vided, That the corporate funds of any such chartered group may be deposited in any national bank within the State of Oklahoma or otherwise invested, utilized, or disbursed in accordance with the terms of the corporate charter. (June 26, 1936, ch. 831, § 3, 49 Stat. 1967.) CROSS REFERENCES Inapplicability of section to Osage County, Oklahoma. see section 508 of this title. § 504. Cooperative associations; charter; purposes; voting rights. Any ten or more Indians, as determined by the official tribal rolls, or Indian descendants of such enrolled members, or Indians as defined in section 479 of this title, who reside within the State of Oklahoma in convenient proximity to each other may receive from the Secretary of the Interior a charter as a local cooperative association for any one or more of the following purposes: Credit administration, production, marketing, consumers' protection, or land management. The provisions of sections 501-509 of this title, the regulations of the Secretary of the Interior, and the charters of the cooperative associations issued pursuant thereto shall govern such cooperative associations: Provided, That in those matters not covered by said chapter, regulations, or charters, the laws of the State of Oklahoma, if applicable, shall govern. In any stock or nonstock cooperative association no one member shall have more than one vote, and membership therein shall be open to all Indians residing within the prescribed district. (June 26, 1936, ch. 831, § 4, 49 Stat. 1967.) CROSS REFERENCES Inapplicability of section to Osage County, Oklahoma, see section 508 of this title. § 505. Same; amendment or revocation of charters; suits by and against associations. The charters of any cooperative association organized pursuant to section 504 of this title shall not be amended or revoked by the Secretary except after a majority vote of the membership. Such cooperative associations may sue and be sued in any court of the State of Oklahoma or of the United States having jurisdiction of the cause of action, but a certified copy of all papers filed in any action against a cooperative association in a court of Oklahoma shall be served upon the Secretary of the Interior, or upon an employee duly authorized by him to receive such service. Within thirty days after such service or within such extended time as the trial court may permit, the Secretary of the Interior may intervene in such action or may remove such action to the United States district court. (June 26, 1936, ch. 831, § 5, 49 Stat. 1968; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 29, 62 Stat. 991.) AMENDMENTS 1948-Act June 25, 1948, omitted provisions relating to procedure for removal, which are now covered by sections 1441-1450 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1948 AMENDMENT Section 38 of act June 25, 1948, provided that the amendment of this section shall be effective Sept. 1, 1948. CROSS REFERENCES Inapplicability of section to Osage County, Oklahoma, see section 508 of this title. § 506. Loans to individuals and groups; appropriation. The Secretary is authorized to make loans to individual Indians and to associations or corporate groups organized pursuant to sections 503 and 504 of this title. For the making of such loans and for expenses of the cooperative associations organized pursuant to said sections there shall be appropriated, out of the Treasury of the United States, the sum of $2,000,000. (June 26, 1936, ch. 831, § 6, 49 Stat. 1968.) REVOLVING FUND: INTEREST-FREE LOANS TO KLAMATH INDIANS; REFINANCING LENDING AGENCY LOANS Use of Revolving Loan Fund for Indians to assist Klamath Indians during period for terminating Federal supervision, see note set out under section 564 of this title. CROSS REFERENCES Inapplicability of section to Osage County, Oklahoma, see section 508 of this title. Indians eligible for loans, see section 480 of this title. Interest charges to be covered into revolving fund, see section 470a of this title. § 507. Availability and allocation of funds; royalties from mineral deposits. All funds appropriated under the several grants of authority contained in sections 465 and 469-471 of this title, are made available for use under the provisions of sections 501-509 of this title, and Oklahoma Indians shall be accorded and allocated a fair and just share of any and all funds appropriated after June 26, 1936, under the authorization herein set forth: Provided, That any royalties, bonuses, or other revenues derived from mineral deposits underlying lands purchased in Oklahoma under the authority granted by sections 501-509 of this title, or by sections 461, 462, 463, 464, 465, 466-470, 471473, 474, 475, 476-478, and 479 of this title, shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States, and such revenues are made available for expenditure by the Secretary of the Interior for the acquisition of lands and for loans to Indians in Oklahoma as authorized by sections 470 and 506 of this title. (June 26, 1936, ch. 831, § 7, 49 Stat. 1968.) CROSS REFERENCES Inapplicability of section to Osage County, Oklahoma, see section 508 of this title. § 508. Application of provisions to Osage County. Sections 501-509 of this title shall not relate to or affect Osage County, Oklahoma. (June 26, 1936, ch. 831, § 8, 49 Stat. 1968.) § 509. Rules and regulations; repeals. