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452 SIXTY—SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 86-89. 1920. service for such irri ation project, nor to the rights of any prior ap- U’° °"°°°*P°’~ propriator: Provided further, That the moneys derived from such contracts shall be covered into the reclamation fund and be placed to the credit of the proj act from which such water is supplied. Approved, February 25, 1920. F°°b j]w20` CHAP. 87.—An Act For the relief of certain members of the Flathead Nation of

 Indians, and for other purposes.

_ Be it enacted by the Senate and House 0 Representatives of the United ae1;i?i1§¤ig¤,ui;iifm States of America in Congress assembled, That during the period of one ,0@°"B,‘j,{’,;u;g “;§}j year from and after the approval of this Act the Secretary of the Inem. terior is hereby authorized, under existing law and under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, to make allotments on the Flair _ head Reservation, Montana, to all unallotted, living children enrolled P1.?i£°° niciuaeu. with the tribe, enrolled or entitled to enrollment: Provided, That such allotments be made from an unallotted or unsold lands within the original limits of the Flathead Indian Reservation, including the area ramen aaa an now classified and reserved as timber lands, cut—over lands, burned mw "°“°“· or barren lands thereon; and patents issued for allotments hereunder for any lands from which such timber has not been cut and marketed, shall contain a clause reserving to the United States the right to out wf§}Q_Pg;°§{%,°;u‘§; and market, for the tribal benefit, as now authorized by law, the mencscomplewd. merchantable timber on the lands so allotted: Proazidedfurther, That when the merchantable timber has been cut from an lands allotted hereunder, the title to such timber as remains on such llands will there upon pass to the respective allottees, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to withhold from sale or entréy all lands imsold and unentered within the said reservation at the ate of the passage of nemsma ante- this Act until allotments hereunder have been completed: Provided m°“*’· further, That not exceeding forty acres of each allotment made under the lprovisions of this Act shall be designated as a homestead which sha be inalienable and nontaxable during the minority of the allottee, and thereafter until such restrictions may be removed either by Congress or the Secretary of the Interior. Approved, February 25, 1920. Februarv 27, 1920.

 CHAP. 88.-An Act Granting leave of absence to officers of the Coast Guard and

U’¤bl*°· M- mt! for other purposes. * com Gum Be it enacted by tbe Senate and House of Representatives of the United omem grantee States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the }';“n§,§O,§,§y““S°_§‘,$,‘;,,,§“,i{ United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to ant leave of abmenr by V¤¤¤¤¤¤1»=- sence without pay to Such officer or officers of ge United States Coast Guard as he may deem advisable, and to permit him or them to accept employment with the Venezuelan Government with such compensation and emoluments as may be agreed upon between the Venezuelan Government and such officer or officers thus granted leave of absence. Approved, February 27, 1920. F€bY¤¤’Y ZL l9m· CHAP. 89.-An Act To authorize the vernor of the Territn " ‘

 ggvgmly owned lands and rights of way   the boundaries diYt(lieH}Ellawv`i:i1iit0Niiai(iri1ril5

N _ l Be it enacted by the Senate and House crgltepresentatives of the United P,§;a¤¤¤ ?~ M 1 ¤¤ 8* gauze.; of America_in Congress assembled, at the governor of the Tericnnnngnzaxaemn ritory of Hawau is hereby authorized to acquire, at the expense of the ‘“'§‘{,SL‘§§;§,Y§§‘,j""d‘ Territory of Hawaii, by exchange or otherwise, all rivately owned lands lying within the boundaries of the Hawaii Nlzitional Park as.