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 313 55 STAT.] 77TH CONG., IST SESS. -CH. 259-JUNE 28, 1941 (except salaries and expenses of employees), in accordance with the provisions of the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 985), $325,000: 25U.s .C .465. Provided, That in addition to the amount herein appropriated, the obPigr- Secretary of the Interior may also incur obligations, and enter into tions. contracts for the acquisition of additional land, not exceeding a total of $325,000, 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 authorization contained in the Act of June 18, 1934, shall be available for the purpose of discharging the obligation or obligations so created: Provided further, That no part of the sum Restriction on use herein appropriated or this contract authorization shall be used for fuds. the acquisition of land within the States of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming outside of the boundaries of existing Indian reservations. The unexpended balance of the appropriation of $25,000 contained taReesited lands, in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1938, for o5Stat. 573 . the 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 con- sent or approval of the Secretary of the Interior, when such land was purchased with trust or restricted funds with the understanding that after purchase it would be nontaxable, as authorized by the Act of June 20, 1936 (49 Stat. 1542), is hereby continued available 25 U.- . C. 412a. for the same purposes until June 30, 1942. For payments to Indians, and to State, counties, or political sub- Reimbursement for taxes paid on certain divisions thereof in accordance with the provisions of the Act of allotted lands. June 11, 1940, entitled "An Act for the relief of Indians who have paid taxes on allotted lands for which patents in fee were issued without application by or consent of the allottees and subsequently canceled, and for the reimbursement of public subdivisions by whom judgments for such claims have been paid" (54 Stat. 298), $50,000. 25.8.C. 32c. Purchase of land, Confederated Bands of Utes, Utah (tribal Confederated Bands funds): The unexpended balances of the amounts authorized to be expended by the Interior Department Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1941 for the purchase of additional lands and improvements for 4 Stat. 415. the Confederated Bands of Ute Indians in Utah, are hereby continued available for the same purposes until June 30, 1942. Purchase of land, Fort Hall Indians, Idaho (tribal funds): For IdFo Iall Indians, the purchase of land and improvements thereon for the Indians of the Fort Hall Reservation, Idaho, $18,000, payable from funds on deposit to the credit of said Indians: Provided, That title to any ols land and improvements so purchased shall be taken in the name of the United States in trust for the Indians of the Fort Hall Reservation. Purchase of land for the Indians of the Round Valley Reserva- Rtd Valley Res- tion, California (tribal funds): The unexpended balance of the appropriation of $10,000, contained in the Interior Department Appro- priation Act, 1941, for the purchase of land and improvements 54 Stat. 46. thereon for the Indians of the Round Valley Reservation, California, payable from funds on deposit to the credit of said Indians is hereby continued available until June 30, 1942. Purchase of land for the Indians of the Colville Reservation, Colvile Reserva- Washington (tribal funds): The unexpended balance of the appro- priation of $100,000 contained in the Third Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1939, for the purchase of land and improvements "stat.a13. thereon for the Colville Indians, Washington, payable from funds on deposit to the credit of said Indians, is hereby continued available until June 30, 1942.

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