|
U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 541. Creation of individual credits; authorized purchases
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed from the
judgment fund of the Klamath and Modoc Tribes and Yahooskin Band of
Snake Indians created as the result of the passage of the Act of
June 25, 1938, and accrued interest thereon, to credit the sum of
$2,000 upon the books of the Office of Indian Affairs, to each
person determined by the Secretary of the Interior to be entitled
to enrollment upon the annuity roll of said tribes of the Klamath
Reservation, Oregon, living on August 7, 1939. The share of each
adult member and not to exceed $1,500 of the share of any minor
shall be available for expenditure, under such rules and
regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, for the
following purposes:
Purchase of land; improvement of lands acquired or already held
by the Indian; erection and improvement of suitable homes;
repayment of any loans received from the United States or from the
Klamath tribal funds; purchase of building material, farming
equipment, livestock, feed, food, seed, grain, tools, machinery,
implements, household goods, bedding, clothing, and any other
equipment or supplies necessary to enable the Indians to fit
themselves for or to engage in farming, livestock, industry, or
such other pursuits or vocations, including education, as will
enable them to become self-supporting; and health purposes:
Provided, however, That the funds of the aged, infirm, decrepit,
and incapacitated members, and of minors, may be used for their
proper maintenance and support. The remainder of the share of each
minor Indian shall be held intact until such Indian reaches his
majority, when it, together with interest at the rate of 4 per
centum per annum, shall be available for expenditure for the
purposes specified herein. As herein used, the term "minor" shall
include all members of the tribe less than twenty-one years of age,
except that minors eighteen years of age or over and who are
married or have families of their own to support, shall be regarded
as adults. On the death of any enrolled member, adult, or minor,
the sum on deposit to his credit shall be distributed as personal
property, and shall be available for expenditure by the
distributees only for the purposes herein authorized: Provided,
however, That of the aforesaid $2,000 to be prorated to each
person, $100 shall be paid to each member of said tribes as a per
capita payment, free from the aforesaid restrictions, under rules
and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior.
|
|