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 501-509 of this title. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with such sections are repealed. (June 26, 1936, ch. 831, 9, 49 Stat. 1968.) § 510. Payment of gross production taxes; method. Whenever restricted Indian lands in the State of Oklahoma are subject to gross production tax on minerals, including oil and gas, the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, may cause such tax or taxes due the State of Oklahoma to be paid in the manner provided for by the statutes of the State of Oklahoma. (Aug. 25, 1937, ch. 772, 50 Stat. 806.) KLAMATH TRIBE: CAPITAL RESERVE FUND § 530. Capital reserve fund; interest for administrative expenses. The Secretary of the Interior shall cause to be established on the books of the Treasury, out of any unobligated tribal funds of the Indians of the Klamath Reservation in Oregon (hereinafter referred to as the "Klamath Indians") on deposit in the Treasury of the United States, a capital reserve fund for said Klamath Indians. Such fund shall be created by setting aside the sum of $50,000 for the fiscal year 1937, and shall be augmented by additions of $50,000 for each fiscal year thereafter. Such fund shall be held in the Treasury of the United States and shall bear interest as provided by law. The interest upon such fund shall be used, insofar as it is sufficient, for the payment of the expenses of administration of the Klamath Indian Reservation in Oregon. (Aug. 28, 1937, ch. 874, § 1, 50 Stat. 872.) CROSS REFERENCES Transfer of certain judgment funds to capital reserve fund, see section 542 (c) of this title. §§ 531-535. Repealed. Aug. 13, 1954, ch. 732, § 12, 68 Stat. 721. Sections 531-535, act Aug. 28, 1937, ch. 874, §§ 2-6, 50 Stat. 872, 873, related to revolving loan fund. See section 564 et seq. of this title. EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL Section 12 of act Aug. 13, 1954, provided in part that the repeal of these sections should become effective on the date of the transfer of title to tribal property to a trustee, corporation, or other legal entity pursuant to section 564e of this title. KLAMATH TRIBE; DISPOSITION OF CERTAIN TRIBAL FUNDS § 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. (Aug. 7, 1939, ch. 552, § 1, 53 Stat. 1252.) REFERENCES IN TEXT Reference in text to "Act of June 25, 1938," was probably intended to be to the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1938, act June 25, 1938, ch. 681, § 203 (a), 52 Stat. 1156. Section 203 (a) of that act provided for an apropriation for payment of judgments rendered by the court of claims and reported to the 75th Congress in Senate Document Numbered 191, and House Documents Numbered 661 and 686. House Document No. 661 listed a judgment in favor of the Klamath and Modoc Tribes and Yahooskin Band of Snake Indians in the sum of $5,313 347.32, with interest on a part thereof to date of payment, for the taking of land. 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 offcers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §§ 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. § 542. Limitations on remainder of fund. After the segregation provided for in section 541 of this title shall have been made, the remainder of such judgment fund, including interest, shall be available for expenditure subject to the following limitations and conditions: (a) Repealed. Aug. 13, 1954, ch. 732, § 12, 68 Stat. 721. (b) Three hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars for immediate payment in a lump sum of $1,500 to each adult unallotted Indian found to be entitled to payment in lieu of allotment, as authorized in sections 551-556 of this title: Provided, That the amount due any minor under the provisions of said Act shall be withheld until he becomes an adult, as herein defined, when it shall be paid to him in a lump sum from any funds, principal, or interest, on deposit to the credit of the Klamath Tribe, and section 552 of this title, is amended accordingly. (c) Such moneys as shall remain in the principal fund shall be transferred to and become a part of the capital reserve fund created by section 530 of § 543. Liability of judgment funds for debts. In no event shall any portion of the judgment fund to which reference is