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southeast corner sec. 36 T. 8 N., R. 18 W.; thence east 6 miles to the southeast corner sec. 36, T. 8 N., R. 17 W.; thence east 3 miles to the southeast corner sec. 33, T. 8 N., R. 16 W.; thence north 5 miles to the northeast corner sec. 9, T. 8 N., R. 16 W.; thence west 1 mile to the northwest corner of said section; thence south 1 mile to the southwest corner said section; thence west 1 mile to the northwest corner of sec. 17; thence south 1 mile to the southwest corner of said section; thence west 1 mile to the northwest corner of sec. 19 in said township and range; thence west 2 miles to the northwest corner of sec. 23, T. 8 N., R. 17 W.; thence south 1 mile to the southwest corner of said section; thence west 4 miles to the northwest corner of sec. 30, said township and range; thence west 1 mile to the northwest corner sec. 25 T. 8 N., R. 18 W.; thence north 1 mile to the northeast corner sec. 23; thence west 5 miles to the northwest corner sec. 19; thence south 1/2 mile to the quarter corner common to sec. 19, T. 8 N., R. 18 W., and sec. 24, T. 8 N., R. 19 W.; thence west 1 mile to the quarter corner common to secs. 23 and 24, T. 8 N., R. 19 W.; thence south 1/2 mile to point of beginning in northwest corner of sec. 25, T. 8 N., R. 19 W., containing approximately the following acreage of federally owned land to be transferred to Bureau of Land Management: 17,038.40 acres: Resettlement and Administration

purchased land administered by Indian Service under Executive Order No. 7975 of September 16, 1938.

5,395.55 acres: Public Domain administered by Indian Service by Secretarial order of May 31, 1939. Excluding there from 5.122.16 acres of State land, 3,200 acres of Non-Indian fee patented land and 800 acres of Indian allotment land.

2A. Lands in Acoma purchase area (11 townships area) now being used by Acoma Pueblo Indians, Arthur Bibo, M.E. Colclazier, and Gus D. Raney. Beginning at the southwest corner of sec. 31, T. 6 N., R. 10 W.; thence east along township line approximately 3 miles to a point where a high mesa rim intersects the south boundary of sec. 34, same township and range; thence northwesterly and northerly along a meandering line of same mesa rim through secs, 34, 27, 22, and 15 to a point in sec. 15 where the rim runs southeasterly for approximately mile through secs. 15 and 22; thence northeasterly along same mesa rim through secs. 22. 15, 14, and 11 to a point in sec. 11 where the same mesa rim turns in a northwesterly direction; thence northwesterly through secs. 11, 10 and 3 to a point where the mesa rim turns and runs in a southwesterly direction through secs. 4, 9, and 8 to a point in sec. 8 where the same mesa rim turns and runs in a northeasterly direction through secs. 8, 9 and 4, T. 6 N., R. 10 W. thence in the same northeasterly direction through secs. 33, 34, 27, 26, 23 and 14 to a point in sec. 14 where the same mesa rim turns and runs in a southeasterly and easterly direction through secs. 14 and 13, T. 7 N., R. 10 W. to a point where the mesa rim intersects the east line of sec. 13; thence southeasterly along same mesa rim through secs. 18 and 20 to a point where the rim turns in a northeasterly direction and runs through secs. 20, 17, 16, 9 and 10 to a point where the rim turns again in a northwesterly direction and runs through secs. 9, 4, and 5, T. 7 N., R. 9 W. to a point where same mesa rim intersects the north line of sec. 5, same township and range; thence in a northwesterly direction through secs. 32, 29, and 30 to a point in sec. 30 where same mesa rim turns in a southeasterly direction at which point mesa rim turns in a southeasterly direction at which point the herein described boundary ceases to follow same mesa rim; thence along a straight line in a general northwesterly direction from said point through sec. 30 and the SW4 sec. 19. T. 8 N., R. 9 W. to a point of junction with a mesa rim in said SW' sec. 19; thence following along said mesa rim in a northwesterly direction through sec. 19, T. 8 N., R. 9 W., to a point in sec. 24, T. 8 N., R. 10 W. where mesa rim turns in a northeasterly direction; thence continuing along said mesa rim through said sec. 24 and back through aforesaid sec. 19 and continuing into the S' 2 SE sec. 18, T. 8 N., R. 9 W. to the end of said mesa rim which point is approximately 4 mile west of the east line of said sec. 18; thence north in said sec. 18 along a straight line a distance of approximately 2 mile to another mesa rim in the SW, NE' said sec. 18: thence following along said mesa rim in a southwesterly, northeasterly and northerly direction through said sec. 18 and sec. 13, T. 8 N., R. 10 W. to a point where mesa rim intersects the north boundary of said sec. 13; thence east along section line approximately 2' 3 miles to the southeast corner sec. 8 T. 3 N., R. 9 W.; thence north 2 mile along east boundary of sec. 8 to the quarter corner common to sec. 8 and 9 T. 8 N.,R. 9 W.; thence east approximately mile through the center of sec. 9, T. 8 N., R 9 W. to a point where the center line intersects a mesa rim in said section; thence along said mesa rim in a northeasterly direction through secs. 9, 10, and 3 to the point of intersection of this mesa with the north line of sec. 3; thence west along township line approximately 9.6 miles to the

