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PUBLIC LAW 86-93-JULY 17, 1959
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praised fair market value of the lands. Where the ownership of lands at the time of their acquisition by the Government was in more than one person, and two or more such former owners assert a preference right for the same tract, the preference right applicants shall be given a period of thirty days in which to file a joint purchase application or otherwise to compose their conflict. If'they fail to do so, the Secretary shall determine the order of preference among them by lot. Any lands remaining unsold after competitive bids have been solicited may be sold by the Secretary in such manner as he shall deem proper but at not less than their appraised fair market value. The Secretary may at any time withdraw from sale any unsold lands and reoffer them at a reappraised fair market value. (d) As used in this section, the term "lands" includes interests in land, and the term "former owner" includes the surviving spouse of a deceased former owner. Approved July 17, 1959. Public Law 86-93
July 17, 1959 [S. 42]
Table Rock Reservoir pro j e c t. Storage space. 55 Stat. 638.
AN ACT To authorize the utilization of a limited amount of storage space in Table Rock Reservoir for the purpose of water supply for a fish hatchery. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Table Rock Reservoir project, White River, Missouri, approved by the Flood Control Act approved August 18, 1941, be hereby modified to authorize the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to make available a maximum of twenty-seven thousand acre-feet of storage space in the reservoir to provide a regulated flow not to exceed twenty-two cubic feet per second for operation by the State of Missouri of a fish hatchery without reimbursement on such terms and conditions as the Secretary of the Army may deem reasonable: Provided, That iiotliing herein contained shall affect water rights under State law. Approved July 17, 1959. Public Law 86-94
July 17, 1959 [S. 1904]
Potawatomi Indians. Use of funds.
AN ACT To authorize the use of funds arising from a judgment in favor of the Citizen Band of Potawatomi Indians of Oklahoma, and the Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians of Kansas, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the funds on deposit in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Citizen Band of Potawatomi Indians of Oklahoma and to the credit of the Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians of Kansas that were appropriated to pay a judgment by the Indian Claims Commission for inadequate compensation for lands ceded under the treaties of November 15, 1861 (12 Stat. 1191), and February 27, 1867 (15 Stat. 531), and the Act of July 1, 1862 (12 Stat. 489), and the interest thereon, may be advanced or expended for any purpose that is authorized by the respective tribal governing bodies and approved by the Secretary of the Interior. Any part of such funds that may be distributed per capita to the members of the bands shall not be subject to Federal or State income tax. Approved July 17, 1959.
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