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 19 68 74TH C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 831 . JUNE 26, 1936. erPr n og visions, etc ., goo- protection, or land management. The provisions of this Act, the regulations of the Secretary of the Interior, and the charters of the cooperative associations issued pu rsuant thereto shall govern such Pr ovis o. cooperative associations : Provided That in those matters not covered Stat e laws applic able to matters not covered by said Act, regulations, or charters, the laws of the State of Okla- in regulations, etc. Voti ng pri vilege. homa, if applicable, shall govern. In any stock or nonstock coopera- tive association no one member shall have more than one vote, and membership therein shall be open to all Indians residing within the prescribed district. Charters, amend- SEC. 5 . The charters of any cooperative association organized pur- ment or revocation. suant to this Act shall not be amended or revoked by the Secretary Suits by or against except after a majority vote of the membership. Such cooperative associations. associations may sue and be sued in any court of the State of Okla- homa or of the United States having jurisdiction of the cause of action, but a certified copy of all papers filed in any action against a cooperative association in a court of Oklahoma shall be served upon the Secretary of the Interior, or upon an employee duly author- Intervention by see- ized by him to receive such service. Within thirty days after such retary of the Interior remo val to Federal dis- service or within such extended time as the trial court may permit, trict court. the Secretary of the Interior may intervene in such action or may remove such action to the United States district court to be held in the district where such petition is pending by filing in such action in the State court a petition for such removal, together with the certified copy of the papers served upon the Secretary. It shall then be the duty of the State court to accept such petition and to proceed no further in such action. The said copy shall be entered in the said district court within thiry l days after the filing of the petition for removal, and the said district court is hereby given jurisdiction to hear and determine said action. Loans to individual SEC. 6. The Secretary is authorized to make loans to individual Indians and t o assoc ia- tions . Indians and to associations or corporate groups organized pursuant Appropriation for . t o this Act. For the making of such loans and for expenses of the cooperative associations organized pursuant to this Act, there shall be appropriated, out of the Treasury of the United States, the sum of $2,000,000. Fun 48, availabl984 . SEC. 7. All funds appropriated under the several grants of authority contained in the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat . 984), are hereby h Allocations to Okla. made available for use under the provisions of this Ac t, and Okla- homa Indians shall be accorded and allocated a fair an d just share of any and all funds hereafter appropriated under the authorization Provi so. herein set forth : Provided That an royalties, bbonuses, or other Dep os it of mineral y > royalties. reven ues d erive d fro m min eral depos its u nderl ying lands purc hased in Oklahoma under the authority granted by this Act, or by the Act of June 18, 1934, shall be deposited in the Treasury o f the United Avail abil ity. States, and such revenues are hereby made available for expenditure by the Secretary of the Interior for the acquisition of lands and for loans to Indians in Oklahoma as authorized by this Act and b y the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984). not affect Cou nt y, Okla., SEC. 8 . This Act shall not relate. to or a ffect Osa ge Count y, Oklahoma. Cc Rulle e s to be pre- SEC. 9 . The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to pre- Inconsistent Acts scribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out repealed. the provisions of this Act. All Acts or p arts of Ac ts in consi stent herewith are hereby repealed. Approved, June 26, 1936. i So in original.