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PUBLIC LAW 86-792-SEPT. 14, 1960

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Public Law 86-791 AN ACT

September 14, 1960

To convey certain lands in Oklahoma to the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians, and for other purposes.

[H. R. 816]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the e e United States of America in Congress assembled, That there are here- Arapaho eIndians. _C h^ y n n ^ and by eliminated from the Cheyenne and Arapaho subagenc;)/^ reservation ^"convey^ce at Concho, Oklahoma, approximately four thousand nine hundred acres of land considered excess to the present school and agency reserve needs. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to convey to the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes a fee simple title to approximately three thousand nine hundred acres of such lands, together with the improvements thereon. Approximately one thousand acres of such land shall be transferred by the Secretary of the Interior to the Attorney General for use in connection with the E l Reno Reformatory. The land transferred to the Attorney General shall be selected in a reasonably compact unit that will cause a minimum disruption in the agricultural program now conducted by the Bureau of Prisons. The title of the tribes to any land conveyed pursuant to this section shall be subject to no exemption from taxation or restriction on use, management, or disposition because of Indian ownership. SEC. 2. The Indian Claims Commission is directed to determine in accordance with the provisions of section 2 of the Act of August 13, 1946 (60 Stat. 1050), the extent to which the value of the title con- 2s use 70a, veyed by this Act should or should not be set off against any claim against the United States determined by the Commission. Approved September 14, 1960.

Public Law 86-792 '^^ - ^ ^ ^

September 14. 1960

To amend the Act of October 17, 1940, relating to the disposition of certain public lands in Alaska.

[s..3267]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of Alaska. X,ease or sale of October 17, 1940 (54 Stat. 1191; 48 U.S.C. 353, note), is hereby ceTta'rn'pu'b'irc amended— '""'''• (1) by striking out the words "$1.25 per acre" appearing in section 2 thereof and by substituting therefor the words "their fair market value (but not less than $1.25 per acre) as determined by the Secretary by appraisal or otherwise"; (2) by adding a new section 3 thereto reading as follows: "The State of Alaska may, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, select any of the lands described in section 2 of this Act in partial satisfaction of land grants made or confirmed by the 48 Act of July 7, 1958 (72 Stat. 339, 340), subject to the terms and prec. U S C note 21. conditions of that Act."; and (3) by adding a new section 4 thereto reading as follows: "Notwithstanding the provisions of section 2 of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior may sell to each of those persons who, on August 1, 1959. had on file in the Anchorage Land Office of the Bureau of Land Management, a valid application to purchase lands under this Act, the lands described in his application at the prices heretofore recommended by the Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation but at not less than $1.25 per acre." Approved September 14, 1960.

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