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72d CONGRESS. SESS. II . CHS. 210, 211. MARCH 3, 1933 . Mixed Claims C om- mission . Assignment of award . Pa yment to assignee . German claims against United States . Vol . 45, p.259 . Assignment of award . Payment to assignee. Claims against Aus- tria, etc . Pa yments re stricted . [CHAPTER 211 .1 March 3,1933 .

AN ACT [H . R. 12651 .1_ For the relief of the Uintah, White River, and Uncompahgre Bands of Ute [Public, No . 427 .1

Indians of Utah, and for other purposes . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Uintah, etc., bands United States o f America in Congress assembled, Th at the Sec reta ry of Ute Indians, Utah . of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to with- Pro to membersa[, f payments romdraw from the Treasury of the United States the total funds on tribal funds

deposit to the credit of the Uintah, White River, and Uncompahgre Bands of Ute Indians, arising under the provisions of the Act of Vol. 46, p . 1092. February 13, 1931 (46 Stat. 1092) including the accrued interest thereon and cause the total sum to be paid in pro rata shares to all members of the said Uintah, White River, and Uncompahgre Bands of Ute Indians who were alive and entitled to enrollment with such Proviso .

Ind ians on F ebru ary 13, 1931 : Provided, That the said Secretary, Depositofshares . under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, shall cause the shares of all Indians, including minors, to be deposited as individ- ual Indian money in banks bonded and designated as depositaries for individual Indian moneys, to r emain subject to dis bursement for the benefit of the Indians entitle d thereto as are oth er individual Indian moneys under existing laws . Use of such funds. SEC. 2. The funds when so deposited to the credit of each individ- ual Indian shall become immediately available for the purpose of improving their lands, the erection of suitable homes, the purchasing of building material, farming equipment, livestock, feed food, seed, grain, tools, machinery, implements, household goods, bedding, cloth- ing, and any other equipm ent or supplies necessary to enable the Indianstofitthemselvesforortoengageinfarming,livestockindus-, try, or s uch other pursuits o r avocatio ns as will enable th em to beco me self-supporting under such rules and regulations as may be pre- scribed by the Secretary of the Interior for their actual benefit and "( 5) In the case of an assignment of an award, or an assignment (prior to the makin of the award) of the claim in respect of which the award was made, by any such person, made in writing, duly acknowledged, and filed with the a pplication for payme nt, such pay- ment shall be made to the assignee .' S eC . 2 . Subsection (k) of s ection 3 of such Act is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof a new paragraph to read as follows "( 5) In the case of an assignment of an award, or an assignment ,(prior to t he making of the awa rd) of the claim in respect of which the a ward was made, by any such perso n, ma de in writi ng du ly acknowledged, and filed with the ap hcation for payment, such pay- ment shall be made to the assignee .' SEC . 3 . Subsection ( f) of section 5 and subsection (h) of se ction 6 of such Act are hereby amended by striking out "(4)" where it occurs in such subsections and inserting in lieu thereof "(5) ." Approved, March 3, 1933 . [CHAPTER 210 .1 March 3,1933 . AN ACT [H . R.12328.1 To authorize the assignment of awards entered by the Mixed Claims Commis- [Public, No . 426 .) sion, United States and Germany, the Tripartite Claims Commission, and the War Claims Arbiter . Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the Uni ted Stat es o f Am erica in Cong ress ass emble d, That subsection (g) of section 2 of the Settlement of War Claims Act of 1928 is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof a new paragraph to read as follows Settlement of War Claims Act of 1928, amendments. Vol . 45, amended . p. 2 55,