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 SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SEss. III. CHs .270, 271. 1931 . 1205 CHAP. 270 .-An Act To amend the fourth proviso to section 24 of the Immigration Act of 1917, as amended. Februa,9 21, 1931. [H. R.9803.1 [ Public, No . 712 .1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Immigration Act of United Sta tes of Am eri ca in Con gre ss as sem ble d, That the fourth 's Vol. 39np 893 ; Vol. proviso to section 24 of the Immigration Act of 1917, as amended, is 41, P °s 54ca supPaiv, hereby amended to read as follows : P .62. "Provided further, That when inspectors or other employees of Traveling expenses on change of station, the Immigration Service and officers and employees of the Natural- ete.,allowed . ization Bureau and Naturalization Service are ordered to perform duty in a foreign country, or transferre d from one station to another, in the United States or in a foreign country, they shall be allowed their traveling expenses in accordance with such regula- tions as the Secretary of Labor may deem advisable, and they may also be allowed, within the discretion and under written orders of the Secretary of Labor, the expenses incurred for the transfer of t heir wives and depe ndent min or ch ildre n ; the ir hou seho ld eff ects and other personal property, not exceeding in all five thousand pounds, including the expenses for packing, crating, freight and Expenses of trans- porting remains to be drayage thereof. The expense of transporting the remains of such paid. o fficers inspectors or other employees who die while in, or in transit to, a foreign country in the discharge of their official duties, to their former homes in this country for interment, and the ordinary and necessary expenses of such interment and preparation for ship- me nt at th eir posts of duty or at h ome, are hereby authorize d to be paid on the written order of the Secretary of Labor. Appr oved, Febr uary 21, 1931. February 21, 1931. CHAP. 27 1 .-An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to authorize the [II. R . 152637 .1 cancellation, under certain conditions, of patents in fee simple to Indians for [ Public, No . 713.1 all otment s held in tr ust by the U nited States ." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Co ngr ess as sem ble d, That the Act of C nieellationmeot s fee February 26, 1927 (44 Stat . 1247), authorizing the Secretary of simple patents to. th e Interi or, under certain conditi ons, to cancel p atents in fee for v§l . 44, p. 1247. Indian allotments, be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding thereto the following " SEC . 2 . Where patents in fee have been issued for Indian allot- Is sue of trust p atents, on unincumbered, etc., ments, during the trust period, without application by or consent lands, authorized . of the patentees, and such patentees or Indian heirs have sold a part of the land included in the patents, or have mortgaged the lands or any part thereof and such mortgages have been satisfied, such l ands remaining undisposed of a nd without incumbrance by the patentees, or Indian heirs, may be given a trust patent status and the Secretary of the Interior is, on application of the allottee or his or her Indian heirs, hereby authorized, in his discretion, to cancel patents in fee so far as they cover such unsold lands not e ncumbere d by mor tgage, an d to cau se new t rust pat ents to be issued therefor, to the allottees or their Indian heirs, of the form and legal effect as provided by the Act of February 8, 1887 (24 Stat. 388), and the amendments thereto, such patents to be effective from the date Effective date . of the original trust patents, and the land shall be subject to any exten- sions of the trust made by Executive order on other allotments of me mbers of the same tribe, and s uch lands shall have the same status as though such fee patents had never been issued : Provide d, Pnnnotapplicable . That this Act shall not apply where any such lands have been sold

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