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 636 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cns. 330, 331. 1924. serves the right of access to the land and water adjacent to Lloyds for the purpose of taking gravel for the use of the Lighthouse ervice. Approved, Jime 7, 1924. CHAP. 331.-An Act To quiet the title to lands within Pueblo Indian land grants, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the ¤£iii.i°i?r.ifz°ifi° md United States of America in 0'ongress assembled, That in order to Pfeugfo ‘{},‘d,;"_§,”“§,§ of quiet title to various lots, parcels, and tracts of land in the State of Blsgtintglisvigt <>¤{¤r¢$¤ New Mexico for which claim shall be made by or on behalf of the tem. °° ° °° S Pueblo Indians of said State as hereinafter provided, the United ' States of America, in its sovereign capacity as guardian of said Pueblo Indians shall, by its Attorney General file in the District Court of the United States for the District of New Mexico, its bill or bills of complaint with a prayer for discovery of the nature of any claim or claims of any kind whatsoever adverse to the claim of said Pueblo Indians, as hereinafter determined. Sec. 2. That there shall be, and hereby is, established a board to °°¤¤P°¤i**°¤· be known as “Pueblo Lands Board " to consist of the Secretary of the Interior, the Attorney General, each of whom may act through · an a istant in all hearings, investigations, and deliberations in New Mexico, and a third mem er to be appointed by the President of the ,2_°w°"' United States. The board shall be provided with suitable quarters in the city of Santa Fe, New Mexico, and shall have ower to require the presence of witnesses and the production of dpocuments by subpoena, to employ a clerk who shall be empowered to administer oaths and take acknowledgments, shall employ such clerical assistance, mteigreters, and stenographers with such compensation as the Attorney eneral shall deem adequate, and it shall be provided with _ such necessary supplies and equipment as it may require on requisi- ,v§’§,{Q,§{,°,;,Y'“p°°‘“" tions to the Department of Justice. The compensation and allow- 1’¤¢»1>·1<¤¤· ance for travel and expenses of the member appointed by the Presi- Tomvmim, dem dent shall be fixed by the Attorney General. mm. a¤.,me1é¤e¤¤r It shall be the duty! of said board to investigate, determine, and ,‘§',‘§°‘},§§‘° §§,‘}f“‘;f§f,§‘Z report and set fort by mates and bounds, illustrated where z¤i¤¤¤<r necessary by iield notes and (plats, the lands within the exterior - boundaries of any land grante or confirmed to the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico by_ any authority of the United States of America, or any prior sovereignty, or acquired by said Indians as a community by purchase or otherwise, title to which the said board shall find C13 h M_ not to have been extinguished in accordance with the provisions ,,,,,,,,,‘?§,, ,§ ,,,,},€§ of this Act, and the board shall not include in their report any ·*¤¤¤=·¤¤¢*¤<*¢·<*· claims of non-Indian claimants who, in the o inion of said board after investigation, hold and occupy such cliiims of which they P, _ have had a verse possession, in accordance with the provisions D,’§§‘,§,,, ,,, ,,, ,_.,_ of section 4 of this Act: Provided, however, That the board shall R t 0 8 h the Indian title has been extinguished. b;,,°€§",,,“¤‘§,,§ £‘§°g The board shall report upon each pueblo as a separate unit and °°‘¤‘°·¤°°- upon the completion of each report one copy shall be tiled with the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico, one with the Attorney General of the United States, one with the Secretary of the Interior, and one with the Board of Indian Suit to quiet title on COHHIHSSIODBI-S` ·. axmgempm. Src. 3. That upon the filing of each report bg the said board, the Attorney General shall forthwith cause to be led in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico, as provided
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