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PUBLIC LAW 4 3 1 - J U N E 28, 1954

Public Law 431 June 28, 1954 [H. R. 2566]

58 Stat. 665. 41 USC 117.

Nonliability.

International Peace Garden, N. Dak.

^^ ACT To amend the Contract Settlement Act of 1944 so as to establish a time limitation upon the filing of certain claims thereunder.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Amerioa in Congress assembled, That section 17 of the Contract Settlement Act of 1944 is hereby amended by adding at the end of subsection (d) thereof the following: "No person shall be entitled to recover compensation, to receive a settlement of any alleged obligation, or to obtain the benefit of any amendment, confirmation, ratification, or formalization of any alleged contract or commitment under the provisions of subsection (a), (b), (c), or (d) of this section, unless such person shall, on or before one hundred and eighty days after the date of enactment of this sentence, have filed a claim therefor with the contracting agency." SEC. 2. No liability shall accrue by reason of the enactment of the first section of this Act which would not otherwise have accrued. Approved June 28, 1954. CHAPTER 404

^ ^ ACT To authorize the appropriation of additional funds to complete the International Peace Garden, North Dakota.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first section of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize an appropriation to complete the International Peace Garden, North Dakota", approved October 25, 1949 (63 Stat. 888), is amended by striking out "$100,000" and by inserting in lieu thereof "$200,000". Approved June 28, 1954. Public Law 433

June 28, 1954 [H. R. 6173]

Southern Ut e Tribe. P e r capita payment, etc.

STAT.

CHAPTER 403

Public Law 432 June 28, 1954 [H. R. 3986]

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CHAPTER 405 AN ACT

To provide for the use of the tribal funds of the Southern Ute Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, to authorize a per-capita payment out of such funds, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That, notwithstanding any other provisions of existing laws, the tribal funds now on deposit or hereafter deposited in the United States Treasury to the credit of the Southern Ute Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, may be expended or advanced for such purposes and in a manner, including per capita payments, the purchase of land or any interests therein or improvements thereon and water rights, as may be designated by the Southern Ute Tribal Council and approved by the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That the purchase of taxable lands under this authority shall not operate to remove such lands from the tax rolls: Provided further, That neither the transfer to the tribe of tribal funds, nor the distribution thereof to individual members of the tribe, as provided herein, from those funds consisting of compensation for lands acquired by the United States Government, shall be

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