northwest corner of sec. 6, T. 8 N., R. 10 W.; thence south approximately 12 miles along the range line common to Rs. 10 and 11 W. to the Northeast corner sec. 1, T. 6 N., R. 11 W.; thence west approximately 6 miles to the northwest corner of sec. 6 same township and range; thence south approximately 6 miles along range line common to Rs. 11 and 12 W.; thence east along township line common to Tps. 5 and 6 N., a distance of approximately 6 miles to a point of beginning, containing approximately the following acreage of federally owned land to be transferred to Bureau of Land Management:

45,037.38 acres: Resettlement Administration purchased land administered by Indian Service by Executive Order No. 7792 of January 18, 1938. 23,284.25 acres: Public Domain administered by Indian Service under Secretarial order of December 23, 1938.

320 acres: Rehabilitation purchase pursuant to act of June 30, 1939.

Excluding therefrom 8,215.04 acres of State land, and 10,268.64 acres of Non-Indian fee patented land.

3A. Lands in Acoma purchase area (11 townships area) now being used by Walter Marmon and Seis and Wilson. Beginning at the southeast corner of sec. 36, T. 6 N., R. 6 W.; thence west along township line approximately 623 miles to a point of intersection on the south boundary of sec. 36, T. 6 N., R. 7 W. with a mesa rim; thence along said mesa rim in a northeasterly, westerly, and southwesterly direction through secs. 36, 35, and 34 to a point where same mesa rim runs in a northeasterly direction through secs. 34, 35, 26, and 25, T. 6 N., R. 7 W.; thence northeasterly and easterly along same mesa rim through secs. 30 and 19, T. 6 N., R. 6 W.; thence northwesterly and northerly along same mesa rim through said sec. 19, T. 6 N., R. 6 W. and through secs. 24, 13, 12, 11 and 2, T. 6 N., R. 7 W. to a point where said mesa intersects the north boundary of sec. 2, same township and range, which is on the south boundary of the Acoma Indian Reservation; thence east approximately 13 miles to the northeast corner of sec. 1. T. 6 N., R. 7 W.; thence north along range line common to Rs. 6 and 7 W., approximately 6 miles to the northwest corner of sec. 6, T. 7 N., R. 6 W.; thence east along township line common to Tps. 7 and 8 N., a distance of approximately 6 miles to the northeast corner of sec. 1, T. 7 N., R. 6 W.; thence south along range line common to Rs. 5 and 6 W.; a distance of approximately 12 miles to a point of beginning, containing approximately the following_acreage of federally owned land to be transferred to Bureau of Land Management:

24,263.24 acres: Resettlement Administration purchased land administered by Indian Service by Executive Order No. 7792 of January 18, 1938. 9,830.40 acres: Public Domain administered by Indian Service under Secretarial order of December 23, 1938.

Excluding there from 7,078.14 acres of State land 1,760 acres of Non-Indian fee patented land, 4,314.88 acres of Allotted land, and 1,182.16 acres of Indian fee patented land.

3B. Land in Canoncito purchase area now being used by L-Bar Cattle Co. (Lee Ecans). Sec. 30. T. 9 N., R. 3 W., containing approximately the following acreage of federally owned land to be transferred to Bureau of Land Management:

475.62 acres: Public Domain administered by Indian Service under Secretarial order of May 31, 1939 (NW and S' 2 sec. 30).

Excluding therefrom 160 acres of Non-Indian fee patented land.