made in section 541 of this title become liable, payable, or subject to any debt or debts contracted prior to the passage of this subchapter by any Indian of the Klamath Tribe except debts to the United States or to the tribe. (Aug. 7, 1939, ch. 552, § 3, 53 Stat. 1253.) § 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 sections 530-535 of this title, as augmented by the proceeds of the judgment fund of the Klamath Indians as provided in sections 541-543 of this title, 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 selfsupporting; 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 used in this section, 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 authorized in this section and section 545 of this title: 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. (Mar. 29, 1948, ch. 160, § 2, 62 Stat. 92.) REFERENCES IN TEXT Sections 531-535, included within the reference in text to sections 530-535 of this title, were repealed by act Aug. 13, 1954, ch. 732 § 12, 68 Stat. 721. SHORT TITLE Congress in enacting sections 544 and 545 of this title provided by section 1 of act Mar. 29, 1948, that they should be popularly known as the "Klamath Welfare Act." 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. 3, §§ 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. § 545. Liability of judgment funds for debts. In no event shall any portion of the funds directed to be credited and paid become liable, payable, or subject to any debt or debts contracted prior to the passage of this section and section 544 of this title by any Indian of the Klamath Tribe, except debts to the United States or to the tribe. (Mar. 29, 1948, ch. 160, § 3, 62 Stat. 93.) KLAMATH TRIBE; PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF ALLOTMENTS; INHERITANCE OF RESTRICTED PROPERTY § 551. Definition of "Klamath Tribe." As used in sections 551-556 of this title the term "Klamath Tribe" includes the members of the Klamath and Modoc Tribes and the Yahooskin Band of Snakes and all other Indians having rights on the Klamath Indian Reservation in the State of Oregon. (June 1, 1938, ch. 310, § 1, 52 Stat. 605.) REFERENCES IN TEXT Section 555, included within the reference to sections 551-556 of this title, was repealed by act Aug. 13, 1954, ch. 732, § 9 (c), 68 Stat. 721, and is now covered by section 564h of this title. § 552. Payments in lieu of allotments. Each enrolled member of the Klamath Tribe living on June 1, 1938, who has not received an allotment of land shall be paid the sum of $1,500 from unobligated Klamath tribal funds on deposit in the Treasury of the United States, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior shall prescribe, in installments of not to exceed $300 per annum: Provided, That no member of the Klamath Tribe who shall not be enrolled within one year from June 1, 1938, shall receive a payment in lieu of allotment. No member of the Klamath Tribe born after June 1, 1938, shall be entitled to receive any allotment of land or money payment in lieu thereof. (June 1, 1938, ch. 310, § 2, 52 Stat. 605.) CROSS REFERENCES Minor's funds withheld until he becomes an adult, see section 542 (b) of this title. § 553. Same; deposit and expenditure of payments. The payments authorized by sections 551-556 of this title shall be deposited to the credit of the individual Indian money accounts of such Indians subject to expenditure by such Indians, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe for (1) industrial and agricultural assistance, and the construction and improvement of homes, including the purchase of land and interests in land, building material, farming equipment, industrial equipment, trucks, livestock, feed, food, seed, 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 the farming, livestock industry, or such other industrial or agricultural pursuits or avocations as will enable them to become self-supporting; (2) the educational advancement of such Indians; (3) financial assistance in cases of illness, death, or other emergency; (4) the repayment of reimbursable debts previously contracted; or (5) security for or the repayment of loans made to such Indians from any Klamath revolving loan fund now existent or which shall hereafter be created. (June 1, 1938, ch. 310, § 3, 52 Stat. 605.) REFERENCES IN TEXT Section 555, included within the reference in text to sections 551-556 of this title, was repealed by act Aug. 13, 1954, ch. 732, § 9 (c), 68 Stat. 721, and is now covered by section 564h of this title. § 554. Same; disposition of payment on death of Indian. In the event of the death of any such Indian entitled to receive a payment in lieu of allotment after June 1, 1938, any unexpended balance of said $1 500 still due the decedent shall first be applied to the repayment of any loans received by such Indian from the United