640
Title to records of certain Indian tribes.
Certified copies.
41 U.S.C.§288.
Return of records.
PUBLIC LAW 209—OCT. 25, 1951
[65 STAT,
SEC. 4. The following Acts and parts of Acts are amended, as shown below: (1) By changing to a colon the period at the end of the twelfth paragraph on page 858 of volunie 35 of the Statutes at Large, in the Act of March 4, 1909, and inserting thereafter '"Provided, That no records of the Federal Government shall be transferred, disposed of, or destroyed under the authority granted in this paragraph." (2 U.S.C. 149.) (2) By changing to a colon the period at the end of section 9 of the Act of April 25, 1914, on page 350 of volume 38 of the Statutes at Large, and inserting thereafter '•'•Provided, That nothing in this section shall preclude the disposition of such records as provided by law when they are no longer needed in conducting the current business of the Department." (5 U.S.C. 196.) (3) By changing the period at the end of the first full paragraph on page 788 of volume 28 of the Statutes at Large, in the Act of March 2, 1895 (5 U.S.C. 197), to a colon and inserting thereafter '•'•Provided, That the disposition of any records required in furnishing such transcripts shall, after they are otherwise not needed in conducting current business, be made as provided by law." (4) By deleting all after "kept" in line 7 of section 482(e) of the Act of June 17, 1930, on page 721 of volume 46 of the Statutes at Large (19 U.S.C. 1482 (^e)) and by substituting therefor "until no longer needed in conducting the current business of the consular office, at which time it may be disposed of as provided by law." {$) By deleting all after the enacting clause of the Act of March 27, 1934, chapter 93 (48 Stat. 501; 25 U.S.C. 199a) and by substituting therefor "That title to records of Indian tribes heretofore placed with the Oklahoma Historical Society of the State of Oklahoma by the Secretary of the Interior shall remain vested in the United States and such records shall be held by the said society under rules and regulations prescribed by the Administrator of General Services: Provided, That copies of any such records, documents, books, or papers held by the said society when certified by the secretary or chief clerk thereof under its seal, or by the officer or person acting as secretary or chief clerk, shall be evidence equally with the original, and in making such certified copies the said secretary or acting secretary and the said chief clerk or acting chief clerk shall be acting as a Federal agent, and such certified copies shall have the same force and effect as if made by the Administrator of General Services as provided in section 509 (b) of the Federal Records Act of 1950 (64 Stat. 583): Provided further, That whenever such certified copies are desired for official use by the Federal Government they shall be furnished, without cost: Provided further, That any such records held by the said society shall be promptly returned to the Government official designated by the Administrator of General Services upon his request therefor." (6) By deleting "it deems advisable" in the last line of section 1120 on page 162 of volume 53 of the Statutes at Large, in the Act of February 10, 1939 (26 U.S.C. 1120), and substituting therefor "is provided by law". (7) By inserting "until deposited with the National Archives of the United States" after "kept" in the first sentence of section 6 of the Act of June 25, 1948, on page 870 of volume 62 of the Statute at Large (28 U.S.C.6). (8) By inserting a comma, followed by "subject to the provisions of the Act entitled 'An Act. to provide for the disposal of certain records of the United States Government', approved July 7, 1943 (57 Stat. 380), as amended," after "authorized" in line 3 of the Act of
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