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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 617, 618-JUNE 24, 1948 yards or arsenals of the United States, when time and facilities permit, and when in the judgment of the Secretary, such repair, purchase, acquirement, or production would not involve an appreciable increase in cost to the Government, except when the repair, purchase, or acquire- ment, by or from any private contractor, would, in the opinion of the Secretary, be advantageous to the national defense. short title. SEC. 113. This Act may be cited as the "Department of the Navy Appropriation Act, 1949'. Approved June 24, 1948. [CHAPTER 618] June 241948 JOINT RESOLUTION [S. . Res. 2E.] Providing for the ratification by Congress of a contract for the purchase of certain [Public Law 754] lands and mineral deposits by the United States from the Choctaw and Chicka- saw Nations of Indians. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representativesof the United c h o t a w a n d States of Amerioa in Congress assembled, That the following contract Indians oo between the United States of America and the Choctaw and Chickasaw Ratflcation of con- Nations of Indians, entered into on October 8, 1947, pursuant to the provisions of the Act of June 28, 1944 (58 Stat. 483), is hereby ratified by the Congress, to wit: " C ONTRACT "This contract of purchase, by and between the United States of America entered into in its behalf by J. A. Krug, Secretary of the Interior, and the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations, acting by William A. Durant, Principal Chief of the Choctaw Nation, and Floyd E. Maytubby, Governor of the Chickasaw Nation, pursuant to the provisions of the Act of June 28, 1944 (58 Stat. 483), and for the purpose of carrying out the terms and provisions thereof, it is mutually agreed between the parties hereto, as follows: Purchase price. "1. Subject to the approval of this contract by a vote of the living enrolled eligible voters of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations, and its ratification by the Congress of the United States, the United States agrees to pay to the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations, and the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations agree to accept, the sum of $8,500,- 000 in full payment for all of their right title, and interest in the lands and mineral deposits reserved from allotment in accordance with the provisions of section 58 of the Supplemental Agreement of 1902 (32 Stat. 641), and in full and final settlement of any and all claims for damages against the United States for any failure on the part of the United States, its officers, agents, or employees, to sell such properties in accordance with the terms of the Supplemental agreement, or for any other failure alleged to have occurred in connection with the sale, lease, and administration of such properties by the United States, its officers, agents, or employees. Credit of purchase "2. Upon approval of this contract as provided by section 1 hereof, and its ratification by the Congress, the amount of the purchase price when appropriated by the Congress, shall be placed to the credit of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations on the books of the Treasury of the United States, and shall be distributed as hereinafter set forth. Conveyance. "3. When the purchase price herein agreed upon shall have been appropriated, the Principal Chief of the Choctaw Nation and the Governor of the Chickasaw Nation shall execute a conveyance or con- veyances, satisfactory in form and substance to the Secretary of the Interior, vesting in the United States all of the right, title, and interest of the said Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations, in and to such lands and mineral deposits, and releasing all claims for damages against the 596 [62 STAT.

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