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 62 STAT.] SOTI CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 68, 72, 73-FEB. 25, 26, 27, 1948 35 [CHAPTER 68] AN ACT Authorizing the sale of undisposed of lots in Michel addition to the town of Febs.a 1954 Poison, Montana. [Public Law 416] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to sell, under existing rules and regulations, the undisposed of lots in blocks 3, 4, and 5, in the Michel addition to the city of Poison, Montana, said lots being em- braced in the trust allotment of Angeline Michel, deceased, Flathead allottee numbered 1914. Approved February 25, 1948. [CHAPTER 72] AN ACT To permit the issuance of unrestricted deeds for town-site lands held by Alaska natives, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the trustee or trustees to whom a patent has been issued for a townsite surveyed pur- suant to section 11 of the Act of March 3, 1891 (26 Stat. 1095), or section 3 of the Act of May 25, 1926 (44 Stat. 629), upon a finding by the Secretary of the Interior or his authorized representative that any Alaska native who claims and occupies a tract of land within such townsite is competent to manage his own affairs and has peti- tioned the Secretary or his authorized representative for an unre- stricted deed, or shall issue to such native an unrestricted deed, and thereafter all restrictions as to sale, encumbrance, or taxation of said lands shall be removed, but said land shall not be liable to the satis- faction of any debt, except obligations owed the Federal Government, contracted prior to the issuing of such deed. Approved February 26, 1948. [CHAPTER 73] AN ACT To authorize the sale of certain lands of the L'Anse Band of Chippewa Indians, Michigan. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to sell for the sum of $2,015 and convey to the village of L'Anse, Michigan, certain tribal land and allotted Indian lands described as the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 32, township 51 north, range 32 west, the north half northwest quarter of section 1, the south half northeast quarter of section 2, township 50 north, range 33 west, Michigan meridian, Michigan, containing one hundred and seventy-seven and twenty-nine one-hundredths acres, more or less. The sale of the tribal land shall be made only with the consent of the tribal council. The proceeds of the sale of the tribal lands, $640, shall be delivered to the bonded disbursing officer of the Great Lakes Indian Agency, Ashland, Wisconsin, to be credited to the tribal funds of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community. The proceeds of the sale of the allotted lands, $1,375, are to be placed to the credit of the various heirs in their respec- tive individual Indian accounts by the disbursing officer of the Great Lakes Indian Agency. Such funds, received from the sale of these lands, may be reinvested in other lands, in accordance with and subject to the provisions of the Act of June 18,1934 (48 Stat. 984), as amended. Approved February 27, 1948. Poison, Moot. Sale of lots. February 26, 1948 [H. R. 3503] [Public Law 417] Alaska. Townsite lands. 48U. S. C. §355. 48U. S. C. §355c. February 27, 1948 [S. 5221 4 (Public Law 418] L'Anse, Mich. Conveyance. 2U.a&.H4"1- 49

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