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 884 August 3l,1937 [H. R. 7649] [Public, No. 4101 Cro w Ind ian Rese r- vation, Mont. Certain land elimi- nat ed from. Description. Indian liquor laws not affected. 29 Stat .508. 25U.S.C.$241. Conflicting laws re- pealed . Au gust 31, 1937 [S. J.Res.1621 [Pub. Res ., No. 741 Poto mac V alley conservancy district. Consent given to certain States to enter into a compact re- specting creation of. Proviso . Approval required. 75TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CHS. 890, 891-AUGUST 31, 1937 [CHAPT ER 890 ] AN ACT Relating to certain lands within the boundaries of the Crow Reservation, Montana. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Co ngress assemble d, That all of that area within the Crow Indian Reservation, Montana, described as Beginning at the northwest corner of lot eleven, secti on 3 ; t henc e east along the north boundary line of the Crow Indian Reservation to the west meander line of the Big Horn River ; thence south- easterly along the west meander line of the said Big Horn River to its intersection with the n orth and south center line o f section twelve ; thence south along the said center line of sections twelve and thirteen to the center of section thirteen ; thence west to the north- west corner of the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of said section thirteen ; thence south to the southeast corner of the north- west quarter of the northwest quarter of section twenty-five ; thence west to the northwest corner of lot two, section twenty-seven ; thence north along the boundary line of the Crow Indian Reservation to the point of beginning, all in township 1 south, range 33 east, prin- cipal meridian, Montana, be, and the same is hereby, eliminated and excluded from the Crow Indian Reservation in the State of Montana. SEC. 2. Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to dis- continue or repeal the provisions of the Indian liquor laws which prohibit the sale, gift, barter, exchange, or other disposition of beer, wine, and other liquors to Indians of the classes set forth in the Act of January 30, 1897 (29 Stat. L. 506; U. S. C., title 25, sec. 241). S EC. 3 . All Acts or parts o f Acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Appr oved, August 31, 1937. [ CHAPTE R 891] JOINT RESOLUTION T o permit th e States o f Maryland, Virginia, West Virg inia, Penns ylvania, a nd the Di stric t of Colum bia t o ent er in to a compa ct or agre ement resp ecting the creation of a Potomac Valley conservancy district for the prevention or abatement of harmful pollution of the waters thereof. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress is hereby given to the States of Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia to nego- tia te and enter into a compact or agreement providing for the crea- tion of a conservancy district to consist of the drainage area of the Potomac River and the main and tributary streams therein, said district to be organized and maintained for the purpose of regulating, con trolling, preventing, or ot herwise rendering unobjectio nable and harmless the pollution of the waters of said Potomac drainage area by sewage and industrial and other wastes, upon conditions that a suitable person shall be appointed by the President of the United States from the Department of the Treasury who shall participate in said negotiation as representative of the United States, and shall make a report to Congress of the proceedings of any compact or ag reement entered thereto : Prov ide d, That any such compact or agreement shall not be binding or obligatory upon any of the parties thereto unless and until the same shall have been approved by the legislatures of each of said States and by the Congress of the United States. Approv ed, August 31, 1937.