United States. Such determination by the Secretary shall be final.

For the purpose of this section, the term "Indian" shall include Eskimos and Aleuts. (Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 979, 70 Stat. 1057.)

S$ 444-449. Repealed. Aug. 5, 1954, ch. 658, § 5, 68 Stat. 675.

Sections, act Apr. 3, 1952, ch. 129, §§ 1-6, 66 Stat. 35, relating to Indian hospital services and facilities, are now covered by chapter 22 of Title 42. The Public Health and Welfare.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL

Repeal of sections effective July 1, 1955, see note under section 2001 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.

CONTRACTS WITH STATES

§ 451. Donations for Indian institutions; authority to accept.

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized in his discretion to accept contributions or donations of funds or other property, real, personal, or mixed, which may be tendered to, or for the benefit of, Federal Indian schools, hospitals, or other institutions conducted for the benefit of Indians, or for the advancement of the Indian race, and to apply or dispose of such donations for the use and benefit of such school, hospital, or other institution or for the benefit of individual Indians. (Feb. 14, 1931, ch. 171, 46 Stat. 1106.)

CROSS REFERENCES

Deposit of funds received in Treasury as trust funds, see section 725s of Title 31, Money and Finance.

§ 452. Contracts for education, medical attention, relief and social welfare of Indians.

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to enter into a contract or contracts with any State or Territory, or political subdivision thereof, or with any State university, college, or school, or with any appropriate State or private corporation, agency, or institution, for the education, medical attention, agricultural assistance, and social welfare, including relief of distress, of Indians in such State or Territory, through the agencies of the State or Territory or of the corporations and organizations hereinbefore named, and to expend under such contract or contracts, moneys appropriated by Congress for the education, medical attention, agricultural assistance, and social welfare, including relief of distress, of Indians in such State or Territory. (Apr. 16, 1934, ch. 147, § 1, 48 Stat. 596; June 4, 1936, ch. 490, 49 Stat. 1458.)

AMENDMENTS

1936-Act June 4, 1936, substituted "with any State or Territory, or political subdivision thereof, or with any State university, college, or school, or with any appropriate State or private corporation, agency, or institution", "through the agencies of the State or Territory or of the corporations and organizations hereinbefore named,", and "such State or Territory" for "any State or Territory having legal authority so to do,", "through the qualified agencles of such State or Territory,", and "such State", respectively.

§453. Same; use of Government property by States and Territories.

The Secretary of the Interior, in making any contract authorized by sections 452-454 of this title, may permit such contracting party to utilize, for the purposes of said sections, existing school buildings,

hospitals, and other facilities, and all equipment therein or appertaining thereto, including livestock and other personal property owned by the Government, under such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon for their use and maintenance. (Apr. 16, 1934, ch. 147, § 2, 48 Stat. 596; June 4, 1936, ch. 490, 49 Stat. 1458.)

AMENDMENTS

1936-Act June 4, 1936, substituted ", may permit such contracting party" for "with any State or Territory, may permit such State or Territory."

§ 454. Same; rules and regulations; minimum standards of service.

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to perform any and all acts and to make such rules and regulations, including minimum standards of service, as may be necessary and proper for the purpose of carrying the provisions of sections 452— 454 of this title into effect: Provided, That such minimum standards of service are not less than the highest maintained by the States or Territories within which said contract or contracts, as herein provided, are to be effective. (Apr. 16, 1934, ch. 147, § 3, 48 Stat. 596; June 4, 1936, ch. 490, 49 Stat. 1458.)

AMENDMENTS

1936-Act June 4, 1936, substituted "within which" for "with which".

§ 455. Repealed. Pub. L. 86-533, § 1(15), June 29, 1960, 74 Stat. 248.

Section, acts Apr. 16, 1934, ch. 147, § 4, 48 Stat. 596; June 4, 1936, ch. 490, 49 Stat. 1458, required the Secretary of the Interior to report to the Congress any contracts made under the provisions of sections 452-454 of this title.

