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 75TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CH. 570-AUGUST 9, 193 7 of Indians of the Navajo Tribe in Arizona and New Mexico, $20,000, payable from funds on deposit to the credit of the Navajo Tribe. For the acquisition of lands, interest in lands, water rights and surface rights to lands, and for expenses incident to such acquisition, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat ., p . 985), including personal services, purchase of equipment and supplies, and other necessary expenses, $950,000, together with the unexpended balance of the appropriation for this purpose for the fisca l year 19 37, of wh ich not t o exceed $20,000 s hall be a vailable for personal services in the District of Columbia : Provided, That within the States of Arizona, New Mexico, and Wyoming no part of said sum shall be used for the acquisition of lands outside of the boundaries of existing Indian reservations : Provided further, That in addition to the amount herein appropriated the Secretary of the Interior may also incur obligations, and enter into contracts for the acquisition of additional land, not exceeding a total of $500,000, and his action in so doing shall be deemed a contractual obligation of the Federal Government for the payment of the cost thereof, and appropriations hereafter made for the acquisition of land pursuant to the author izatio n cont ained in the Act of June 18, 19 34, sh all be available for the purpose of discharging the obligation or obligations so created. For payment of taxes, including penalties and interest, assessed against individually owned Indian land, title to which is held subject to restrictions against alienation or encumbrance except with the co nsent or app roval of the Secre tary o f the I nterio r, whe n such land was purchased with trust or restricted funds with the understanding that after purchase it would be nontaxable, $25,000, to be imme- diately available and to be expended in accordance with the terms of the Act of June 20, 1936 (49 Stat., p. 1542). For payment, pursuant to the provisions of the Act of May 15, 1936 (49 Stat ., p . 1272), to the Confederated Bands of Ute Indians in full compensation as to claim for the principal sum for sixty-four thousand five hundred and sixty acres of land in western Colorado set aside as a naval oil reserve by Executive orders dated December 6, 1916, and September 27, 1924, $161,400 : Provided, That in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, and with the approval of the tribe expressed through its tribal council not more than $100,000 of the amount apportioned to the Indians of the Uintah and Ouray Reser vatio n, Ut ah, toget her w ith $100, 000 a dditi onal from trib al funds now on deposit to the credit of the U te Indians in Utah, may be expended for the acquisition of privately owned lands or interests therein, together with the improvements thereon, and of improvements on former public-domain lands, for said Indians. Purchase of land, Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota (tribal funds) : For the purchase of Indian-owned and privately owned land, and improvements thereon, in the Cheyenne River Res- ervation, South Dakota, $12,500, payable from funds on deposit to the credit of the Cheyenne River Indians : Provided, That title to any land or improvements so purchased shall be taken in the name of the United States in trust for the Cheyenne River Tribe. The unexpended balance of $5,004 .25 of the appropriation "Pur- chase of land for landless Indians in California, Act of March 3, 1925, special fund", which appropriation was repealed by section 4 (b 24) of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934 (48 Stat . 1227), is hereby reappropriated and made available until expended for payment of obligations heretofore incurred or to be incurred hereafter in the acquisition of land in California, with such improve- ments as may be appurtenant thereto, for the relief of homeless Indians of that State. Proviso. Title to land. 573 Acquisition of lands, etc. 48 Stat. 984. Balance reappropri. ated. 49 Stat.1765. Provisos . Use outside reserva- tion restricted. Contracts. Redemption of re- stricted land subject to taxation. 49 Stat. 1542 . Conf ede rat ed Ban ds of Ute Indians, pay- ment to. 49 Stat. 1272 . Proviso. Acquisition of pri- vately owned lands. Additional from tribal funds. Cheyenne Rive r Reservation, S . Dak., purchase of land, etc . Landless Indians in California, purchase of land for. 43 Stat. 1101; 48 Stat. 1228.