San Diego, California, is needed to provide dwelling accommodations for members of a tribe of Indians in Riverside County, or San Diego County, or Imperial County, California, and to prescribe whether the transfer and conveyance of such housing without consideration shall be to such tribe, to the members thereof, or to the Secretary of the Interior in trust therefore, in accordance with section 805 (3) of the Housing Act of 1954 (August 2, 1954, 68 Stat. 590, 645).

SEC. 2. Redelegation. The Commissioner of Indian Affairs may redelegate, in writing, the authority delegated in section 1 of this order and he may authority written redelegation of such authority.

(Sec. 2, Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950; 5 U.S.C., 1952 ed., sec. 133z-15, note)

CLARENCE A. DAVIS,

Acting Secretary of the Interior.

Trust Periods Expiring During Calendar Year 1955

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority delegated by Executive Order No. 10250 of June 5, 1951, and pursuant to section 5 of the act of February 8, 1887, 24 Stat. 388, 389, the act of June 21, 1906, 34 Stat. 325, 326, and 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 1955, be, and the same are hereby, extended for a further period of one year

[Order 2508. Amdt. 9]

from the date on which any such trust would otherwise expire.

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

DOUGLAS MCKAY,
Secretary of the Interior.

December 13, 1954.

[Order 2778]

COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS Delegation of Authority to Negotiate Contracts for Procurement of Feeding Service

December 15, 1954.

SECTION 1. Delegation of authority. The Commissioner of Indian Affairs is authorized to exercise, in accordance with applicable limitations and requirements in the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (41 U.S.C., 1952 ed., sec. 252), particularly sections 304 and 307, and policies, procedures, and controls prescribed by the General Services Administration, the authority delegated to the Secretary of the Interior by the Administrator of General Services (19 F. R. 8051) to negotiate, without advertising, under section 302 (c)(9) of the said act, contracts for feeding services required to carry out Indian education program responsibilities of the Bureau.

SEC. 2. Redelegation. The authority granted in section 1 of this order may not be redelegated.

CLARENCE A. DAVIS,
Acting Secretary of the Interior.

BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
Delegations of Authority

December 30, 1954.

Order No. 2508, as amended (14 F. R. 258; 16 F. R. 473, 11620, 11974; 17 F. R. 1570, 6418; 19 F. R. 34, 1123, 4585), is further amended as follows, to authorize the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to exercise the authority of the Secretary in relation to the classes of matters indicated.

1. Two new paragraphs designated (x) and (y) and reading as follows are added to section 11 Funds and fiscal matters:

(x) The payment of salaries and expenses of officials or representatives of the Fort Peck Tribes and the determination of the length of stay of representatives of the tribes at the seat of government, as well as the advance to the tribes and the approval of the expenditure of tribal funds for such other purposes as may be designated by the Fort Peck Tribal Executive Board pursuant to the act of June 29, 1954 (68 Stat. 329).

(y) The approval of partial releases and satisfactions of mortgages given as secu

rity for loans from the United States made pursuant to 25 CFR Part 21.

2. Paragraph (o) of section 13 Lands and minerals is amended to read as follows:

(0) The approval of rights-of-way pursuant to 25 CFR Part 256. This authority extends to and includes the issuance of advance authority for preliminary surveys and permission to begin construction prior to final approval of the rights-of-way.

3. A new section 24 reading as follows, is added:

SEC. 24. Lease of space, Navajo. The procurement by lease for terms not in excess of 5 years, in accordance with section 3 of the act of August 27, 1935, as amended (40 U.S.C. 304c), and subject to the conditions imposed by the Administrator of General Services in his order of June 3, 1954 (19 F. R. 3361), of the necessary space and facilities in the towns and cities of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah surrounding the Navajo Reservation, in connection with the schooling of Navajo children.

4. Section 25 is amended to read as follows:

SEC. 25. Redelegation. (a) The Commismissioner of Indian Affairs may, in writing, redelegate to any officer or employee

of the Bureau of Indian Affairs any authority delegated to him by this order or by the regulations in 25 CFR, and he may authorize written redelegations of any such authority.

5. A new section 29 reading as follows, is added after section 28:

SEC. 29. Authority in 25 CFR. The Commissioner may exercise any authority delegated to his subordinates by the regulations in 25 CFR.