§ 456. Contract provisions inapplicable to Oklahoma.

CODIFICATION

Section, act Apr. 16, 1934, ch. 147, § 5, 48 Stat. 596, was omitted from amendatory re-enactment of that act by act June 4, 1936, ch. 490, 49 Stat. 1458.

PROTECTION OF INDIANS AND CONSERVATION OF RESOURCES

§ 461. Allotment of land on Indian reservations.

No land of any Indian reservation, created or set apart by treaty or agreement with the Indians, Act of Congress, Executive order, purchase, or otherwise. shall be allotted in severalty to any Indian. (Juine 18, 1934, ch. 576, § 1, 48 Stat. 984.)

CROSS REFERENCES

Allotments on reservations, see section 331 of this title. Choctaw Tribe and its members, provisions not to apply to after Aug. 25, 1959, see section 7 of Pub. L. 86-192, Aug. 25, 1959, 73 Stat. 421, set out as a note under section 355 of this title.

Reservations wherein a majority of the adult Indians vote against application of act of which this section is a part, see section 478 of this title.

Right-of-way grant, consent of tribal officials, see section 324 of this title.

Territories, colonies, or insular possessions of United States and certain Indian tribes, application to, see sections 473 and 473a of this title.

§ 462. Existing periods of trust and restrictions on alienation extended.

The existing periods of trust placed upon any Indian lands and any restriction on alienation thereof are extended and continued until otherwise

§ 463. Restoration of lands to tribal ownership; protection of existing rights; Papago Indian Reservation.

(a) The Secretary of the Interior, if he shall find it to be in the public interest, is authorized to restore to tribal ownership the remaining surplus lands of any Indian reservation opened before June 18, 1934, or authorized to be opened, to sale, or any other form of disposal by Presidential proclamation, or by any of the public-land laws of the United States: Provided, however, That valid rights or claims of any persons to any lands so withdrawn existing on the date of the withdrawal shall not be affected by sections 461, 462, 463, 464, 465, 466-470, 471-473, 474, 475, 476-478, and 479 of this title: Provided further, That this section shall not apply to lands within any reclamation project authorized before June 18, 1934, in any Indian reservation.

(b) (1), (2) Repealed. May 27, 1955, ch. 106, § 1, 69 Stat. 67.

(3) Water reservoirs, charcos, water holes, springs, wells, or any other form of water development by the United States or the Papago Indians shall not be used for mining purposes under the terms of sections 461, 462, 463, 464, 465, 466-470, 471-473, 474, 475, 476-478, and 479, of this title, except under permit from the Secretary of the Interior approved by the Papago Indian Council: Provided, That nothing herein shall be construed as interfering with or affecting the validity of the water rights of the Indians of this reservation: Provided further, That the appropriation of living water heretofore or hereafter affected, by the Papago Indians is recognized and validated subject to all the laws applicable thereto.

(4) Nothing herein contained shall restrict the granting or use of permits for easements or rightsof-way; or ingress or egress over the lands for all proper and lawful purposes. (June 18, 1934, ch. 576, § 3, 48 Stat. 984; Aug. 28, 1937, ch. 866, 50 Stat. 862; May 27, 1955, ch. 106, § 1, 69 Stat. 67.)

AMENDMENTS

1955 Subsec. (b)(1). Act May 27, 1955, repealed subsec. (b) (1) which restored the lands of the Papago Indian Reservation to exploration and location.

Subsec. (b) (2). Act May 27, 1955, repealed subsec. (b) (2) which required persons desiring a mineral patent to pay $1 per acre in lieu of annual rental.

Subsec. (b) (4). Act May 27, 1955, deleted provisions relating to authority to issue or promulgate rules or regulations in conflict with Executive Order of Feb. 1, 1917 or act of Feb. 21, 1931 (46 Stat. 1202). 1937-Subsec. (a). Act Aug. 28, 1937, designated existing provisions of first par. as subsec. (a).

