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 54 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CHS. 318 -320 --JUNE 11, 1940 "National Park Service, donations", which transfer the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to make upon request by the council of said band approved by the Secretary of the Interior. Funds so transferred shall be available for national park and monu- ment uses, including the acquisition of lands for inclusion in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. All lands purchased or otherwise acquired for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians under authority contained in this Act shall constitute a part of the Cherokee Indian Reservation in North Carolina, shall be held by the United States in trust for said band, and shall be nontaxable, nonalienable to the same extent as other lands within said reservation. Approved, June 11, 1940. [CHAPTER 319] AN ACT To amend the service pension Acts pertaining to the War with Spain, Philippine Insurrection, and the China Relief Expedition to include certain continuous service. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in determin- ing the period of active service for the purpose of the Act of May 1, 1926 (Public Law Numbered 166, Sixty-ninth Congress), the Act of June 2, 1930 (Public Law Numbered 299, Seventy-first Congress), and the Act of May 24, 1938 (Public Law Numbered 541, Seventy- fifth Congress), granting service pensions to veterans and depend- ents of deceased veterans of the War with Spain, the Philippine Insurrection, or the China Relief Expedition, continuous active service entered into during the War with Spain, the Philippine Insurrection, or the China Relief Expedition shall be included although part of such continuous service extended into either the Philippine Insurrection or the China Relief Expedition. Payments of benefits under the provisions of this Act shall be effective the date of enactment thereof as to those persons on the rolls and as to claims pending on the date of enactment of this Act. In all other cases awards of pension authorized hereunder shall be effective from date of application therefor after the date of enactment of this Act. Approved, June 11, 1940. [CHAPTER 320] AN ACT To transfer the site and buildings of the Tomah Indian School to the State of Wisconsin. 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 to transfer to the State of Wisconsin, upon such terms and in such manner as may be mutually agreed upon, for institutional or other public use, title to all or any part of the property known and designated as the Tomah Indian School located at Tomah, Wisconsin. Approved, June 11, 1940. 301 Availability of transferred funds. Inclusion of ao- quired lands in Reser- vation. June 111940 [H. R. 7147 [Public, No. 694] Pensions. Determination of period of active service of certain veterans. 44 stat. 382; 46 stat. 492; 52 Stat. 440. 38 U. .0. §§364- 365h; Supp. V, § 364c, 365, 365., 366d, 370- 370d. Payments, eflective date. June 11, 1940 [H. R. 7630] [Public, No. 695] Tomah Indian School, Wis. Transfer to State of Wisconsin of title to property.

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