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 52 STAT.] 75TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CHS. 62, 63-APR. 4, 1938 normally sized squares in such District; and said Commissioners are authorized and empowered to make and enforce rules and regulations for the control of the parking of vehicles on such streets, avenues, roads, highways, and other public spaces, and as an aid to such regulation and control of the parking of vehicles the Commissioners may prescribe fees for the privilege of parking vehicles where said meters or devices are installed. The Commissioners are further authorized and empowered to pay the purchase price and cost of installation of the said meters or devices from the fees collected, which are hereby appropriated for such purpose, for the fiscal years 1938 and 1939, and thereafter such meters or devices shall become the property of said District, and all fees collected shall be paid to the collector of taxes for deposit in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the revenues of said District. Approved, April 4, 1938. [CHAPTER 63] AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to grant concessions on reservoir sites and other lands in connection with Federal Indian irrigation projects wholly or partly Indian, and to lease the lands in such reserves for agricultural, grazing, and other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized, in his discretion, to grant concessions on reservoir sites, reserves for canals or flowage areas, and other lands under his jurisdiction which have been with- drawn or otherwise acquired in connection with the San Carlos, Fort Hall, Flathead, and Duck Valley or Western Shoshone irrigation projects for the benefit in whole or in part of Indians, and to lease such lands for agricultural, grazing, or other purposes: Provided, That no lands so leased shall be eligible for benefit payments under the crop control program, or the soil conservation act: Provided further, That such concessions may be granted or lands leased by the Secretary of the Interior under such rules, regulations, and laws as govern his administration of the public domain as far as applicable, for such considerations, monetary or otherwise, and for such periods of time as he may deem prop)er, the term of no concession to exceed a period of ten years: Provided further, That the funds derived from such concessions or leases, except funds so derived from Indian tribal roperty withdrawn for irrigation purposes and for which the tribe has not been compensated, shall be available for expenditure in accordance with the existing laws in the operation and maintenance of the irrigation projects with which they are connected. Any funds derived from reserves for which the tribe has not been compensated shall be deposited to the credit of the proper tribe: Provided further, That where tribal lands of any Indian tribe organized under section 16 of the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984), have been withdrawn or reserved for the purposes hereinbefore mentioned, such lands may be leased or concessions may be granted thereon only by the proper tribal authorities, upon such conditions and subject to such limita- tions as may be set forth in the constitution and bylaws or charter of the respective tribes. Approved, April 4, 1938. 193 Rules, fees, etc., to be prescribed. Purchase and in- stallation. Deposit of collec- tions. April 4, 1938 [S. 1945] [Public, No. 459] Indian irrigation projects. Concessions on res- ervoir sites and other lands, authorized. Leases for agricul- tural, grazing, etc., purposes. Provisos. Ineligibility for benefit payments. Conditions pre- scribed. Term limitation. Maintenance, etc. Use of funds from reserves for which tribe has not been com- pensated. Tribal lands; lease restrictions. 48 Stat. 987. 25U.S. C. §476. 3652. -3--13

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