an appropriation foi- the construction of certain public-school facili-
ties on the Klamath Indian Reservation at Chiloquin, Oregon. 
K1 a m ath Indian 
Reservation. 
School construc-
tion. 
Conditions. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of RepreHentatives of the 
Ignited States of America in Congress assemhled^ That there is hereby 
authorized to be appropriated the sum of $206,880 to be used by the 
Secretary of Interior for assisting tlie Klamath County School Dis-
trict in constructing and equipping new public-school facilities, which 
shall include an elementaiy school site, school building, and necessary 
equipment, on the Klamath Indian Reservation at Chiloquin, Klamath 
County, Oregon. 
SEC. 2. The expenditure of any money appropriated pursuant to the 
first section of this Act shall be subject to the express conditions that 
(1) 40 per centum of the cost of such facilities shall be paid by the 
Klamath County School District; (2) such facilities shall be available 
to all Indian children of the district on the same terms, except as to 
payment from Federal funds of tuition of Indian children under Fed-
eral supervision, as other children of the district; (3) the cost of pre-
paring the plans and specifications for such facilities, to be furnished 
by the local or State authorities, shall be paid out of the appropriation 
authorized in this Act in the same proportion as the building costs; 
(4) upon the approval of such plans and specifications by the Secretary 
of the Interior, the actual work shall proceed under the supervision 
of such local authority; and (5) payment for the work completed 
shall be made monthly on vouchers properly certified by the local 
officials of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. 
Approved August 30, 1954. 
August 30, 1954 
[H. R. 8020] 
Public Law 717 
CHAPTER 1087 
AN ACT 
Authorizing the transfer of certain property of the United States Government 
(in Klamath County, Oregon) to the State of Oregon. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
^K^atnath County, jj,j^it^ct Statcs of America in Congress assembled, That the General 
Land transfer. 
Scrviccs Administration be, and is hereby, authorized to transfer to