4A. Lands in the Canoncito purchase area now being used by the following: Estevan Herrera, D. J. Armijo, L Bar Cattle Co. (Lee Evans), and Benedicto Marquez. Beginning at the southeast corner of sec. 18, T. 11 N., R. 3 W.; thence north along section line approximately mile to a point where the west line of sec. 18 intersects the mesa rim; thence easterly and northerly following same mesa rim through secs. 17 and 8 and to approximately the center of sec. 5; thence east approximately 80 rods, north approximately 160 rods to north line of sec. 5, east approximately 80 rods to the northeast corner of sec. 5. T. 11 N., R. 3 W.; thence north approximately 15/10 miles along east line of secs. 32 and 29, T. 12 N., R. 3 W.; thence following meandering line of mesa rim in northeasterly and southerly direction through secs. 28 and 27 to a point where said mesa rim intersects north line of sec. 34; thece east approximately a mile to the west boundary of Canada de Los Alamos Grant; thence south approximately 1 miles to the southwest corner of said grant in sec. 3. T. 11 N., R. 3 W.; thence following a mesa rim in a southwesterly, southeasterly and southerly direction through secs. 3, 2, 10 and 11. T. 11 N., R. 3 W. to a point where said mesa rim intersects north line of sec. 14, T. 11 N., R. 3 W.; thence east approximately 52 miles to west boundary of Montano Grant; thence north along the west boundary of Montano Grant a distance of approximately 2

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miles to the north line of sec. 3, T. 11 N., R. 2 W.; thence west along township line a distance of approximately 22 miles to the northeast corner of set. 6, T. 11 N., R. 2 W.; thence north approximately 14 miles to a point on the east boundary of sec. 30, T. 12 N., R. 2 W.; thence easterly across sec. 29 to the east boundary of sec. 29 at a point 1,700 feet south of the northeast corner of said sec. 29; thence north a distance of 1,700 feet to the northeast corner of said section; thence north a distance of 4 miles to the northeast corner of sec. 5, T. 12 N., R. 2 W.; thence east along township line a distance of approximately 14 miles to the west boundary of Montano Grant; thence north a distance of approximately 234 miles to the northwest corner of Montano Grant; thence in a southwesterly direction on diagonal line through secs. 22, 21, 20, 29 and 30 to intersection of said diagonal line with Rio Salado; thence along Rio Salado in a southeasterly direction a distance of approximately 1 a mile to the east boundary of Agua Salado Grant; thence south a distance of approximately 3 miles along the east boundary of Agua Salado Grant to the southeast corner of said grant; thence west a distance of approximately 2 mile along the south boundary of Agua Salado Grant to range line common to Rs. 2 and 3 W.; thence continuing west a distance of approximately 6 miles along south boundary of said Agua Salado Grant to the range line common to Rs. 3 and 4 W.; thence continuing along south boundary of said Agua Salado Grant a distance of approximately 2 mile to a point in sec. 12, T. 12 N., R. 4 W. on east boundary of Cebolleta Grant; thence south a distance of approximately 4 miles along east boundary of Cebolleta Grant through secs. 12, 13, 24, 25 and 36 to a point on the south boundary of said sec. 26; thence in a southerly and southwesterly direction through secs. 1. 12, 13, 14, and 23 to a point on the south boundary of sec. 23, T. 11 N., R. 4 W.; thence east approximately 134 miles through secs. 23 and 24 to the east boundary of sec. 24; thence 1 mile east through sec. 19 to the east boundary of said sec.; thence a mile north to point of beginning, comprising an area of approximately the following acreage of federally owned land to be transferred to the Bureau of Land Management:

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13,373.23 acres: Resettlement Administration purchased land administered by Indian Service under Executive Order 7792 of January 18, 1938. 8,560.02 acres: Public Domain administered by Indian Service under Secretarial order of May 31, 1939. 160.84 acres: Rehabilitation, purchased pursuant to act of June 30, 1939 (53 Stat. 930), also Emergency Relief Appropriation Acts of 1940 and 1941. Excluding there from 2,209.64 acres of State land, and 11,338.85 acres of Non-Indian fee patented land.

4B. Lands in Canoncito purchase area now being used by Sam Angell. Beginning at the southeast corner of sec. 36. T. 11 N., R. 2 W.; thence west a distance of 2,376 feet along south boundary of sec. 36, thence north approximately 134 miles to the south boundary of Montano Grant; thence east along the south boundary of Montano Grant approximately 2,376 feet through sec. 25 to the range line common to Rs. 1 and 2 W.; thence east along the south boundary of Montano Grant a distance of approximately 2 miles to Rio Puerco; thence southeasterly, southwesterly, and southerly fol lowing the channel of Rio Puerco through secs. 28 and 33. T. 11 N., R. 1 W; thence southeasterly following the channel of Rio Puerco to the south line of sec. 4; thence west along the south line of said sec. 4 approximately smile; thence north approximately 80 rods; thence west approximately 160 rods; thence north along the west line of sec. 4 approximately 240 rods to the northwest corner of sec. 4. T. 10 N., R. 1 W.; thence west along the township lines common to T. 10 N., and T. 11 N. approximately 2 miles to point of beginning, containing approximately the following acreage of federally owned land to be transferred to the Bureau of Land Management:

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76.16 acres: Resettlement Administration purchased land, administered by Indian Service under Executive Order No. 7792 of January 18, 1938. 454.48 acres: Public Domain administered by Indian Service under Secretarial Order of May 31, 1939. Excluding there from 589.37 acres of State land, and 2,327.36 acres of Non-Indian fee patented land.

4C. Lands in Canoncito purchase area now being used by Ed Donahue and Sam Shalit. Beginning at the southwest corner of sec. 32. T. 10 N., R. 1 W. thence north approximately 1 mile along the west line of sec. 32 to the southeast corner of sec. 30; thence west approximately 2 mile along the north line of sec. 31; thence north approximately 4 mile; thence east 12 mile; thence south approximately 4 mile along the west line of sec. 29; thence east along the north lines of secs. 32 and 33 approximately 14 miles to Rio Puerco; thence southeasterly and southerly along Rio Puerco channel to the south line of sec. 33; thence west approximately 12 miles along the south line of secs. 33 and 32 to point of beginning, containing approximately the following acreage of federally owned land to be transferred to the Bureau of Land Management:

298.93 acres: Resettlement Administration purchased land administered by Indian Service under Executive Order No. 7792 on January 18, 1938.

80 acres: Public Domain administered by Indian Service under Secretarial order of May 31, 1939. Excluding there from 480 acres of State land, and 950.16 acres of Non-Indian fee patented land.

4D. Lands in Canoncito purchase area now being used by John J. Alonzo and Estevan Herrera. Beginning at the southeast corner of sec. 1, T. 9 N., R. 2 W., which is on the north boundary of Antonio Sedillo Grant; thence west along said grant boundary approximately 6 miles to the southwest corner of sec. 6, same township and range; thence north approximately 1 mile to the northwest corner of sec. 6, same township and range; thence north approximately 1 mile to the northwest corner of sec. 31, T. 10 N., R. 2 W.; thence east approximately 6 miles along the north lines of secs. 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, and 36 to the northeast corner of sec. 36; thence south approximately 1 mile along the east line of sec. 36 to the township line common to Tps. 9 and 10 N; thence south approximately 1 mile along the east line of sec. 1 to point of beginning, containing approximately the following acreage of federally owned land to be transferred to the Bureau of Land Management:

1,600 acres: Resettlement Administration purchased land administered by Indian Service under Executive Order No. 7792 of January 18, 1938. 1,266.24 acres: Public Domain administered by Indian Service under Secretarial order of May 31, 1939.

Excluding there from 1,601.80 acres of State land, and 760.63 acres of Indian fee patented land.

7A. San Ysidro Grant, west half, used by residents of community of San Ysidro, N. Mex. Beginning at northwest corner of San Ysidro Grant; thence south along west boundary of San Ysidro Grant the southwest corner of said grant; thence east along the south boundary of said grant to the Jemez River; thence northeasterly along Jemez River to the north boundary of said grant; thence west along said north boundary to point of beginning, containing:

4,815.85 acres: Resettlement Administration purchased land administered by Indian Service under Executive Order No. 7792 of January 18, 1938. 7B. Lands in Zia-Santa Ana purchase area, designated as Zia Pueblo community allotment and now used jointly by Zia Indian Pueblo and residents of the community of San Ysidro; N. Mer. Beginning at the intersection of the west line of sec. 3. T. 15 N., R. 1 E. with the south boundary of San Ysidro Grant; thence east along the San Ysidro Grant boundary approximately 3' 2 miles to the Jemez River in sec. 6, T. 15 N.. R. 2 E: thence in a southerly direction along the Jemez River to the south line of sec. 7, T. 15 N., R. 2 E: thence west to the southeast corner of sec. 12, T. 15 N.. R. 1 E.: thence south 4 miles to the southeast corner of sec. 36, T. 15 N., R. 1 E.; thence west 1 mile; thence south 1 mile to the southwest corner of sec. 1. T. 14 N., R. 1 E.; thence west approximately 1 mile to a mesa rim: thence in a southwesterly direction along mesa rim through secs. 11, 14, and 23, T. 14 N., R. 1 E. to the northeast corner of sec. 27. T. 14 N., R. 1 E.; thence south 1 mile to the southeast corner of said sec. 27: thence west 1 mile; thence north 3 miles to the northwest corner of sec. 15. T. 14 N., R. 1 E.; thence east 1 mile; thence north 1 mile; thence west 1 mile to the southwest corner of sec. 3. T. 14 N., R. 1 E.; thence north approximately 6' miles to point of beginning. containing approximately the following acreage of federally owned land to be transferred to the Bureau of Land management:

7,447.21 acres: Resettlement Administration purchased land administered by Indian Service under Executive Order No. 7792 of January 18, 1938. Excluding there from 3,192 acres of Public Domain administered by the Bureau of Land Management and used by Zia Pueblo (in common with non-Indians) under term permit from New Mexico Grazing District No. 1. 1.294.13 acres of State land, and 1.904.65 acres of Non-Indian fee patented land.

7C. Lands in the Zia-Santa Ana purchase area now being used by Frank Bond & Sen, Inc. Beginning at the northwest corner of sec. 35, T. 14 N., R. 1 E.; thence in a southerly and easterly direction along a mesa rim through secs. 35 and 36. T. 14 N., R. 1 E. to a point on the east line of sec. 36 approximately mile south of northeast corner of said section; thence in an easterly direction across sec. 31, T. 14 N.. R. 2 E.; thence northeasterly on a diagonal line across the northwest quarter of sec. 32. T. 14 N.. R. 2 E. to a point in sec. 29 approximately 1/4 mile north of south line of said section; thence in an easterly direction approximately 1 mile to a point in sec. 28; thence diagonally in a southeasterly direction to the southeast corner of sec. 23, T. 14 N., R. 2 E.; thence west along township line common to Tps. 13 and 14 N. a distance of approximately 5 miles to the southwest corner sec. 35, T. 14 N., R. 1 E.; thence north approximately 1 mile to point of beginning, containing approximately the following

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acreage of federally owned land to be transferred to the Bureau of Land Management:

1,517.60 acres: Resettlement Administration purchased land administered by Indian Service under Executive Order No. 7792 of January 18, 1938. Excluding there from 90 acres of Public domain administered by Bureau of Land Management, and 1,109.48 acres of State land.

III. The lands within the areas described in Section II are hereby added, as indicated below, to New Mexico Grazing Districts Nos. 1, 2, and 7, as heretofore established and modified:

Grazing District No. 1, Amendment No. 2 (1831005). The lands in areas numbered 1B, 3B, 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, 7A, 7B, and 7C in Section II of this order, and those portions of areas numbered 2A and 3A Section II not included in the hereinafter described portions of said areas added to Grazing District No. 2.

Grazing District No. 2, Amendment No. 3 (1638236). Those portions of areas numbered 2A and 3A in Section II of this order described as follows:

2A. Beginning at the southwest corner of sec. 31, T. 6 N., R. 10 W.; thence east along township line approximately 34 miles to a point where a high mesa rim intersects the south boundary of sec. 34, same township and range; thence northwesterly and northerly along a meandering line of same mesa rim through secs. 34, 27, 22, and 15 to a point in sec. 15 where the rim runs southeasterly for approximately 4 mile through secs. 15 and 22; thence northeasterly along same mesa rim through secs. 22, 15, 14, and 11 to a point in sec. 11 where same mesa rim turns in a northwesterly direction; thence northwesterly through secs. 11, 10, and 3 to a point where the mesa rim turns and runs in a southwesterly direction through secs. 4. 9, and 8 to a point in sec. 8 where the same mesa rim turns and runs in a northeasterly direction through secs. 8, 9 and 4, T. 6 N., R. 10 W.; thence in the same northeasterly direction through secs. 33, 34, 27, 23, and 14 to a point in sec. 14 where the same mesa rim turns and runs in a southeasterly and easterly direction through secs. 14 and 13, T. 7 N., R. 10 W. to a point where the mesa rim intersects the east line of sec. 13; thence north approximately 22 miles to the northeast corner sec. 1; thence west approximately 6 miles to the northwest corner sec. 6; thence south approximately 6 miles to the northeast corner sec. 1, T. 6 N., R. 11 W.; thence west approximately 6 miles to the northwest corner of sec. 6, same township and range; thence south approximately 6 miles along range line common to Rs. 11 and 12 W.; thence east along township line common to Tps. 5 and 6 N., a distance of approximately 6 miles to point of beginning in the Southwest corner sec. 31, T. 6 N., R. 10 W.

3A. Beginning at the southeast corner of sec. 36, T. 6 N., R. 6 W.; thence west along township line approximately 6 miles to a point of intersection on the south boundary of sec. 36, T. 6 N., R. 7 W. with a mesa rim; thence along said mesa rim in a northeasterly, westerly, and southwesterly direction through secs. 36, 35, and 34 to a point where same mesa rim runs in a northeasterly direction through secs. 34, 35, 26, and 25, T. 6 N., R. 7 W.; thence northeasterly and easterly along same mesa rim through secs. 30 and 19, T. 6 N., R. 6 W.; thence northwesterly and northerly along same mesa rim through said sec. 19, T. 6 N., R. 6 W., and through secs. 24, 13, 12, 11, and 2, T. 6 N., R. 7 W. to a point where said mesa intersects the north boundary of sec. 2, same township and range, which is on the south boundary of the Acoma Indian Reservation; thence east approximately 12 miles to the northeast corner of sec. 1, T. 6 N., R. 7 W.; thence north 3 miles to the northwest corner sec. 19, T. 7 N., R. 6 W.; thence east 2 miles to the northeast corner of sec. 20; thence south 1 mile to the southeast corner of said section; thence east 2 miles to the southwest corner of sec. 23; thence north 1 mile to the northwest corner of said

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section; thence east 2 miles to the northeast corner sec. 24; thence south along the range line common to Rs. 5 and 6 W., a distance of approximately 9 miles to a point of beginning in the southeast corner sec. 36, T. 6 N., R. 6 W.

Grazing District No. 7, Amendment No. 8 (1788903). The lands in area number 1A in section II of this order.

OSCAR L. CHAPMAN,
Secretary of the Interior.

March 25, 1950.

NEW MEXICO

Boundaries and Descriptions of Certain Lands Declared to be Held in Trust for Pueblo or Canoncito Navajo Indians and of Certain Lands Declared to be Public Domain; Transfer of Such Public Domain Lands to the Bureau of Land Management; Grazing Districts Modified; Revoking Orders of Withdrawal Affecting Such Lands

Correction

In the Federal Register Document 502679, published at page 1851 of the issue for Friday, March 31, 1950, the following corrections are made:

1. In the third column on page 1852, in the ninth line from the bottom "640,000" should read "640.00", and in the seventh line from the bottom "T. 7 N., R. 7 N." should read "T. 7 N., R. 7 W."

2. In the third column on page 1856, in the 13th line from the bottom, "said sec. 26" should read "said sec. 36".

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10191 Extension of Trust Periods on Indian Lands Expiring During the Calendar Year 1951

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 5 of the act of February 8, 1887, 24 Stat. 388, 389, by the act of June 21, 1906, 34 Stat. 325, 326, and by the act of March 2, 1917, 39 Stat. 969, 976, and other applicable provisions of law, it is hereby ordered that the periods of trust or other restrictions against alienation contained in any patent applying to Indian lands, whether of a tribal or individual status, which, unless extended, will expire during the calendar year 1951, be, and they are hereby extended for a further period of twenty-five years from the date on which any such trust would otherwise expire.

This order is not intended to apply to any case in which the Congress has specifically reserved to itself authority to extend the period of trust on tribal or individual Indian lands.

HARRY S. TRUMAN

THE WHITE HOUSE, December 13, 1950.

VOLUME 16-1951

[Order No. 2508, Amdt. 1]

BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
Delegation of Authority

1. The following is added to section 10, Health and welfare matters:

(g) The negotiation and execution of contracts with states or territories, or political subdivisions thereof, or with any other appropriate state agency or institution, for agricultural assistance, authorized by the act of June 4, 1936 (49 Stat. 1458; 25 U.S.C. secs. 452-454).

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2. The following are added to section 11, Funds and fiscal matters:

(1) The investment of restricted trust funds of individual Indians, and of group investment of funds held in the accounts of Indian Bureau Special Disbursing Agents, for individual Indians, Indian Associations and Indian Tribes in any public debt of the United States and in bonds, notes, or other obligations which are unconditionally guaranteed as to both principal and interest by the United States, as provided for by the act of June 24, 1938 (52 Stat. 1037), and the investment of funds of Osage Indians as provided by section 4 of the act of March 3, 1921 (41 Stat. 1250) and section 1 of the act of February 27, 1925 (43 Stat 1008-1009).

(m) The approval of expenditures or advances of tribal funds to the respective tribes for the purposes set forth and as prescribed in the acts of June 7, 1944 (58 Stat. 271); June 20, 1936 (49 Stat. 1543); June 24, 1946 (60 Stat. 302); sec. 3, May 19, 1947 (61 Stat. 102); sec. 7, April 19, 1950 (Pub. Law 474, 81st Cong., 2d Sess.); including supplements or amendments thereto, and under all other acts which may authorize the expenditure or advance of tribal funds to tribes for like purposes.

3. Section 12, Education, (a) is amended to read as follows:

(a) The negotiation and execution of contracts with any State or territory, or political subdivisions thereof, or with any State university, college, or school, or with any appropriate State or private corporation, agency, or institution, as authorized by the act of June 4, 1936 (25 U.S.C. sec. 452-454).

4. Section 13 (a), Lands and minerals, is amended to read as follows:

(a) The approval of leases for oil, gas and other mining purposes covering restricted tribal and allotted Indian lands pursuant to provisions of 25 CFR Parts 183, 186, 189, 195 and 201. The authority conferred by this paragraph extends to and includes the approval of, or other appropriate administrative action required on, all assignments of mineral leases now or hereafter in force on restricted tribal and allotted Indian lands, bonds and other instruments required in connection with such leases or assignments thereof, unit and communitization agreements, well-spacing orders of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission submitted for approval under authority of section 11 of the act of August 4, 1947 (61 Stat. 731), the acceptance of voluntary surrender of such leases by the lessees, cancellation of leases for violation of terms thereof, and approval of agreements for settlement of claims for damages to Indian lands resulting from oil and gas or other mineral operations.

5. Section 14(a), Oil leases; Osage Indian Agency, is amended to read as follows:

(a) Approve oil leases made by the Osage Tribal Council only after the approval by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs of the schedule of bids covering the_particular sale, and resolutions of the Council extending the prescribed periods for drilling of oil wells within the terms of oil leases.

6. The following is added to section 15,

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Irrigation matters:

(d) The approval of the annual and any supplemental apportionment of water each year for the irrigable lands of the San Carlos Indian Irrigation Project, Ari

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7. Section 25, Subdelegation, is amended to read as follows:

SEC. 25. Subdelegation. The authority conferred upon the Commissioner in this order may be subdelegated by him to the Associate Commissioner, Assistant Commissioners, Executive Officer, Chief Counsel, Associate Chief Counsel, Assistant Chief Counsel, Branch Chiefs, Area Directors, Superintendents of detached field offices and of agencies, and such other officers of the Bureau of Indian Affairs as are designated by him. The Commissioner may also subdelegate to such officials the authority conferred upon him by the general regulations appearing in 25 CFR, insofar as such authority relates to action in individual cases. Appeal from an action taken by the Superintendent or other officer of an agency pursuant to a subdelegation of authority under this section shall be taken to the Area Director and thence to the Commissioner. Appeal from an action taken by any other officer of the Bureau of Indian Affairs pursuant to a subdelegation of authority under this section shall be taken to the Commissioner. Appeals from the Commissioner shall be taken to the Secretary of the Interior.

(5 U.S.C. sec. 22; 25 U.S.C. secs. 1a, 2, 2a; sec. 2, Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, 15 F.R. 3174).

8. Sections 20, 21, and 22 of the order of January 11, 1949. 14 F.R. 258-260, are hereby repealed.

OSCAR L. CHAPMAN,
Secretary of the Interior.

January 11, 1951.

ALASKA

Order Revoking Proclamation of November 30, 1949, of Secretary of the Interior Establishing Reserve for Inhabitants of the Native Villages of Shungnak and Kobuk, Alaska, and Vicinity

Whereas by the proclamation of November 30, 1949 of the Secretary of the Interior, certain lands in Alaska were reserved for the exclusive use and occupancy of the native inhabitants of the villages of Shungnak and Kobuk, Alaska, and

Whereas such proclamation provided, among other things, that it should become effective only upon its approval by a majority of the natives residing in the area, voting in the manner prescribed in section 2 of the act of May 1, 1936 (49 Stat. 1250; 48 U.S.C. 358a), and

Whereas on April 24, 1950, the natives of the villages of Shungnak and Kobuk rejected the reservation:

Now, therefore, pursuant to the authority contained in the said section 2 of the act of May 1, 1936, the proclamation of November 30, 1949 is hereby revoked.

OSCAR L. CHAPMAN,
Secretary of the Interior.

March 12, 1951.

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ALASKA Order Revoking Proclamation of November 30, 1949, of Secretary of the Interior Establishing Reserve for Native Inhabitants of the Village of Barrow, Alaska

Whereas, by the Proclamation of November 30, 1949, of the Secretary of the Interior, certain lands in the vicinity of Barrow, Alaska, were withdrawn from settlement, location, sale or entry, and reserved to the native village of Barrow, Alaska, together with an area to be designated as the Barrow Coal Reserve, and

Whereas such proclamation provided, among other things, that it should become effective only upon its approval by a majority vote of the natives residing in the area, voting in the manner provided in section 2 of the act of May 1, 1936 (49 Stat. 1250; 48 U.S.C. 358a), and

Whereas, on February 6, 1950, the natives of the village of Barrow rejected the reservation;

Now, therefore, pursuant to the authority contained in the said Section 2 of the act of May 1, 1936, the proclamation of November 30, 1949, is hereby revoked. OSCAR L. CHAPMAN, Secretary of the Interior.

March 12, 1951.

WASHINGTON

Power-Site Restoration No. 502

April 17, 1951.

By virtue of the authority contained in section 13 of the act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 858; 43 U.S.C. 148), and upon the recommendation of the Geological Survey and the Bureau of Indian Affairs and in accordance with Departmental Order No. 2583 sec. 2.22(a) of August 16, 1950 (14 F.R. 5643), it is ordered as follows:

The order of the Acting Secretary of the Interior of November 7, 1911, reserving certain lands in Washington for use in connection with any irrigation project, power or reservoir site that may be established on the Colville Indian Reservation, is hereby revoked so far as it affects the following-described lands:

WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN

T. 32 N.. R. 33 E..

Sec. 29, W2 NE', and E' 2 NW' 4.

The areas described aggregate 160

acres.

The above-described lands are embraced in an Indian allotment on which trust patent has issued.

This order shall be known as Power-Site Restoration No. 502.

WILLIAM ZIMMERMAN, JR.,

Assistant Director.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10250

Providing for the Performance of Certain Functions of the President by the Secretary of the Interior

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 11 of the act of February 22, 1935, 49 Stat. 33, and section 1 of the act of August 8, 1950, 64 Stat. 419 (Public Law

673, 81st Congress), and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows:

1. The Secretary of the Interior hereby designated and empowered to perform the following-described functions of the President without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President:

(a) The authority vested in the President by section 1 of the act of July 10, 1935, ch. 375, 49 Stat. 477 (16 U.S.C. 19), to appoint members of the National Park Trust Fund Board.

(b) The authority vested in the President by section 2059 of the Revised Statutes (25 U.S.C. 62) to discontinue any Indian agency, or transfer the same, from the place or tribe designated by law to such other place or tribe as the public service may require.

(c) The authority vested in the President by section 6 of the act of May 17, 1882, ch. 163, 22 Stat. 88, as amended (25 U.S.C. 63), to consolidate two or more Indian agencies into one, to consolidate one or more Indian tribes, and to abolish such agencies as are thereby rendered unnecessary.

(d) The authority vested in the PresiIdent by the act of March 1, 1907, ch. 2285, 34 Stat. 1016 (25 U.S.C. 140), to divert appropriations made for certain purposes to other uses for the benefit of the several Indian tribes: Provided, that the Secretary of the Interior shall make to the Congress reports required in connection with action taken by him under this provision.

(e) The authority vested in the President by section 5 of the act of February 8, 1887, ch. 119, 24 Stat. 389, as amended (25 U.S.C. 348), by the act of December 24, 1942, ch. 814, 56 Stat. 1081 (25 U.S.C. 348a), by the act of June 21, 1906, ch. 3504, 34 Stat. 326 (25 U.S.C. 391), and by section 3 of the act of January 12, 1891, 26 Stat. 712, as amended by section 3 of the act of March 2, 1917, ch. 146, 39 Stat. 976, to extend trust periods on land patents issued to Indians and to continue restrictions on alienation.

(f) The authority vested in the President by section 2554(b) of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. 2554(b)) to authorize certain persons in the Virgin Islands to obtain certain drugs for legitimate medical purposes without regard to order forms and by section 2603(b) of such Code (26 U.S.C. 2603(b)) to provide for the registration of and the imposition of special and transfer taxes upon persons in the Virgin Islands who import, manufacture, produce, compound, sell, deal in, dispense, prescribe, administer, or give away marihuana: Provided, that the Secretary of the Interior shall perform the functions referred to in this subsection in consultation with the Department of the Treasury.

(g) The authority vested in the President by section 2343 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 46) to establish additional land districts and to appoint necessary officers under existing laws when deemed necessary for the public convenience in executing certain provisions of law with respect to mineral lands and mining.

(h) The authority vested in the President by section 2252 of the Revised Stat

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