Subsec. (b) (1). Act Aug. 28, 1937, designated existing provisions of first par. as subsec. (b)(1), substituted "damages shall be paid to the superintendent or other officer in charge of the reservation for the credit of the owner thereof" for "damages shall be paid to the Papago Tribe" and "to be the fair and reasonable value of such improvement" for "but not to exceed the cost of said improvements" and eliminated following "mining operations," "and payments derived from damages or rentals shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Papago Tribe."

Subsec. (b) (2). Act Aug. 28, 1937, designated existing provisions of first par. as subsec. (b) (2), inserted "pay to the superintendent or other officer in charge of the reservation, for" preceding "deposit", substituted “Provided, That an applicant for patent shall also pay to the Secretary or other officer in charge of the said reservation for the credit of the owner" for "Provided further, That patentee shall also pay into the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Papago Tribe" and inserted "but the sum thus deposited, except for a deduction of rental at the annual rate hereinbefore provided, shall be refunded to the applicant in the event that patent is not acquired" in place of "the payment of $1.00 per acre for surface use to be refunded to patentee in the event that patent is not acquired" following "determination by the Secretary of the Interior, but not to exceed the cost thereof." Subsec. (b) (3). Subsec. (b)(4). Act Aug. 28, 1937, designated second par. as subsec. (b) (4).

(b)(3). Act Aug. 28, 1937, added subsec.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

All functions of all other officers of the Department of the Interior and all functions of all agencies and employees of the Department were, with two exceptions, transferred to the Secretary of the Interior, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions by any of those officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 8, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F. R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in note under section 481 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees. RESTORATION OF VACANT AND UNDISPOSED-OF CEDED LANDS IN CERTAIN INDIAN RESERVATIONS Pub. L. 85-420, May 19, 1958, 72 Stat. 121, provided: "That all lands now or hereafter classified as vacant and undisposed-of ceded lands (including townsite lots) on the following named Indian reservations are hereby restored to tribal ownership, subject to valid existing rights:

Provided, That such restoration shall not apply to any lands while they are within reclamation projects heretofore authorized.

"SEC. 2. Title to the lands restored to tribal ownership by this Act shall be held by the United States in trust for the respective tribe or tribes, and such lands are hereby added to and made a part of the existing reservations for such tribe or tribes.

"SEC. 3. The lands restored to tribal ownership by this Act may be sold or exchanged by the tribe, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior."

PAPAGO INDIAN RESERVATION

Section 1 of act May 27, 1955, provided: "That the provisions with respect to subjection of mineral lands within the Papago Indian Reservation to exploration, location, and entry under the mining laws of the United States in the Executive order dated February 1, 1917, creating the Papago Indian Reservation, and in the third proviso in section 1 of the Act of February 21, 1931 (46 Stat. 1202), and the provisions of subsection (b) (1) and (2) and of the remainder, following the word 'purposes', of subsection (b) (4) of section 3 of the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984; 25 U. S. C. 461-479), as amended by the

Act of August 26, 1937 (50 Stat. 862, 863; 25 U. S. C. 463) [this section], are hereby repealed, all tribal lands within the Papago Indian Reservation are hereby withdrawn from all forms of exploration, location, and entry under such laws, the minerals underlying such lands are hereby made a part of the reservation to be held in trust by the United States for the Papago Indian Tribe, and such minerals shall be subject to lease for mining purposes pursuant to the provisions of the Act of May 11, 1938 (52 Stat. 347) [sections 396a-3961]: Provided, That the provisions of this Act shall not be applicable to lands within the Papago Indian Reservation for which a mineral patent has heretofore been issued or to a claim that has been validly initiated before the date of this Act and thereafter maintained under the mining laws of the United States."

CROSS REFERENCES

Right-of-way grant, consent of tribal officials, see section 324 of this title.

