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 240 Dept. of Interior employee in Alaska.

Oreg. and Calif. R. R. and C o o s B a y Wagon Road grant lands.

43 USC 1181a1181f.

PUBLIC LAW 3 9 1 - J U N E 8, 1954

"SEC. 4. Any employee of the Department of the Interior, stationed in Alaska, notwithstanding such employment, may, in the discretion of the Secretary, purchase or lease under this Act one tract for residence or recreation purposes in the Territory of Alaska: Provided, however, That any conveyance by the Secretary to such employee shall contain a provision under which said tract shall revert to the United States if used, within twenty-five years after issuance of patent for such tract, for other than residential or recreation purposes. "SEC. 5. The authority to lease lands under this Act shall extend to the revested Oregon and California Railroad and reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands situated in the State of Oregon and under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, except that— " (a) such lands shall be leased only for residential, recreational, or community site purposes and not for business purposes; and "(b) no lease of such lands shall be made if such lease would interfere with the application of the sustained yield timber management requirement established with respect to such lands by the Act entitled 'An Act relating to the revested Oregon and California Railroad and reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands situated in the State of Oregon', approved August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 874)." Approved June 8, 1954. Public Law 391

June 8, 1954 [H. R. 2974]

[68 S T A T.

CHAPTER 271 AN ACT

rj^o extend the time for enrollment of the Indians of California, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 7 of the Act of May 18, 1928 (45 Stat. 602), as amended by the Act of April 29, 1930 (46 Stat. 259), the Act of June 30, 1948 (62 Stat. 1166), and the 25 USC 657. Act of May 24, 1950 (64 Stat. 189), is hereby further amended by deleting the words "six months" in the penultimate sentence and by inserting in lieu thereof the words "until June 30, 1955,"' and by inserting after the third sentence "For the purposes of clause (d) of this section, when the Secretary of the Interior is satisfied that reasonable and diligent efforts have been made to locate a person whose name is on said roll and that such person cannot be located, he may presume that such person died prior to the date of approval of this Act, and his presumption shall be conclusive". SEC. 2. That the Secretary of the Interior shall transmit to Congress on or before August 31, 1955, a full and complete report of funds used and the purposes accomplished to carry out the provisions of this Act and the Act approved May 18, 1928 (45 Stat. 602), as amended by the Act of April 29, 1930 (46 Stat. 259), the Act of June 30, 1948 25use 651-658. (62 Stat. 1166), and the Act of May 24, 1950 (64 Stat. 189). Approved June 8, 1954.

Ca 1 if or nia In dians.

CHAPTER 272

Public Law 392 AN ACT June 8, 1954 [H. R. 7061]

To prescribe and regulate the procedure for adoption in the District of Columbia.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives proce<Si-er^°^*^°" United States of America in Congress assembled,

of the

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