6. Paragraph (a) of section 100 Revocation; saving clause, is amended to read as follows:

(a) This order supersedes Subpart JBureau of Indian Affairs, of Part 4, Title 43, Code of Federal Regulations, as amended (Orders Nos. 2161, 2252, 2311, 2326, 2335, 2356), Orders Nos. 341, 1996 (9 F. R. 12422), 2466, 2502 (13 F. R. 8718), and 2760 (19 F. R. 3448).

CLARENCE A. DAVIS,

Acting Secretary of the Interior. ORDER DESIGNATING RESERVATION FOR INDIANS OF HYDABURG, ALASKA Notice of Invalidation

Notice is hereby given that the order of the Secretary of the Interior of November 30, 1949, 14 F. R. 7318, issued pursuant to section 2 of the act of May 1, 1936 (49 Stat. 1250; 48 U.S.C. 1946 ed. sec. 235a), designating an area in the Tongass National Forest as a reservation for the use and occupancy of the Indians of Hydaburg, Alaska, was declared invalid by a judgment and decree of the District Court for the Territory of Alaska, Division No. 1 at Juneau, of May 22, 1953 (No. 6445-A), in the case entitled United States of America v. Libby, McNeill and Libby.

FRED G. AANDAHL,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
December 30, 1954.

FORT PECK INDIAN RESERVATION Withdrawing Lands in Aid of Proposed Legislation; Partially Revoking Departmental Orders of March 14, 1913, and November 27, 1917, Which Withdrew Lands for Reclamation Purposes By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior it is ordered as follows:

1. Subject to valid existing rights the following-described lands in the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in Montana are hereby withdrawn from all forms of disposal under the public-land laws, including the mining and the mineral-leasing laws but excepting the act of May 20, 1922 (42 Stat. 857; 25 U.S.C. 400), and the act of May 11, 1938 (52 Stat. 347; 25 U.S.C. 396a-396f), in aid of proposed legislation:

MONTANA PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN

T. 33 N., R. 48 E.,

Sec. 36, S1/2.

T. 32 N., R. 49 E..

Sec. 4, W' 2;

Sec. 5;

Sec. 6. E' NE4, E2SE4, SW4SE4:

Secs. 7 and 8;

Sec. 9, W2, SW4SE'4:

Secs. 16 and 17;

Sec. 18, NE;

Sec. 20, E'2;
Sec. 21;

Sec. 22, W2NW4, SW

Sec. 27, W2NE14, W2SE, W Sec. 28.

The areas described aggregate approximately 6,880 acres.

2. The order of the Assistant Secretary of the Interior of March 14, 1913, reserving certain lands in the Fort Peck Indian Reservation for reservoir or construction purposes, or as camp sites, as provided in section 13 of the act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 858), and the order of the First Assistant Secretary of the Interior of November 27, 1917, as amended March 5, 1919, withdrawing certain lands in the second form pursuant to section 3 of the Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388; 43 U.S.C. 416) are hereby revoked so far as they affect the lands above described.

FRED G. AANDAHL,

Assistant Secretary of the Interior. December 31, 1954.

1[Order 2509, Amdt. 23]

SOLICITOR AND CHIEF CLERK

Delegations of Authority Pertaining to Enrollment of Indians and Contracts for Supplies and Services

January 7, 1955.

1. A new section 30 reading as follows, is added to Order No. 2509, as amended (17 F. R. 6793, 8634; 19 F. R. 433, 2706, 6312, 7417, 9428):

SEC. 30. Indian enrollment appeals. The Solicitor is authorized to exercise all of the authority of the Secretary of the Interior with respect to the disposition of appeals pertaining to enrollment of Indians, pursuant to 25 CFR 51.7, 53.8 and 55.8.

DOUGLAS MCKAY, Secretary of the Interior.

[Order 2783]

COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS Delegation of Authority with Respect to Contracts for Services of Engineering and Architectural Firms

January 12, 1955.

SECTION 1. Delegation of authority. The Commissioner of Indian Affairs is authorized to exercise, in accordance with Title III of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (41 U.S.C. 251 et seq.), the authority delegated to the Secretary of the Interior by the Administrator of General Services (20 F. R. 12) to negotiate, without advertising, under section 302 (c) (4) of the act, contracts for the services of engineering and architectural firms when such services are incident to the activities and programs of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

SEC. 2. Redelegation. The Commissioner of Indian Affairs may, in writing, redelegate or authorize written redelegation of the authority granted in section 1 of this order. Each such redelegation shall be published in the FEDERAL REGISTER.

