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PUBLIC LAW 85-153-AUG. 21, 1957

Appropriations.

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gg^^ 4_ There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for construction of the works authorized by this Act $32,220,000 plus or minus such amounts, if any, as may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations in construction costs as indicated by engineering cost indices applicable to the type of construction involved herein. There are also authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be required for the operation and maintenance of said works. Approved August 16, 1957.

Public Law 85-153 R. 'W.

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California. Conveyance.

AN ACT To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to sell certain public lands in the State of California.

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 and directed to sell at public auction at not less than the fair market value to be determined by the Secretary of the Interior, lots 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22 and the southeast onefourth of the southwest one-fourthj section 31, township 16 south, range 10 east, San Bernardino meridian, California, containing 171.77 acres. SEC. 2. The conveyance authorized by this Act shall be subject to any valid rights to the lands described in the first section of this Act initiated under the public land laws and existing at the date of such conveyance. Approved August 21, 1957.

Public Law 85-154 August 21, 1957 [H. R. 4830]

Cherokee I n d i ans, N. C. Tribal roll, revision.

AN ACT To authorize revision of the tribal roll of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, North Carolina, 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 the Act of June 4, 1924 (43 Stat. 376), and the Act of March 4, 1931 (46 Stat. 1518), the Tribal Council of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, under such rules and regulations as it prescribes subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, is authorized to revise the roll of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina, prepared and approved pursuant to such Acts of June 4, 1924, and March 4, 1931, (1) by removing from such roll the name of any person who is not living on the date of enactment of this Act, (2) by placing on such roll all members of the Eastern Band who on the date of enactment of this Act are not on such roll, and (3) by making from time to time such other changes in, additions to, and deletions from the roll as the tribal council determines to be necessary. The tribal council shall, subject to approval by the Secretary of the Interior, prescribe the requirements (including the degree of Cherokee Indian blood) f^" membership in the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians for persons born on or after June 4, 1924. SEC. 2. The Secretary of Interior is hereby authorized to prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Approved August 21, 1957.

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