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 984 Amendmen t. June 18, 1934. [S . 3845 .1 [Public, No. 383 .1 Indian affairs. Future allotment in severalty prohibited. Existing trust riods extended. pe- Restoration of lands to tr ibal owne rship. Prorisos . Existing valid rights not affected. Lands in reclamation projects. Or der tem porar ily withdrawing Papago Reser vati on lan ds from mineral entry, etc ., revoke d. Resulting damages to be paid tribe ; limita- tion. Annual rental to he paid. A pplic ant for min- eral patent must first make deposit of rent. 73d CONGRE SS. SESS. II. CHS. 575, 576. JUNE 18, 1934 . Congress approved February 28, 1931, June 9, 1932, and June 13, 1933, are hereby extended one and three years, respectively, from June 13, 1934. SEC. 2. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, June 18, 1934. [CHAPTER 576 .1 AN ACT To conserve and develop Indian lands and resources ; to extend to Indians the right to form business and, other organizations ; to establish a credit system for Indians ; to grant certain rights of home rule to Indians ; to provide for voca- tional education for Indians ; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That hereafter no land of any Indian reservation, created or set apart by treaty or agreement with the Indians, Act of Congress, Executive order, pur- chase, or otherwise, shall be allotted in severalty to any Indian. SEC. 2. The existing periods of trust placed upon any Indian lands and any restriction on alienation thereof are hereby extended and continue d until other wise directed by Congress. SEC. 3 . The Secretary of the Interior, if he shall find it to be in the public interest, is hereby authorized to restore to tribal owner- ship the remaining surplus lands of any Indian reservation hereto- fore opened, or authorized to be opened, to sale, or any other form of disposal by Presidential proclamation, or by any of the public- land laws of the United States : Provided, however, That valid rights or claims of any persons to any lands so withdrawn existing on the date of the withdrawal shall not be affected by this Act : Provided further, That this section shall not apply to lands within any recla- mation project heretofore authorized in any Indian reservation
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vided fu°r ther, That the order of the Department of the Interior signed, dated, and approved by Honorable Ray Lyfnan Wilbur, as Secretary of the Interior, on October 28, 1932, temporarily withdrawing lands of the Papag o Indi an Re servat ion in Arizo na fr om all forms of mineral entry or claim under the public land mining laws, is hereby revoked and rescinded, and the lands of the said Papago Indian Reservation are hereby restored to exploration and location, under the. existing mining laws of the United States, in accordance with the express terms and provisions declared and set forth in the Executive orders establishing said Papago Indian Reservation Provided further, That damages shall be paid to the Papago Tribe for loss of any improvements on any land located for mining in such a sum as may be determined by the Secretary of the Interior but not to exceed the cost of said improvements
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That a yearly rental not to exceed five cents per acre shall be paid to the Papago Tribe for loss of the use or occupancy of any land withdrawn by the requirements of mining operations, and payments derived from damages or rentals shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Papago Tribe : Provided further, That in the event any person or persons, partnership, cor- poration, or association, desires a mineral patent, according to the mining laws of the United States, he or they shall first deposit in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Papago Tribe the sum of $1 .00 per acre in lieu of annual rental, as hereinbefore provided, to compensate for the loss or occupancy of the lands with- drawn by the requirements of mining operations : Provided further,