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PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 139-141-MAY 28, 1941 adjacent to the Turtle Mountain Indian Agency in the State of North 4Stat. 219. Dakota" be, and the same is hereby, amended by inserting in the third line of said Act, after the words "authorized to purchase", the words "publicly or", so that as amended Section 1 of said Act, exclusive of its enacting clause, will read: etpuc.,orbenefit of "That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized Indians. to purchase publicly or privately owned lands and improvements within and adjacent to the Turtle Mountain Reservation, North Dakota, title to be taken in the United States of America in trust for the Indians of the Turtle Mountain Reservation. For the purpose of making the purchases herein authorized, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to use any available funds heretofore or hereafter appro- priated pursuant to the authority contained in section 5 of the Act of 25u.. c. os . June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984): Provided, That title to the land so pur- chased may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, be taken for the surface only: Provided further, That lands purchased under this authority shall not be allotted in severalty." Approved, May 28, 1941. [CHAPTER 140] May 28, 1941 [H. R . 35141 [Public Law 811 Santa Ysabel Indian Reservation, Calif. Exchange of land. Proviso. Title to land. May 28, 1941 [H. R . 3538] [Public Law 82] 34 Stat. 1A . Biloxi, Miss. Use of land granted to. AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to effect an exchange of certain tribal land.of the Santa Ysabel Indian Reservation, California, for other land of equal value. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to effect an exchange of approxi- mately one and eight-tenths acres of tribal Indian land of the Santa Ysabel Reservation, California, for a tract of privately owned land of approximately four and three-tenths acres of equal value: Pro- vided, That such exchange shall be effected only when the Indians enrolled on said reservation have expressed their consent thereto, either in general council or through action of their duly recognized tribal governing body. SEC. 2. Title to the land received in the exchange shall be satis- factory to the Secretary of the Interior and shall be taken in the name of the United States in trust for the Santa Ysabel Tribe of Indians; said land shall not be allotted to individual Indians and it shall remain nontaxable until otherwise provided by Congress. Title to the Indian land conveyed in the exchange shall be by patent in fee. Approved, May 28, 1941. [CHAPTER 141] AN ACT To amend the Act entitled "An Act granting certain lands to the city of Biloxi, in Harrison County, Mississippi, for park and cemetery purposes', approved April 28, 1906. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 'the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2 of the Act entitled "An Act granting certain lands to the city of Biloxi, in Harrison County, Mississippi, for park and cemetery purposes", approved April 28, 1906, be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows: "SEC. 2 . That said lands are granted solely for park and cemetery purposes and shall revert to and become the property of the United States if used for any purpose whatever other than or foreign to [55 STAT.