Territories, colonies, or insular possessions of United States, application to, see section 473 of this title.

Umatilla Indian Reservation lands restored, see sections 463d-463g of this title.

§ 463a. Extension of boundaries of Papago Indian Reservation.

Whenever all privately owned lands except mining claims within the following-described area have been purchased and acquired as authorized in sections 463b and 463c of this title, the boundary of the Papago Indian Reservation in Arizona shall be extended to include the west half of section 4; west half of section 9, township 17 south, range 8 east; all of township 18 south, range 2 west, all of fractional township 19 south, range 2 west; and all of fractional townships 18 and 19 south, range 3 west, except sections 6, 7, 18, 19, 30, and 31 in township 18 south, range 3 west, Gila and Salt River meridian. This extension shall not affect any valid rights initiated prior to July 28, 1937, nor the reservation of a strip of land sixty feet wide along the United States-Mexico boundary made by proclamation of the President dated May 27, 1907 (35 Stat. 2136). The lands herein described when added to the Papago Indian Reservation as provided in this section and sections 463b and 463c of this title shall become a part of said reservation in all respects and upon all the same terms as if said lands had been included in the Executive order issued by the President on February 1, 1917: Provided, That lands acquired under this section and sections 463b and 463c of this title shall remain tribal lands and shall not be subject to allotment to individual Indians. (July 28, 1937, ch. 527, § 1, 50 Stat. 536.)

§ 463b. Same; purchase; limitations.

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to purchase for the use and benefit of the Papago Indians with any available funds heretofore or hereafter appropriated, pursuant to authority contained in section 465 of this title, all privately owned lands, water rights, and reservoir site reserves within townships 18 and 19 south, ranges 2 and 3 west, together with all grazing privileges and including improvements upon public lands appurtenant to the so-called Menager Dam property, at the appraised value of $40,016.37. (July 28, 1937, ch. 527, § 2, 50 Stat. 536.)

§ 463c. Same; gift of lands by Arizona.

The State of Arizona may relinquish in favor of the Papago Indians such tracts within the townships referred to in section 463a of this title as it may see

fit and shall have the right to select other unreserved and nonmineral public lands within the State of Arizona equal in area to those relinquished, said lieu selections to be made in the same manner as is provided for in the Enabling Act of June 20, 1910 (36 Stat. 558), or in the discretion of the State of Arizona under the provisions of section 315g of Title 43. The payment of fees or commissions is waived in all lieu selections made pursuant to this section. (July 28, 1937, ch. 527, § 3, 50 Stat. 536.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Section 24 of the act of June 20, 1910, referred to in text, provides that, subject to certain limitations, lieu selections of land in Arizona are to be made pursuant to sections 851 and 852 of Title 43, Public Lands.

§ 463d. Restoration of lands in Umatilla Indian Reservation to tribal ownership.

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized in his discretion to restore to tribal ownership the undisposed of surplus lands of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon, heretofore opened to entry or other form of disposal under the public-land laws: Provided, That restoration shall be subject to any existing valid rights. (Aug. 10, 1939, ch. 662, § 1, 53 Stat. 1351.)

CONVEYANCE OF LANDS TO STIMULATE INDUSTRIAL

DEVELOPMENT

Pub. L. 85-186, Aug. 28, 1957, 71 Stat. 468, provided: "That, upon request of any Indian tribe, group, or corporate entity, and approval of the request by the Secretary of the Interior as provided in this Act, the Administrator of the General Services Administration is authorized to transfer, without cost to such Indian tribe, group, or corporate entity, title to any property of the United States at the McNary Dam townsite, Umatilla, Oregon, or at Pickstown, South Dakota, that is declared surplus pursuant to the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (Act of June 30, 1949; 63 Stat. 378), as amended [chapter 11C of Title 5, chapter 10 of Title 40, chapter 4 of Title 41, and chapter 11 of Title 44]. Such property shall not be exempt from taxation because of the fact that title is held by the Indian tribe, group, or corporate entity.

"SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior shall approve a request for surplus property pursuant to this Act only 1f

"(a) the Indian tribe, group, or corporate entity is organized under State or Federal law in a form satisfactory to the Secretary for the purpose of holding title to the property;

"(b) the surplus property is to be used to stimulate industrial development near the Indian tribe, band, group, or reservations;

"(c) the Indian tribe, group, or corporate entity has executed a contract with an industrial enterprise that is acceptable to the Secretary;

"(d) the contract between the Indian tribe, group, or corporate entity and the industrial enterprise contains such provisions as the Secretary deems desirable, including in substance the following:

"(1) Title to the property will remain in the Indian tribe, group, or corporate entity, and the property will be made available to the industrial enterprise at a rental fee commensurate with the purposes of this Act, which rental shall be paid to the United States Treasury.

"(2) The industrial enterprise will employ Indians in large enough numbers to justify, in the judgment of the Secretary, the purposes of this Act.

"(3) The industrial enterprise will agree to pay its employees fair and equitable wages commensurate with the general wage scale in the area.

"(4) The industrial enterprise will maintain the property in good repair, pay all taxes properly assessed against the property, and be responsible for the payment of all charges for utility services to the property.

"(5) At the end of the contract period the industry will have an option to purchase the property at its appraised price, as determined by the Secretary, the proceeds of such sale will revert to the United States Treasury.

"SEC. 3. Any transfer of title to surplus property pursuant to this Act shall provide for a reversion of title to the United States if the Secretary of the Interior finds that the property is not being used in accordance with the provisions of the Act.

"SEC. 4. The United States shall not be responsible for providing to the Indians who are employed in an industrial development pursuant to this Act community services that are normally furnished by State and local governments, such as school, health, welfare, and lawenforcement services.

"SEC. 5. The transfer of McNary Dam townsite shall be upon the express condition that persons or families occupying residential property on the date of the enactment of this Act [August 28, 1957] shall be entitled to at least one hundred and eighty days' notice of termination of their occupancy."

§ 463e. Exchanges of land.

For the purpose of effecting land consolidations between Indians and non-Indians within the reservation, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, to acquire through purchase, exchange, or relinquishment, any interest in lands, water rights, or surface rights to lands within said reservation. Exchanges of lands hereunder shall be made on the basis of equal value and the value of improvements on lands to be relinquished to the Indians or by Indians to non-Indians shall be given due consideration and allowance made therefor in the valuation of lieu lands. This section shall apply to tribal, trust, or otherwise restricted Indian allotments whether the allottee be living or deceased. (Aug. 10, 1939, ch. 662, § 2, 53 Stat. 1351.)

§ 463f. Title to lands.

Title to lands or any interest therein acquired pursuant to sections 463d-463g of this title for Indian use shall be taken in the name of the United States of America in trust for the tribe or individual Indian for which acquired. (Aug. 10, 1939, ch. 662, § 3, 53 Stat. 1351.)

§ 463g. Use of funds appropriated under section 465. For the purpose of carrying into effect the landpurchase provision of sections 463d-463g of this title, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to use so much as may be necessary of any funds heretofore or hereafter appropriated pursuant to section 465 of this title. (Aug. 10, 1939, ch. 662, § 4, 53 Stat. 1351.)

§ 464. Transfer of restricted Indian lands or shares in assets of Indian tribes or corporation; exchange of lands.

