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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 333, 334 -JULY 30, 1941 the powers conferred by section 2, 8, 4, or 6 of this Act; and in no case shall any pipe line constructed, extended, or completed under authority of section 4 be operated or maintained by or under the direction or control of the President or any department or agency of the Government after the expiration of one year after the termi- nation of the unlimited national emergency proclaimed in the procla- F. R .287. mation issued by the President of the United States on May 27, 1941. Approved, July 30, 1941. [CHAPTER 334] AN ACT July 30, 1941 [8. 1120 For the acquisition of Indian lands for the Central Valley project, and for other [Public Law 198] purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Central Valleyproj- United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in aid of Acquisition of In- the construction of the Central Valley project, authorized by the Acts dianlandsfor. of April 8, 1935 (49 Stat. 115), and August 26, 1937 (50 Stat. 850), there is hereby granted to the United States, subject to the provisions of this Act, (a) all the right, title, and interest of the Indians in and to the tribal and allotted lands within the area embraced by the Central Valley project, including sites of agency and school buildings and related structures, as may be designated therefor by the Secre- tary of the Interior from time to time, and (b) such other interests in or to any of such lands and property as may be required and as may be designated by the Secretary of the Interior from time to time for the construction of reservoirs, canals, ditches, pipe lines, highways, railroads, telegraph, telephone, and electric-transmission lines in connection with the project, or for the relocation or recon- struction of such facilities made necessary by the construction of the project. landspetc.ion SEC. 2. As lands or interests in lands are designated from time to time under this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall determine the amount of money to be paid to the Indians as just and equitable com- pensation therefor. As to the tribal lands, the amounts so determined shall be transferred in the Treasury of the United States from the funds now or hereafter made available for the construction of the Central Valley project to the credit of the appropriate tribe pursu- 2v .C.I15. ant to the provisions of the Act of May 17, 1926 (44 Stat. 560). The amounts due individual landowners or their heirs or devisees shall be paid from funds now or hereafter made available for the construc- tion of said project to the superintendent of the appropriate Indian Agency or such other officer as shall be designated by the Secretary of the Interior for credit on the books of such agency to the accounts of the individuals concerned. otUhe f uitdss for SEa. 3 . Funds deposited to the credit of allottees, their heirs, or devisees may be used, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, for the acquisition of other lands and improvements, or the relocation of existing improvements or construction of new improvements on the lands so acquired for the allottees or heirs whose lands and improve- ments are acquired under the provisions of this Act. Lands so acquired shall be held in the same status as those from which the funds were derived, and shall be nontaxable until otherwise provided by Congress. Idian cemetery SEa. 4 . As to any Indian cemetery lands required for the project, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, in lieu 612 [55 STAT.

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