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[72 Stat. 106]
PUBLIC LAW 85-000—MMMM. DD, 1958
[72 Stat. 106]

106 Per capita payments.

Costs.

Rules and regulations.

PUBLIC LAW 85-396-MAY 9, 1958

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SEC. 3. (a) The Secretary shall make per capita payments directly to a living enrollee, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section. The Secretary shall distribute the share of a person determined to be eligible for enrollment but who dies subsequent to the date of this Act and on whose behalf the application is filed and approved, and the share of a deceased enrollee, directly to his next of kin or legatee as determined by the laws of the place of domicile of the decedent, upon proof of death and inheritance satisfactory to the Secretary, whose findings upon such proof shall be final and conclusive. (b) Per capita payments due persons under twenty-one years of age or persons under legal disability shall be made in accordance with the laws of the place of domicile of such person. (c) No part of any per capita payment shall be subject to any debt or debts, other than to the United States, created prior to the date of this Act by a person of Indian blood, and such per capita payments shall not be taxable. SEC. 4. All costs incurred by the Secretary in the preparation of such roll and in the payment of such per capita shares shall be paid from the judgment fund or the interest accruing thereon. SEC. 5. The Secretary is authorized to prescribe rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act. Approved May 9, 1958.

Public Law 85-396 May 9, 1958 [H. R. 8958]

Chippewa I n d i ans. Conveyances.

D i o c e s e of Superior.

Flambeau, Wis.

AN ACT Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Indian land to the Diocese of Superior, Superior, Wisconsin, for churcli purposes, and to the town of Flambeau, Wisconsin, for cemetery purposes.

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, in accordance with the wishes of the General Council of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, as expressed by referendum vote on May 14, 1957, is hereby authorized to convey to the Diocese of Superior, Superior, Wisconsin, for church purposes, and to the town of Flambeau, Wisconsin, for cemetery purposes, all right, title, and interest of the United States of America and of the said band in and to the following described tracts of lands: To the Diocese of Superior, Superior, Wisconsin: Lot 1, block 26, in section 5, township 40 north, range 5 east, fourth principal meridian, Wisconsin, plat of the village of Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin, and that portion of Church Street \jmg northwesterly of State Highway Numbered 47, subject to all existing valid rights-ofway. To the town of Flambeau: A parcel of land in the west fractional half of the northeast quarter of section 6, township 40 north, range 5 east, fourth principal meridian, Wisconsin, more particularly described as follows: Commencing at a point 25 feet east of the center of section 6; thence north 33 feet to a point of beginning, said point being on the east right-of-way line of the Pokegama Trail; thence north along said right-of-way line, a distance of 1,485 feet; thence east along the south right-of-way line of said trail, a distance of 396 feet to the drainage canal; thence south 31 degrees east along said drainage canal, a distance of 1,089 feet to swamp; thence southwesterly along edge of said swamp, a distance of 1,^1 feet to the point of beginning.