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Reimbursement to tribe.

Appropriations. Tax exemptions.

Rejection notice.

PUBLIC LAW 86-917-SEPT. 2, 1958

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without regard to the loss of tribal land within the taking area under the provisions of this Act. SEC. 8. The Secretary of the Treasury, upon certification by the Secretary of the Interior, shall reimburse the tribe for fees and expenses incurred in connection with the taking of tribal and individual Indian lands for the Randall project: Provided, That such reimbursable fees and expenses do not exceed in the aggregate $100,000, of which not more than $50,000 shall be reimbursable as attorney fees. SEC. 9. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the purposes of this Act. SEC. 10. All funds paid to the tribe and individual Indians, either pursuant to this Act or pursuant to the condemnation action referred to in section 1 of this Act shall be exempt from all forms of State and Federal taxation. SEC. 11. Any individual member of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe shall have the right to reject the sum tendered to him as his share of the $126,000 in accordance with the proration under section 2 of this Act by filing within one year a notice of rejection with the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, Washington, District of Columbia. If the court, in the condemnation proceedings referred to in section 1, in determining the just compensation to which the individual is entitled, fixes an amount in excess of the amount theretofore tendered to him, the Secretary of the Army shall deposit the difference in court. No court costs shall be charged against an individual but all other costs and expenses, including counsel fees, shall be at the contesting individual's expense. Approved September 2, 1958.

Public Law 85-917 September 2, 1958 [H. R. 8735]

D. C. teachers' retirement a n n u i t i e s, increase.

AN ACT To increase annuities payable to certain annuitants from the District of Columbia teachers retirement and annuity fund, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) the annuity of each retired employee who, on August 1, 1958, is receiving or is entitled to receive an annuity from the District of Columbia teachers' retirement and annuity fund based on service which terminated prior to October 1, 1956, shall be increased by 10 per centum, but no such increase shall exceed $500 per annum. (b) The annuity otherwise payable from the District of Columbia teachers' retirement and annuity fund to— (1) each survivor who on August 1, 1958, is receiving or entitled to receive an annuity based on service which terminated prior to October 1, 1956, and (2) each survivor of a retired employee described in subsection (a) of this section, shall be increased by 10 per centum. No increase provided by this subsection shall exceed $250 per annum. (c) No increase provided by this section shall be computed on any additional annuity purchased at retirement by voluntary contributions. SEC. 2. The unremarried widow or widower of an employee— (1) who had completed at least ten years of service creditable for retirement purposes under "An Act for the retirement of public school teachers in the District of Columbia", approved August 7, 1946 (60 Stat. 875), as amended.

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