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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 259-JUNE 28, 1941 Proviso. 48 Stat. 1033 . 52 Stat. 300. Provisos. Title to land. Expenditure subject to tribal consent. Case of Luis M. Sanchez, and others. Provisos. Title to land, etc. Approval of pueblo required. Acquisition oflands, etc. and exchange of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, and such vehicles shall be used only for official service, including the transporta- tion of Indian school pupils. Replacement of property destroyed by fire, flood, or storm: That to meet possible emergencies not exceeding $35,000 of the appropria- tions made by this Act for support of reservation and nonreservation schools, for school and agency buildings, and for conservation of health among Indians shall be available, upon approval of the Secre- tary of the Interior, for replacing any buildings, equipment, sup- plies, livestock, or other property of those activities of the Indian Service above referred to which may be destroyed or rendered un- serviceable by fire, flood, or storm: Provided, That any diversions of appropriations made hereunder shall be reported to Congress in the annual Budget. INDIAN LANDS Purchase of land for the Navajo Indians, Arizona, reimbursable: The unexpended balance of the appropriation contained in the Defi- ciency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1934, for the purchase of land, and improvements thereon, including water rights, for the Navajo Indians in Arizona, as authorized by and in conformity with the provisions of the Act of June 14, 1934 (48 Stat. 961), is hereby continued available for the same purposes until June 30, 1942. Purchase of land for the Navajo Indians, Arizona (tribal funds): The unexpended balance of the appropriation of $40,000 from funds to the credit of the Navajo Tribe, contained in the Interior Depart- ment Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1939, for the purchase, in accord- ance with the provisions of the Act of June 14, 1934 (48 Stat. 961), of lands from the New Mexico and Arizona Land Company within the Navajo Indian Reservation, Arizona, is hereby continued avail- able for the same purpose and under the same conditions until June 30, 1942. Leasing of lands for Navajo Indians (tribal funds): For lease, pending purchase, of land and water rights for the use and benefit 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. Purchase of land, Mescalero Indians, New Mexico (tribal funds): For the purchase of land, or interest therein and improvements thereon for the Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation of New Mexico, $14,000, payable from funds on deposit to the credit of said Indians: Provided, That title to any land and improvements so pur- chased shall be taken in the name of the United States in trust for said Indians: Provided further, That no expenditure shall be made hereunder without the consent of the Mescalero tribal business com- mittee. Payment of judgment in the case of Luis M. Sanchez, and others, against United States (tribal funds): There is hereby appropriated from the tribal funds of the Indians of the Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico, so much as may be necessary to satisfy the judgment obtained by the plaintiff in the suit entitled Luis M. Sanchez, and others, against the United States, numbered 135 civil, in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico: Provided, That title to the land and improvements thereon involved in said suit shall be vested in the United States in trust for the Pueblo of Isleta: Pro- vided further, That use of the money for such purpose shall receive the approval of the governing authorities of the pueblo as required m section 5 of the Act of May 1, 1933 (48 Stat. 108). For the acquisition of lands, interest in lands, water rights and surface rights to lands, and for expenses incident to such acquisition [55 STAT.

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