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 56 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 2 D SESS.-CHS. 55, 56 -FEB. 10, 1942 [CHAPTER 55] AN ACT To increase the earnings of the United States Government life-insurance fund and the national service life-insurance fund by expediting the investment of the moneys thereof, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,That all cash balances in the United States Government life-insurance fund and the national service life-insurance fund on the enactment of this Act, together with all moneys thereafter accruing to such funds, including premiums, appropriated moneys, the proceeds of any sales of investments which may be necessary to meet current expenditures, and interest on invest- ments, shall be deposited with the Treasurer of the United States in the disbursing accounts of the Chief Disbursing Officer, Division of Disbursement, and shall thereupon be available for disbursement for meeting all expenditures and making investments authorized to be made from such funds without covering into the Treasury of the United States and withdrawal on money requisitions. All necessary bookkeeping adjustments of such funds in the accounts on the books of the Treasury shall be made upon the basis of the settlement of dis- bursing accounts by the General Accounting Office. Approved, February 10, 1942. [CHAPTER 56] AN ACT To amend the Act of June 11, 1940 (Public, Numbered 590, Seventy-sixth Congress, third session), providing for the relief of Indians who have paid taxes on allotted land. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of June 11, 1940 (Public, Numbered 590, Seventy-sixth Congress, ch. 315, third session), be, and the same is hereby, amended to read: "The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, to reimburse Indian allot- tees, or Indian heirs or Indian devisees of allottees, for all taxes paid, including penalties and interest, on so much of their allotted lands as have been patented in fee prior to the expiration of the period of trust without application by or consent of the patentee: Provided,That if the Indian allottee, or his or her Indian heirs or Indian devisees, have by their own act accepted such patent, no reimbursement shall be made for taxes paid, including penalties and interest, subsequent to acceptance of the patent: Provided further, That the fact of such acceptance shall be determined by the Secretary of the Interior. "In any case in which a claim against a State, county, or political subdivision thereof, for taxes collected upon such lands during the trust period has been reduced to judgment and such judgment remains unsatisfied in whole or in part, the Secretary of the Interior is author- ized, upon reimbursement by him to the Indian of the amount of taxes including penalties and interest paid thereon, and upon payment by the judgment debtor of the costs of the suit, to cause such judgment to be released: Provided further, That in any case, upon submission of adequate proof, the claims for taxes paid by or on behalf of the patentee or his Indian heirs or Indian devisees have been satisfied, in whole or in part, by the State, county, or political subdivision thereof, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to reimburse the State, county, or political subdivision for such amounts as may have been paid by them." 87 i February 10, 1942 [S. 1045] [Public Law 448] U. S. Government nd national service life-insurance funds. Disbursement and investment. Bookkeeping ad- justments. February 10, 1942 [S. 1412] [Public Law 449] 54 Stat. 298. 25U. S.. . 352c. Reimbursement of Indian allottees. Provfsos. Acceptance of pat- ent. Release of judg- ments. Proiso. Reimbursement of States, etc.

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