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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 108, 109-MAR. 11, 1948 lands relinquished, from the vacant, unappropriated, nonmineral public lands, within the State of Utah, such lieu selections to be made in the manner provided in the enabling Act pertaining to said State, except as to the payment of fees or commissions, which are hereby waived. The value of improvements owned by the State on lands relinquished to the United States for the benefit of said Indians shall be taken into consideration and full credit in the form of lands shall be allowed therefor. Any funds now or hereafter on deposit in the United States Treasury to the credit of the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, Utah, are hereby made available, and with the consent of the Uintah and Ouray Tribal Business Committee, may be expended for the purchase of privately owned and State-owned lands, including the improvements thereon, and improvements here- tofore placed on public lands, together with water rights and water Title to lands. holes, within said boundary. The title to lands purchased under this authorization may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, be taken for the surface only. Title to any lands and rights acquired hereunder shall be taken in the name of the United States in trust for the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, Utah, and such lands or rights shall be exempt from State or local taxation. SEc. 4. In any suit now pending or hereafter brought against the uS.ents against United States by the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reser- vation, or by any one or more of the separate bands comprisingsaid Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, in the Court of Claims, the Indian Claims Commission or before any other tribunal, the United States may claim, as an offset against any judgment recovered therein, the fair market value as of the date of this Act of any interest in public lands conveyed by section 1 hereof, and any improvements thereon, and the fair market value as of the date of the transfer of title of the lands and improvements which may be relin- quished by the State of Utah to the United States under section 3 of this Act. The validity and amount of any such claim shall be deter- mined by the court, commission, or tribunal in conformity with the 25 U.So. o.I - provisions of section 2 of the Act of August 13, 1946 (60 Stat. 1049, 1050). Approved March 11, 1948. March 11,1948 [H. R. 40231 IPublic Law 441] De Soto National Memorial, Fla. Publication oforder in Federal Register. [CHAPTER 109] AN ACT To authorize the establishment of the De Soto National Memorial, in the State of Florida, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That, for the purpose of establishing an appropriate memorial to Hernando De Soto, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to acquire on behalf of the United States, by donation, by purchase with donated funds when purchaseable at prices deemed by him reasonable, or by condemnation with donated funds, such lands and interests in land within an area of not to exceed twenty-five acres as he may select in the vicinity of Tampa Bay and Bradenton, Florida, and to construct thereon a suitable memorial structure, together with such connecting roads and public facilities as may be desirable. SEO. 2. Upon a determination by the Secretary of the Interior that sufficient land has been acquired by the United States for the memorial, such property shall be established as the "De Soto National Memorial", and shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior, through the National Park Service, for the benefit of the people of the United States. An order of the Secretary of the Interior, constituting notice of such establishment, shall be published in the Federal Register. 78 [62 STAT.

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