DOUGLAS MCKAY,
Secretary of the Interior.

[Order No. 2508, Amdt. 10] BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

Delegations of Authority

January 18, 1955.

Order No. 2508, as amended (14 F. R. 258; 16 F. R. 473, 11620, 11974; 17 F. R. 1570, 6418; 19 F. R. 34, 1123, 4585, 20 F. R. 167) is further amended as follows:

1. Paragraph (b) of section Lands and minerals is amended to read as follows:

(b) All those matters set forth in 25 CFR Part 241.

2. Section 26 is amended to read as follows:

SEC. 26. Repeal. The following provisions of this order are repealed: Sections 13 (c), (d), (e), and (g); section 20; section 21; and section 22.

DOUGLAS MCKAY,
Secretary of the Interior.

OAHE DAM AND RESERVOIR
PROJECT, SOUTH DAKOTA

Ratification and Approval of Act for Acquisition of Lands

Pursuant to the authority vested in me, I, Douglas McKay, Secretary of the Interior, do hereby proclaim that the agreement between the United States of America and the Indians of the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation contained in the act of September 3, 1954 (68 Stat. 1191), has been ratified and approved in writing by threequarters of the adult members of the Indians of the Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota, as shown by the tribal rolls of said reservation, and that the date of this proclamation is the effective date of the act.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the seal of the Department of the Interior to be affixed this 6th day of April 1955.

DOUGLAS MCKAY,
Secretary of the Interior.

[Order 2508, Amdt. 11]

BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
Authority Under Specific Acts

A new section 29 and reading as follows, is added to Order No. 2508, as amended (14 F. R. 258; 16 F. R. 473, 11620, 11974; 17 F. R. 1570, 6418; 19 F. R. 34, 1123, 4585; 20 F. R. 167, 552):

SEC. 29. Authority under specific acts. (a) The Commissioner of Indian Affairs, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, is authorized to perform the functions and exercise the authority now or hereafter vested in the Secretary of the Interior by:

(1) The act of June 17, 1954 (Pub. Law 399, 83d Cong., 2d session; 68 Stat. 250),

(2) The act of August 13, 1954 (Pub. Law 587, 83d Cong., 2d session; 68 Stat. 718),

(3) The act of August 13, 1954 (Pub. Law 588, 83d Cong., 2d session; 68 Stat. 724),

(4) The act of August 23, 1954 (Pub. Law 627, 83d Cong., 2d session; 68 Stat. 768),

(5) The act of August 27, 1954 (Pub. Law 671, 83d Cong., 2d session; 68 Stat. 868),

(6) The act of September 1, 1954 (Pub.

ALABAMA AND COUSHATTA TRIBES OF INDIANS OF TEXAS, AND INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS THEREOF Proclamation Regarding Termination of Federal Supervision Över Property Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of August 23, 1954 (68 Stat. 768), I, Douglas McKay, Secretary of the Interior, do hereby proclaim that:

1. I am this day executing a quitclaim deed, effective July 1, 1955, which conveys to the State of Texas the lands held in trust by the United States for the tribe of Indians organized and known as the Alabama and Coushatta Tribes of Texas, located in Polk County, Texas. Such lands shall be held by the State of Texas in trust for the benefit of the Indians of the Alabama and Coushatta Tribes of Texas, subject to such conditions regarding management and use as the State of Texas may prescribe, and the disposition of such lands shall be subject to approval of a majority of the adult members of the Alabama and Coushatta Tribes of Texas.

2. On and after July 1, 1955, the tribe and its members shall not be entitled to any of the services performed by the United States for Indians because of their status as Indians, except that such Indians shall be eligible for admission, on the same terms that apply to other Indians, to hospitals and schools maintained by the United States.

