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PUBLIC LAW 85-878-SEPT. 2, 1958

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Public Law 85-878 September 2, 1958 [H. R. 7860]

Indians. Pine Ridge Sioux tribe. Payments.

Tax exemption.

AN ACT To amend section 1 of the Act of July 24, 1956 (70 Stat. 625), entitled "To provide that payments be made to certain members of the Pine Ridge Sioux Tribe of Indians as reimbursement for damages suffered as the result of the establishment of the Pine Ridge aerial gunnery range."

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1 of the Act of July 24, 1956 (70 Stat. 625), is hereby amended to read as follows: "That (a) the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to pay the sum of $3,500 to each of the following Indians or their estates: Edith Apple Bear, Ephriam Brafford, Catherine Jones Brewer, Lamont Cook, Eloise Ruff Garnett, Jake Harvey, Ambrose Hernandez, Floyd F. Hernandez, Thomas Hollow Horn, Steven L. Hunter, Edward Janis, Junior, Norman Janis, George Jensen, William Jones, Carrie Knee, Clency Kocer, Seth P. Martinez, Walter Martinez, George Mountain Sheep, Jack O'Rourke, Wilbur Fourier, Josephine Thunder Bull, Gilbert Twiss, Martha E. Clifford Whiting, Patrick O'Rourke, William Clifford, Bertha Huebner Darling, and Loren Fourier. "(b) The Secretary is further authorized and directed to pay the sum of $1,750 to Stephen Red Elk (or his estate) and $1,750 to Emma Old Horse (or her estate). "(c) The payment of such sums shall be in full satisfaction of all claims of the aforementioned Indians against the United States for compensation for damages sustained by them as a result of the taking by the Department of the Army in 1942 of certain land owned by the Fine Ridge Sioux Tribe of Indians, South Dakota, for use as an aerial gunnery range. " (d) Sums paid pursuant to this Act shall not be taxable and shall not be subject to any liens except for debts owed to the United States or to Indian organizations indebted to the United States." SEC. 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1 of the Act of July 24, 1956, as amended by section 1 of this Act, no person to whom has been paid the compensation provided for in said Act of July 24, 1956, as it existed prior to its amendment, shall be entitled to receive compensation under said Act as amended. Approved September 2, 1958.

Public Law 85-879 September 2, 1958 [H. R. 7544]

Walter Reed Associates. Roger P. Ames.

AN ACT To amend the Act entitled "An Act to recognize the high public service rendered by Major Walter Reed and those associated with him in the discovery of the cause and means of transmission of yellow fever", approved February 28, 1929, by including therein the name of Roger P. Ames.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled "An Act to recognize the high public service rendered by Major Walter Reed and those associated with him in the discovery of the cause and means of transmission of yellow fever", approved February 28, 1929 (45 Stat. 1409), is amended by inserting after "Aristides Agramonte," the first time it appears in such Act the following: "Roger F. Ames,". Approved September 2, 1958.

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