States or from the Klamath Tribal funds, and the balance thereafter shall be distributed as personal property. (June 1, 1938, ch. 310, § 4, 52 Stat. 606.) § 555. Repealed. Aug. 13, 1954, ch. 732, § 9 (c), 68 Stat. 721. Section, act June 1, 1938, ch. 310, § 5, 52 Stat. 606, related to devise of restricted or trust property and is now covered by section 564h of this title. § 556. Reversion of interest in property on death without heirs or devisees. If any enrolled member of the Klamath Tribe dies without lawful heirs or devises,' all interest which such member has in any restricted or trust property within the Klamath Reservation shall revert to and become part of the common tribal property. (June 1, 1938, ch. 310, § 6, 52 Stat. 606.) FEES AND CHARGES §§ 561, 562. Omitted. CODIFICATION Sections which related to fees for general services and medical services were from the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1946, July 3, 1945, ch. 262, § 1, 59 Stat. 334, and were not repeated in the Interior Department Appropriation Act of 1947, July 1, 1946, ch. 529, 60 Stat. 348. SIMILAR PROVISIONS Provisions similar to those of the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1946, were contained in the following acts: 1944-June 28, 1944, ch. 298, § 1, 58 Stat. 480. § 563. Salaries and expenses for Klamath Tribe Officials. The Secretary of the Interior, or such official as may be designated by him, is authorized, until otherwise directed by Congress, to advance to the tribe or to pay out of any unobligated tribal funds of the Klamath Indians in the Treasury of the United States salaries and expenses of tribal officials or representatives (except the Klamath Loan Fund Board) at rates and/or limitations designated in advance by the Klamath General Council, or any governing body to which it may delegate such authority, and approved by the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That the length of stay of representatives serving the tribe at the seat of government shall be determined by the Secretary of the Interior. (May 29, 1953, ch. 86, § 1, 67 Stat. 40.) REPEALS Section 2 of act May 29, 1953, repealed acts June 25, 1938, ch. 710, 52 Stat. 1207; Aug. 7, 1939, ch. 519, 53 Stat. 1244; May 15, 1945, ch. 123, 59 Stat. 167, which provided for payment of salaries and expenses of Klamath Tribe officials out of tribal funds but limited the amount of such expenditures to $15,000 per annum. KLAMATH TRIBE: TERMINATION OF FEDERAL SUPERVISION § 564. Purpose. The purpose of sections 564 to 564w-1 of this title is to provide for the termination of Federal supervision over the trust and restricted property of the Klamath Tribe of Indians consisting of the Klamath and Modoc Tribes and the Yahooskin Band of Snake Indians, and of the individual members thereof, for the disposition of federally owned property acquired or withdrawn for the administration of the affairs of said Indians, and for a termination of Federal services furnished such Indians because of their status as Indians. (Aug. 13, 1954, ch. 732, § 1, 68 Stat. 718.) 1 So in original. REVOLVING FUND: INTEREST-FREE LOANS TO KLAMATH INDIANS; REFINANCING LENDING AGENCY LOANS Pub. L. 86-40, June 11, 1959, 73 Stat. 70, provided: "That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make loans, without interest, from the revolving fund authorized by the Acts of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 986; 25 U.S.C. 470), and June 26, 1936 (49 Stat. 1968; 25 U.S.C. 506), as amended and supplemented, to members of the Klamath Tribe of Indians who elected to withdraw from the tribe pursuant to the Act of August 13, 1954 (68 Stat. 718; 25 U.S.C. 564), as amended, regardless of the degree of Indian blood of the borrower, and to collect such loans by setoff against funds payable to the borrower pursuant to said Act of August 13, 1954, as amended [sections 564 to 564w-1 of this title]. The Secretary is also authorized to refinance from such revolving fund any loan made by a lending agency to a withdrawing Klamath Indian that is secured by encumbrance of his beneficial interest in tribal property with the approval of the Secretary as required by section 4 of said 1954 Act [section 564c of this title], and to include therein a nonreimbursable grant equal to the interest charges incurred by the borrower prior to such refinancing. In the event adequate funds are not available from the revolving fund to refinance a loan by such lending agency, the Secretary is authorized to pay from the revolving fund, without reimbursement, the interest charged on such loan." REPEALS; RECOUPMENT OF FUNDS EXPENDED FOR Section 24 of act Aug. 13, 1954, as amended by Pub. L. 85-72, June 29, 1957, 71 Stat. 243. provided that: "All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act [sections 564 to 564w-1 of this