3. Effective on July 1, 1955, all powers of the Secretary of the Interior or any other officer of the United States to take, review, or approve any action under the constitution and by-laws of the Alabama and Coushatta Tribes of Texas approved on August 19, 1938, pursuant to the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984), are terminated. Any powers conferred upon the tribe by its constitution and by-laws that are inconsistent with the provisions of the Act of August 23, 1954, supra, are terminated. Such termination shall not affect the power of the tribe to take any action under its constitution and by-laws that is consistent with that Act without the participation of the Secretary or other officer of the United States in such action.

4. Effective on July 1, 1955, the indebtedness of the Alabama and Coushatta Tribes of Texas to the United States incurred under the provisions of the Act of May 29, 1928 (45 Stat. 883, 900) is cancelled.

5. Effective on July 1, 1955, the corpo

rate charter of the Alabama and Coushatta Tribes of Texas issued pursuant to the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984), and ratified on October 17, 1939, is revoked.

6. After July 1, 1955, the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984), as amended by the Act of June 15, 1935 (49 Stat. 387), shall not apply to the tribe and its members.

7. On and after July 1, 1955, all statutes of the United States which affect Indians because of their status as Indians shall no longer be applicable to the Alabama and Coushatta Tribes of Texas or the members thereof, except as provided in provision 2 of this proclamation, and the laws of the several states shall apply to the tribe and its members in the same manner as they apply to other citizens or persons within their jurisdiction.

8. Nothing in this proclamation, issued pursuant to Public Law 627, 83d Congress, shall affect the status of the members of the tribe as citizens of the United States.

In witness whereof, I have hereunder subscribed my name and caused the seal of the Department of the Interior to be affixed this 25th day of May 1955.

DOUGLAS MCKAY, Secretary of the Interior.

[Order 2508, Amdt. 12]

BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

Delegations of Authority

July 11, 1955.

The section entitled Authority under Specific Acts of Order No. 2508, as amended (20 F. R. 3834), is renumbered Section 30, and paragraph (a) thereof is amended by the addition of the following:

(7) The act of August 30, 1954 (Public Law 716, 83d Congress, 2d session; 68 Stat. 980).

DOUGLAS MCKAY, Secretary of the Interior.

MONTANA

Partially Revoking Departmental Order of February 6, 1911, Establishing Babb Townsite and Restoring Released Lands to Ownership of Blackfeet Tribe of Indians

By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior by the act of March 1, 1907 (34 Stat. 1039) and section 3 of the act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984; 25 U. S. C. 463), it is ordered as follows:

The Departmental order of February 6, 1911, so far as it reserved the followingdescribed lands on the Blackfeet Reservation at Babb, Montana, for townsite purposes is hereby revoked, and the unreserved, undisposed of lands are hereby restored to tribal ownership for the benefit of the Blackfeet Tribe of Indians of the Blackfeet Reservation, and are added to and made a part of the existing reservation:

MONTANA PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN

T. 36 N., R. 14 W.,

Sec. 15, SW4SW1⁄44, W1/2SE1⁄4SW, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, W2NESE1⁄4/SW1⁄4, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4SÉ1⁄41⁄4SW1⁄44;

Sec. 16, SESE1⁄44;

Sec. 21, NENE1⁄4;

Sec. 22, NWNW1⁄4.

The areas described aggregate 197.5

acres.

Lots 6, 7, and 8 of Block 10, lots 6, 7, 8, 14, 15, and 16 of Block 11, all of Block 12 and lots 1 to 7, inclusive, of Block 13, according to plat of Babb Townsite approved March 16, 1912, have been sold, and lots 1, 2, 3, 9, 10, and 11 of Block 11 and lots 1, 2, and 3 of Block 10 were reserved as an administrative site for use of the Bureau of Indian Affairs by Departmental order of April 9, 1954.

ORME LEWIS,

Assistant Secretary of the Interior. August 18, 1955.

[Order 2508, Amdt. 13]

BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

Delegations of Authority

September 13, 1955. Order No. 2508, as amended (14 F. R. 258; 16 F. R. 473, 11620, 11974; 17 F. R. 1570, 6418; 19 F. R. 34, 1123, 4585; 20 F. R. 167,552, 3834, 5106), is further amended as follows:

1. The following paragraph (i) is added to section 10 Health and Welfare Matters to read as follows:

(i) The approval of sentences imposed on Indian employees of the Bureau of Indian Affairs by Courts of Indian Offenses as provided in 25 CFR 161.2 (d), and by tribal courts as provided by any law and order code.