Except as provided in sections 461, 462, 463, 464, 465, 466-470, 471-473, 474, 475, 476-478, and 479 of this title, no sale, devise, gift, exchange, or other transfer of restricted Indian lands or of shares in the assets of any Indian tribe or corporation organized hereunder, shall be made or approved: Provided, however, That such lands or interests may, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, be sold, devised, or otherwise transferred to the Indian tribe in which the lands or shares are located or from which the shares were derived or to a successor cor

poration; and in all instances such lands or interests shall descend or be devised, in accordance with the then existing laws of the State, or Federal laws where applicable, in which said lands are located or in which the subject matter of the corporation is located, to any member of such tribe or of such corporation or any heirs of such member: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior may authorize voluntary exchanges of lands of equal value and the voluntary exchange of shares of equal value whenever such exchange, in his judgment, is expedient and beneficial for or compatible with the proper consolidation of Indian lands and for the benefit of cooperative organizations. (June 18, 1934, ch. 576, § 4, 48 Stat. 985.)

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to acquire, through purchase, relinquishment, gift, exchange, or assignment, any interest in lands, water rights, or surface rights to lands, within or without existing reservations, including trust or otherwise restricted allotments, whether the allottee be living or deceased, for the purpose of providing land for Indians.

For the acquisition of such lands, interests in lands, water rights, and surface rights, and for expenses incident to such acquisition, there is authorized to be appropriated, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, a sum not to exceed $2,000,000 in any one fiscal year: Provided, That no part of such funds shall be used to acquire additional land outside of the exterior boundaries of Navajo Indian Reservation for the Navajo Indians in Arizona, nor in New Mexico, in the event that legislation to define the exterior boundaries of the Navajo Indian Reservation in New Mexico, and for other purposes, or similar legislation, becomes law.

The unexpended balances of any appropriations made pursuant to this section shall remain available until expended.

Title to any lands or rights acquired pursuant to sections 461, 462, 463, 464, 465, 466-470, 471-473, 474, 475, 476-478, and 479 of this title shall be taken in the name of the United States in trust for the Indian tribe or individual Indian for which the land is acquired, and such lands or rights shall be exempt from State and local taxation. (June 18, 1934, ch. 576, § 5, 48 Stat. 985.)

ROCKY BOY'S INDIAN RESERVATION

Pub. L. 85-773, Aug. 27, 1958, 72 Stat. 931, provided: "That the land acquired by the United States pursuant to section 5 of the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984) [this section], title to which was conveyed to the United States of America in trust for the Chippewa, Cree, and other Indians of Montana, and thereafter added to the

Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation, Montana, by proclamation signed by the Assistant Secretary of the Interior on November 26, 1947, is hereby designated for the exclusive use of the members of the Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana."

SEMINOLE INDIAN RESERVATION

Act July 20, 1956, ch. 645, 70 Stat. 581, provided: "That the equitable title to the lands and interests in lands together with the improvements thereon, acquired by the United States under authority of title II of the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933 (48 Stat. 200), the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935, approved April 8, 1935 (49 Stat. 115), and section 55 of the Act entitled "An Act to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act, and for other purposes", approved August 24, 1935 (49 Stat. 750, 781), administrative jurisdiction over which was transferred from the Secretary of Agriculture to the Secretary of the Interior by Executive Order Numbered 7868, dated April 15, 1938, for the use of the Seminole Tribe, is hereby conveyed to the Seminole Tribe of Indians in the State of Florida, and such lands and interests are hereby declared to be held by the United States in trust for the Seminole Tribe of Indians In the State of Florida in the same manner and to the same extent as other land held in trust for such tribe.

"SEC. 2. The lands declared to be held in trust for the Seminole Tribe of Indians in the State of Florida under the first section of this Act and all lands which have been acquired by the United States for the Seminole Tribe of Indians in the State of Florida under authority of the Act entitled 'An Act to conserve and develop Indian lands and resources; to extend to Indians the right to form business and other organizations; to establish a credit system for Indians; to grant certain rights of home rule to Indians; to provide for vocational education for Indians; and for other purposes' approved June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984) [sections 461, 462, 463, 464, 465, 466470, 471-473, 474, 475, 476-478 and 479 of this title], are hereby declared to be a reservation for the use and benefit of such Seminole Tribe in Florida.

