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Proceeds from s a l e s, transfers, etc.

15 USC 721-728.

Report to Congress.

PUBLIC LAW 277-AUG. 15, 1953

Indian 1 i quor laws. 62 Stat. 75 7.

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and void and of no effect immediately or upon the satisfaction of said liens, as the case may be, and thereafter the owner of property described in any such deed may use, transfer, mortgage, lease, sell, or otherwise encumber or dispose of said property without regard to such restrictions. (b) The Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration shall not impose, in any deed of conveyance executed by it during the period of liquidation prescribed by this joint resolution, any restrictions except such restrictions as may be required by the laws of the United States or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. SEC. 5. There shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States, as miscellaneous receipts, (a) any and all proceeds from the sale, transfer, or other disposition of the properties and interests aforesaid, (b) the balance remaining in the so-called revolving fund established by the Act of February 11, 1936 (49 Stat. 1135), after costs of liquidation, salaries of employees, and other similar obligations, are paid, and (c) all sums realized from the liquidation of accounts receivable. SEC. 6. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and empowered to do all necessary acts and things in addition to those specifically authorized in this joint resolution to enable him to accomplish the purposes thereof. SEC. 7. The Secretary of the Interior shall, upon completion of the liquidation as directed by this joint resolution, submit a report thereon to the Congress of the United States, reciting the disposition made of properties and moneys. Approved August 15, 1953. ., .... Public Law 277

August 15, 1953 [H. R. 1055]

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CHAPTER 502 AN ACT

To eliminate certain discriminatory legislation against Indians in the United States.

Be it enacted by the Seimte and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That chapter 53 of title 18, United States Code, is hereby amended by inserting at the end of the chapter analysis preceding section 1151 of such title the following new item: "1161. Application of Indian liquor laws."

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SEC. 2. Title 18, United States Code, is hereby further amended by inserting in chapter 53 thereof immediately after section 1160 a new section, to be designated as section 1161, as follows: "§ 1161. Application of Indian liquor laws "The provisions of sections 1154, 1156, 3113, 3488, and 3618, of this title, shall not apply within any area that is not Indian country, nor to any act or transaction within any area of Indian country provided such act or transaction is in conformity both with the laws of the State in which such act or transaction occurs and with an ordinance duly adopted by the tribe having jurisdiction over such area of Indian country, certified by the Secretary of the Interior, and published in the Federal Register." SEC. 3. The consent of the United States is hereby given to repeal of the third and eleventh paragraphs of article 20 of the constitution of Arizona, and that part of section 1 of article 21 of the constitution

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