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73d CONG RESS . SESS. I. CHS . 44, 45. MAY 29, 31, 1933 . to each and every term and provision thereof, and to all agreements to be made pursuant thereto by and between the said States or any agencies, commissions, or public or municipal bodies thereof : Pro- United vided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to affect, impair, or diminish any right, power, or jurisdiction of the United States or of any court, department, board, bureau, officer, or official of the United States, over or in regard to any navigable waters, or any commerce between the States or with foreign countries, or any bridge, railroa d highwa y, pier, wharf, or other facilit y or imp rove- men t, or any ot her person, matter, or thing, for mi ng the subject matter of the aforesaid compact or agreement or otherwise affected by the terms thereof : And provided further, That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this resolution or any part thereof is he reby express ly reser ved . Appro ved, May 29, 1933 . [CHAPTER 45 .] Provisos. Rights of States . Amendment . AN ACT May 31, 1933. [a .R .40 14 .1 To aut horize approp riation s to pa y in p art the liabil ity of the Un ited St ates t o [Public, No . 28 .[

the Indian pueblos herein named, under the terms of the Act of June 7 1924, pand the liability of the United States to non-Indian claimants on Indian pueblo grants whose claims, extinguished under the Act of June 7, 1924, have been found by the Pueblo Lands Board to have been claims in good faith ; to authorize the expenditure by the Secretary of the Interior of the sums herein authorized and of sums heretofore appropriated, in conformity with the Act of June 7, 1924, for the purchase of needed lands and water rights and the creation of other permanent economic improvements as contemplated by said Act ; to rovide for the protection of the watershed within the C arson National Forest for the Pueblo de Taos Indians of New Mexico and others interested, and to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to contract relating thereto and to amend the Act approved J une 7, 19 24, in cert ain re spec ts . Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in fulfill- ment of the Act of Ju ne 7, 19 24 (43 Stat . 636), there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sums hereinafter set forth, in com- pensation to the several Indian pueblos hereinafter named, in pay- ment of the liability of the United States to the said pueblos as declared by the Act of June 7, 1924, which appropriations shall be made in equal annual installments as hereinafter specified, and shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States and shall be expended by the Secretary of the Interior, subject to approval of the governing authorities of each pueblo in question, at such times and in such amounts as he may deem wise and proper ; for the pur- chase of lands and water rights to replace those which have been divested from said pueblo under the Act of June 7, 1924, or for the purchase or construction of reservoirs, irrigation works, or other permanent improvements upon or for the benefit of the lands of said pueblos . SEC . 2. In addition to the awards made by the Pueblo Lands Board, the following sums, to be used as directed in section 1 of this Act, and in conformity with the Act of June 7, 1924, be, and hereby are, authorized to be appropriated Pueblos enumerated . Pueblo of Jemez, $1,885 ; pueblo of Nambe, $47,439 .50 ; pueblo of Taos, $84,707.09 ; pueblo of Santa Ana, $2,908 .38 ; pueblo of Santo Domingo, $4,256 .56 ; pueblo of Sandia, $12,980.62 ; pueblo of San Felipe, $14,954 .53 ; pueblo of Isleta, $47,751 .31 ; pueblo of Picuris, $66,574 .40 ; pueblo of San Ildefonso, $37,058 .28 ; pueblo of San Juan, $153,863 .04 ; pueblo of Santa Clara, $181,114 .19 ; pueblo of Cochiti, $37,826 .37 ; pueb lo of Po joaq ue, $68,562 .61 ; in all, $761,954 .88 : Indian pu eb los in New Mexico . Payments a uth or- ized, in annual install- ments, United States' lia bility to pueblos designated . Vol.43, p. 636 Post, p . 277 . To be expende d in pu rchasing lan ds and water rights, to replace those divested from said pueblos . For

construction, etc ., of reservoirs, etc. Su ms suppleme ntal to awards by Pueblo Lands Board .