2. Paragraph (n) of Section 13 Lands and minerals is amended to read as follows: (n) All those matters set forth in 25 CFR 171.

3. Section 19 Litigation; Five Civilized Tribes is amended to read as follows:

SEC. 19. Litigation: Five Civilized Tribes. The Commissioner or the Superintendent for the Five Civilized Tribes may exercise the authority of the Secretary (a) to make determinations against the removal to the United States District Court of cases in which notices have been served upon the Superintendent under Section 3 of the act of April 12, 1926 (44 Stat. 239), and (b) to submit to the Department of Justice recommendations for the removal of such cases to the United States District Court.

4. A new Section 31 is added to read as follows:

SEC. 31. Forms. The Commissioner may exercise the authority of the Secretary to approve and revise forms prescribed or required in 25 CFR.

5. Section 26 Repeal is amended by the addition of Section 14 after Section 13 (g). DOUGLAS MCKAY, Secretary of the Interior.

TRUST PERIODS EXPIRING DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1956

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority delegated by Executive Order No. 10250 of June 5, 1951, and pursuant to section 5 of the act of February 8, 1887, 24 Stat. 388, 389, the act of June 21, 1906, 34 Stat. 325, 326, and 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 1956, be, and the same are hereby, extended for a further period of one year from the date on which any such trust would otherwise expire.

NEW MEXICO

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

WESLEY A. D'EWART, Assistant Secretary of the Interior. November 9, 1955.

Partially Revoking Departmental Order of Sept. 1, 1939, Which Placed Lands Under Jurisdiction of Commissioner of Indian Affairs for Use of Navajo Indians

By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior by section 4 of the act of March 3, 1927 (44 Stat. 1347), it is ordered as follows:

The Departmental order of September 1, 1939, temporarily withdrawing lands for Indian use in aid of proposed legislation to adjust Navajo Indian land matters in New Mexico, is hereby revoked so far as it affects the following-described land:

NEW MEXICO PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN

T. 23 N., R. 12 W.,

Sec. 29.

The area described contains 640 acres. The released land is embraced in State exchange application, New Mexico 011851, by which the offered land will benefit a Federal land program. The land, therefore, is not subject to the provisions contained in the act of September 27, 1944 (58 Stat. 747; U. S. C. 279-284), as amended, granting preference rights to veterans of World War II, the Korean conflict, and others.

WESLEY A. D'EWART, Assistant Secretary of the Interior. March 22, 1956.

ALASKA

Order Revoking Proclamations of May 20, 1943, of Assistant Secretary of the Interior, Establishing Reserves for Inhabitants of Native Villages of Shishmaref and White Mountain, Alaska Whereas by proclamations of May 20, 1943, of the Assistant Secretary of the Interior, certain lands in Alaska were reserved for the exclusive use and occupancy of the native inhabitants of the villages of Shishmaref and White Mountain, Alaska; and

Whereas such proclamations provided, among other things, that they should become effective upon their 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 the natives of the villages of Shishmaref and White Mountain have rejected the reservations:

Now, therefore, pursuant to the authority contained in the said section 2 of the

act of May 1, 1936, the said proclamations of May 20, 1943, are hereby revoked. WESLEY A. D'EWART, Assistant Secretary of the Interior. June 20, 1956.

[Public Land Order 1310] UTAH

Power Site Restoration No. 515; Partially Revoking Temporary Power Site Withdrawal No. 1 of May 4, 1909, and Executive Orders of July 2, 1910 and January 23, 1912, Which Established Power Site Reserves No. 1 and No. 243, Respectively.

By virtue of the authority vested in the President by Section 1 of the act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 847; 43 U. S. C. 141), and pursuant to Executive Order No. 10355 of May 26, 1952, it is ordered as follows:

1. The order of the Secretary of the Interior of May 4, 1909, described as Temporary Power Site Withdrawal No. 1, temporarily withdrawing certain lands in Utah in aid of proposed legislation affecting the disposal of the water-power sites on the public domain, and the Executive order of July 2, 1910, ratifying, confirming, and continuing the said order of May 4, 1909, in full force and effect, and reserving the lands so withdrawn for water-power sites as Power Site Reserve No. 1, are hereby revoked so far as they affect the following-described lands: