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 56 STAT.] 77TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 630, 631 -OCT. 28,29, 1942 [CHAPTER 630] AN ACT For the acquisition of Indian lands required in connection with the construction, operation, and maintenance of electric transmission lines and other works, Parker Dam power project, Arizona-California. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States -of America in Congress assembled, That in aid of the construction of the Parker Dam power project, there is hereby granted to the United States, subject to the provisions of this Act, such right, title, and interest of the Indians as may be required in and to such tribal and allotted lands as may be designated by the Secretary of the Interior from time to time for the construction, operation, and maintenance of electric transmission lines and other works of the project or for the relocation or reconstruction of prop- erties made necessary by the construction of the project. 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 compensation therefor. The amounts due the tribe and the individual allottees or their heirs or devisees shall be paid from funds now or hereafter made available for the Parker Dam power project to the superintendent of the appropriate Indian agency, or such other officer as may be designated by the Secretary of the Interior, for credit on the books of such agency to the accounts of the tribe and the indi- viduals concerned. SEC. 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. SEC. 4. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to per- form any and all acts and to prescribe such regulations as he may deem appropriate to carry out the provisions of this Act. Approved, October 28, 1942. [CHAPTER 631] AN ACT To provide for payment and settlement of mileage accounts of officers and travel allowance of enlisted men of the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That payment and settlement of mileage accounts of officers and travel allowance of enlisted men of the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, regular and reserve, shall be made in accordance with distances and deduc- tions computed over routes established and published in mileage tables prepared pursuant to the provisions of the Act of June 12, 1906 (34 Stat. 246), as amended (U. S . C., title 10, sec. 870). SEC. 2. This Act shall be effective as of April 1. 1941. Approved, October 29, 1942. 1011 October 28, 1942 [S. 269] [Public Law 7641 Parker Dam power project. Acquisition of Indian lands. Compensation. Use of designated funds. Authority of Secre- tary of Interior. October 29, 1942 Is. 23271 [Public Law 7651 Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. Mileage accounts and travel allowances.

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