title] are hereby repealed insofar as they affect the tribe or its members. Effective on July 1, 1957, section 2 of the Act of August 19, 1949 (63 Stat. 621, ch. 488) shall become inapplicable to the unrecouped balance of funds expended in cooperation with the school board of Klamath County, Oregon, pursuant to said Act." SEPARABILITY OF PROVISIONS Section 25 of act Aug. 13, 1954, provided that: "If any provision of this Act [sections 564 to 564w-1 of this title], or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby." § 564a. Definitions. For the purposes of sections 564 to 564w-1 of this title: (a) "Tribe" means the Klamath Tribe of Indians consisting of the Klamath and Modoc Tribes and Yahooskin Band of Snake Indians. (b) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior. (c) "Lands" means real property, interests therein, or improvements thereon, and include water rights. (d) "Tribal property" means any real or personal property, including water rights, or any interest in real or personal property, that belongs to the tribe and either is held by the United States in trust for the tribe or is subject to a restriction against alienation imposed by the United States. (e) "Adult" means a person who is an adult according to the law of the place of his residence. (Aug. 13, 1954, ch. 732, § 2, 68 Stat. 718; Aug. 14, 1957, Pub. L. 85-132, § 1 (f), 71 Stat. 348.) AMENDMENTS 1957-Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 85-132 substituted provision defining adult as a "person who is an adult according to the law of the place of his residence", for provision defining adult as a "member of the tribe who has attained the age of twenty-one years". § 564b. Membership roll; closure; preparation and initial publication; appeal from inclusion or omission from roll; finality of determination; final publication. At midnight of August 13, 1954, the roll of the tribe shall be closed and no child born thereafter shall be eligible for enrollment: Provided, That the tribe shall have a period of six months from August 13, 1954, in which to prepare and submit to the Secretary a proposed roll of the members of the tribe living on August 13, 1954, which shall be published in the Federal Register. If the tribe fails to submit such roll within the time specified in this section, the Secretary shall prepare a proposed roll for the tribe, which shall be published in the Federal Register. Any person claiming membership rights in the tribe or an interest in its assets, or a representative of the Secretary on behalf of any such person, may, within ninety days from the date of publication of the proposed roll, file an appeal with the Secretary contesting the inclusion or omission of the name of any person on or from such roll. The Secretary shall review such appeals and his decisions thereon shall be final and conclusive. After disposition of all such appeals, the roll of the tribe shall be published in the Federal Register, and such roll shall be final for the purposes of sections 564 to 564w-1 of this title. (Aug. 13, 1954, ch. 732, § 3, 68 Stat. 718.) § 564c. Personal property rights; restrictions; tax exemption. Upon publication in the Federal Register of the final roll as provided in section 564b of this title, the rights or beneficial interests in tribal property of each person whose name appears on the roll shall constitute personal property which may be inherited or bequeathed, but shall not otherwise be subject to alienation or encumbrance before the transfer of title to such tribal property as provided in section 564e of this title without the approval of the Secretary. Any contract made in violation of this section shall be null and void. Property which this section is inherited or bequeathed after August 13, 1954, and prior to the transfer of title to tribal property makes subject to inheritance or bequest and which as provided in section 564e of this title shall not be subject to State or Federal inheritance, estate, legacy, or succession taxes. (Aug. 13, 1954, ch. 732, § 4, 68 Stat. 718; Aug. 23, 1958, Pub. L. 85-731, § 2, 72 Stat. 818.) AMENDMENTS 1958-Pub. L. 85-731 provided that property which is inherited or bequeathed after Aug. 13, 1954, and prior to transfer of title to tribal property should not be subject to taxes. REVOLVING FUND: INTEREST-FREE LOANS TO KLAMATH INDIANS; REFINANCING LENDING AGENCY LOANS Use of Revolving Loan Fund for Indians to assist Klamath Indians during period for terminating Federal supervision, see note set out under section 564 of this title. § 564d. Management specialists; employment; duties; authorization of expenditures. (a) The Secretary is authorized and directed to select and retain by contract, at the earliest practicable time after August 13, 1954 and after consultation with the tribe at a general meeting called |