"SEC. 3. Nothing in this Act shall deprive any Indian of any individual right, ownership, right of possession, or contract right he may have in any land or interest in land referred to in this Act."

CROSS REFERENCES

Conversion of exchange assignments of tribal lands on certain Sioux reservations into trust titles, see sections 484 486 of this title.

Reservations wherein a majority of the adult Indians vote against application of act of which this section is a part, see section 478 of this title.

Right-of-way grant, consent of tribal officials, see section 324 of this title.

Territories, colonies, or insular possessions of United States and certain Indian tribes, application to, see sections 473 and 473a of this title.

Umatilla Indian Reservation lands, application to, see section 463g of this title.

§ 465a. Receipt and purchase in trust by United States of land for Klamath Tribe Indians.

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to receive on behalf of the United States from individual members of the Klamath Tribe of Indians voluntarily executed deeds to such lands as said Indians may own in fee simple free from all encumbrances, said lands to be held in trust by the United States for said Indians and their heirs; and, whenever restricted funds are used for the purchase of lands for individual members of the Klamath Tribe of Indians, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to take title to said lands in the United States, the same to be held in trust for said Individual Indians: Provided, however, That while any of the foregoing lands are held in trust by the United States for said Indians, the same

shall be subject to the same restrictions, immunities, and exemptions as homesteads purchased out of trust or restricted funds of individual Indians pursuant to section 412a of this title, except the restrictions, immunities, or exemptions of the second proviso of said section. (Feb. 24, 1942, ch. 113, § 1, 56 Stat. 121.)

§ 465b. Same; definition of Klamath Tribe.

As used in this section and section 465a of this title the term "Klamath Tribe of Indians" includes the Klamath and Modoc Tribes, and the Yahooskin Band of Snake Indians. (Feb. 24, 1942, ch. 113, § 2. 56 Stat. 121.)

§ 466. Indian forestry units; rules and regulations.

The Secretary of the Interior is directed to make rules and regulations for the operation and management of Indian forestry units on the principle of sustained-yield management, to restrict the number of livestock grazed on Indian range units to the estimated carrying capacity of such ranges, and to promulgate such other rules and regulations as may be necessary to protect the range from deterioration, to prevent soil erosion, to assure full utilization of the range, and like purposes. (June 18, 1934, ch. 576, § 6, 48 Stat. 986.)

CROSS REFERENCES

Reservations wherein a majority of the adult Indians vote against application of act of which this section is a part, see section 478 of this title.

Right-of-way grant, consent of tribal officials, see section 324 of this title.

Territories, colonies or insular possessions of United States and certain Indian tribes, application to, see section 473 of this title.

§ 467. New Indian reservations.

The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to proclaim new Indian reservations on lands acquired pursuant to any authority conferred by sections 461, 462, 463, 464, 466-470, 471–473, 474, 475, 476-478, and 479 of this title, or to add such lands to existing reservations: Provided, That lands added to existing reservations shall be designated for the exclusive use of Indians entitled by enrollment or by tribal membership to residence at such reservations. (June 18, 1934, ch. 576, § 7, 48 Stat. 986.)

CROSS REFERENCES

Reservations in New Mexico and Arizona, creation and extension, see sections 211 and 463a-463c of this title. Right-of-way grant, consent of tribal officials, see section 324 of this title.

Territories, colonies, or insular possessions of United States, and certain Indian tribes, application to, see sections 473 and 473a of this title.

§ 468. Allotments or holdings outside of reservations. Nothing contained in sections 461, 462, 463, 464, 465, 466-470, 471-473, 474, 475, 476–478, and 479 of this title shall be construed to relate to Indian holdings of allotments or homesteads upon the public domain outside of the geographic boundaries of any Indian reservation now existing or established hereafter. (June 18, 1934, ch. 576, § 8, 48 Stat. 986.) CROSS REFERENCES Right-of-way grant, consent of tribal officials, see section 324 of this title.