An Act to provide for distribution of moneys of deceased restricted members of the Five Civilized Tribes not exceeding $500, and for other purposes
PL 83-254 (H.R.1383), enacted 08/12/1953

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PUBUC LAW 254-AUG. 12, 1953 
[67 ST A T . 
49 Stat. 678. 
52 Stat. 821. 
15 u s e 717w. 
25, 1920, as amended (30 U. S. C, sec. 185), is amended by inserting 
after '"''Prcyoided^'' the following: "That the common carrier provisions 
of this section shall not apply to any natural gas pipeline operated by 
any person subject to regulation under the Natural Gas Act or by any 
public utility subject to regulation by a State or municipal regulatory 
agency having jurisdiction to regulate the rates and charges for the 
sale of natural gas to consumers within the State or municipality: 
Provided 
further^''. 
Approved August 12, 1953. 
August 12, 1953 
[H.-R. 1383] 
Public Law 254 
CHAPTER 409 
AN ACT 
To provide for disti'ibution of moneys of deceased restricted members of the 
Five Civilized Tribes not exceeding $500, and for other purposes. 
F i v e 
Civilized 
Tribes, Old a. 
Payment to heirs, 
etc. 
61 Stat, 733. 
25 u s e 355 note. 
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 hereby granted authority to disburse to the heirs 
or legatees of deceased members of the Five Civilized Tribes any sum 
of money on deposit to the credit of such deceased Indian or Indians, 
not exceeding $500, where said decedent died seized of no lands or the 
lands have since been lawfully alienated. 
Said funds shall be dis-
bursed on proof of death and heirship or bequest satisfactory to the 
Secretary of the Interior and his finding thereon shall be final and con-
clusive : Provided, That such transfer of funds so disbursed shall not 
be taxable. 
SEC. 2. The first sentence of subsection (e) of section 6 of the Act 
of August 4, 1947 (61 Stat. 731), is hereby amended to read as fol-
lows : "On or before the 1st day of January of each year the Secretary 
of the Interior shall cause to be filed with the county treasurer of each 
county in the State of Oklahoma where restricted lands of members 
of the Five Civilized Tribes are situated a list of the nontaxable lands 
that have been sold during the preceding year." 
Approved August 12, 1953. 
August 13, 1953 
[S.1152] 
Public Law 255 
CHAPTER 425 
AN ACT 
To extend for a period of five years the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture 
to malse loans to fur farmers. 
Fur farmers. 
Loans. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the authority 
of the Secretary of Agriculture under section 1 (a) (1) of the Act of 
April 6,1949 (63 Stat. 43; 12 U. S. C. 1148a-l) to make loans to bona 
fide fur farmers in accordance with the last proviso in the paragraph 
headed "Kegional Agricultural Credit Corporation" in title I I of the 
Government Corporations Appropriation Act, 1949 (62 Stat. 1192), 
is hereby extended for the five-year period ending on June 30, 1958, 
for the purpose only of making necessary supplementary advances to 
fur farmers now indebted for loans made under the foregoing 
authority. 
Approved August 13, 1953.