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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 544. Creation of individual credits; authorized purchases
The Secretary of the Interior be, and he is authorized and
directed, from the capital reserve fund deposited in the Treasury
of the United States to the credit of the Klamath and Modoc Tribes
and Yahooskin Band of Snake Indians (hereinafter referred to as the
"Klamath Tribes"), said fund being established pursuant to the Act
of August 28, 1937 (ch. 874, 50 Stat. 872) [25 U.S.C. 530 et seq.],
as augmented by the proceeds of the judgment fund of the Klamath
Indians as provided in the Act of August 7, 1939 (ch. 552, 53 Stat.
1252) [25 U.S.C. 541 et seq.], to credit the sum of $500 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 upon March 29, 1948. The share of each adult member of the
credit so established 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 or interests in land; improvement of lands
acquired or already held by the Indian; erection and improvement of
suitable homes including household equipment and furnishings;
repayment of any loans received from the United States or from the
Klamath tribal funds; purchase of building material, feed, seed,
and grain; purchase or rehabilitation and repair of farming
equipment, tools, trucks, tractors, machinery, and implements; and
purchase of 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
and adult education, as will enable them to become self-supporting;
and health, including dental work: Provided, however, That the
funds of the aged, infirm, decrepit, and incapacitated members may
be used for their proper maintenance and support: Provided further,
That during minority the share of each minor Indian shall be
available for expenditure only for his education and for health
purposes, including dental work, except that in an emergency
expenditure of a minor Indian's share may be made for any of the
purposes specified in this section and section 545 of this title.
As herein used, the term "minor" shall include all members of the
tribe who have not attained the age of twenty-one years, 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: And provided further, That each
member of the Klamath Tribes honorably discharged from service to
the United States in its armed forces shall, upon application to
the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, be paid $200 in cash, free from
the aforesaid restrictions and in addition to the $500 to be
credited to such member as provided in this section.
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