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SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS . SESS . II. CHs . 222, 223 . 1930 .

259 CHAP . 222 .-An Act To amend the Act authorizing the attorney general of the State of California to bring suit in the Court of Claims on behalf of the Indians of California . April 29, 1930 . [H. R. 10081.] [Public, No . 177 .1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the IndiansinCaliforni a . Un ited St ates o f Ameri ca in C ongress assemb led, Th at section 7 of ed Vol . 45,p .603,amend- the Act of May 18, 1928 (Forty-fifth Statutes at Large, page 602), is hereby amended to read as follows "SEC . 7 . For the purpose of determining who are entitled to be Enrollment of. enrolled as Indians of California, as provided in section 1 hereof, the Secretary of the Interior, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, shall cause a roll to be made of persons entitled to enrollment . Any person claiming to be entitled to enrollment may 'line limit for appli- within four years after the approval of this Act make an applica- tion in writing to the Secretary of the Interior for enrollment . At any time within five years of the approval of this Act the Secretary yeas° Revision in fiv e shal l have the right to alter and revise t he roll, at the exp iration of whic h time said roll sh all be closed for a ll purposes and the reafter no Pr°ris° y additional names shall be added thereto : Provided, That the Secre- Rules, et°., to be pre- p resc ribe , of t he Inte rior, u nder su ch rule s and regulat ions as he may scribed . prescribe, shall also cause to be made, within the time specified herein, a roll of all I ndians in Cali fornia other t han Ind ians th at come within the provisions of section 1 of this Act ." Approved, April 29, 1930 . April 29, 1930 . CHAP . 223 .-An Act To amend the Air Mail Act of February 2, 1925, as [n .R . 11704.) amended by the Acts of June 3, 1926, and May 17, 1928, furth er to encourage [Public, No . 178.] commercial aviation . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That section 4 of A Air 14a it Act 5; Vol.44, the Air Mail Act of February 2, 1925, as amended by the Act of June p . 692, amended . 3, 1926 (44 Stat . 692 ; U. S. C., Supp. III, title 39, sec. 464), be p .55os . C., Supp. >v, amended to read as follows " SEC . 4 . The Postmaster General is authorized to award contracts for Contracts g air mail a for the transportation of air mail b aircraft between such points fixed rates per mile for Y

weigbtspaces . as he may designate to the lowest responsible bidder at fixed rates - per mile for definite weight spaces, one cubic foot of space being computed as the equivalent of nine pounds of air mail, such rates not to exceed $1 .25 per mile : Provided, That where the air mail special' rates for lim- mo ving be tween the des ignated points does n ot exce ed twen ty-five ited space or weight . cubic feet, or two hundred and , twenty-five pounds, per trip the Post- master General may award to the lowest responsible bidder, who has owned and operated an air transportation service on a fixed daily schedule over a distance of not less than two hundred and fifty miles an d for a pe riod of no t less than six month s prior to the adver tise- ment for bids, a contract at a rate not to exceed 40 cents per mile for a weight space of twenty-five cubic feet, or two hundred and twenty-five pounds . Whenever sufficient air mail is not available, first-class mail matter may be added to make up the maximum load spec ified in such contr act ." SEC. 2. That section 6 of the Act of May 17, 19 28 (45 Stat. 594 ; A ma il p erti ca a_ U . S . C., Supp. III, title 39, sec. 465c), be amended to read as ed. U.S.C.,Supp.IV, follows :

p .551. " SEC . 6 . The Postmaster General may, if in his judgment the substitution of, for pu blic inter est will b e promoted thereby, u pon the su rrender of any former contracts . air-mail contract, issue in substitution therefor a route certificate for a period of not exceeding ten years from the date service started under such contract to any contractor or subcontractor who has satis-