A BILL To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey title to certain inherited undivided interests in restricted fee allotments, trust, and purchased restricted lands located on the Lac du Flambeau Indian Reservation in Wisconsin, and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to convey title to undivided interests in restricted fee allotments, trust, and purchased-restricted lands located on the Lac du Flambeau Indian Reservation, Wisconsin. If the Secretary of the Interior decides the heir or heirs competent to manage their own affairs, he may issue to each heir or heirs unrestricted title to their land. If he shall decide one or more of the heirs to be incompetent, he may in his discretion convey to such incompetents' interests: Provided (a) That the heirs owning majority interests have consented to a sale; said majority interests to include interests of the incompetents; (b) That the land is not sold for less than the fair market value; (c) That proceeds of sale of inherited lands shall be paid to such heirs as may be competent and in trust subject to use and expenditure during the trust period for such heirs as may be incompetent, as their respective interests shall appear: Provided further, That prior to conveyance with respect to any restricted fee or purchased-restricted lands which are owned by more than one individual Indian, the Secretary may (d) Upon request of any owners of undivided interests, partition the land and issue to each owner a patent or deed for his individual share; (e) Upon request of any owner of partitioned land where the Secretary determines to be in need of such assistance, sell such land and pay proceeds of sale to owners. RESOLUTION 25 Whereas the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Chippewa Indians are interested in the land-sale program, and to further the benefits of this program; and Whereas this program is for the purpose of consolidating land in one type of ownership and at the same time eliminate the heirship problem to some extent on the reservation; and Whereas the original allottees were issued restricted fee patents to the land and in this type of ownership title passed to the allottee subject to restrictions against alienation or encumbrance without the consent of the Secretary of the Interior; and Whereas in order to sell this type of allotment to a non-Indian or to the tribe, it is necessary under present law that a deed of conveyance be executed by each heir and this is impossible in most of the allotments which are now in complicated ownership: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by this council in regular session assembled, That in order to properly carry out the program of the tribal council and also to aid in solving the heirship problem on other allotments in the reservation, we respectfully request that legislation be enacted which will authorize the Secretary of the Interior or his authorized representative to transfer title to purchaser of a restricted fee patent allotment in the same manner as he is now able to do with trust allotments under the act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 855, 856); and be it further Resolved, That a certified copy of this resolution be sent to our Congressman Hon. Alvin E. O'Konski, Washington, D. C. A BILL To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey title to certiz inherited undivided interests in restricted fee allotments, trust, and purchaseri restricted lands located on the Lac Courte Oreilles Indian Reservation in WiscODEL. and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereer authorized and directed to convey title to undivided interests in restricted fee allotment, trust, and purchased-restricted lands located on the Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation, Wisconsin. If the Secretary of the Interior decides the heir or heirs competent to manage their own affairs, he may issue to such heir or heirs unrestricted title to their land; if he shall decide one or more heirs to be incompetent, he may in his discret, convey title to such incompetents interest: Provided (a) That the heirs owning a majority interest have consented to a sale: said majority interest to include interest of incompetents; (b) That the land is not sold for less than the fair market price; (c) That the proceeds of sale of inherited lands shall be paid to such heir or heirs as may be competent and held in trust subject to use and expenditure during the trust period for such heirs as may be incompetent, as their respective interests shall appear: Provided further, That prior to conveyance with respect to any restricted fee or purchased restricted lands which are owned by more than one individual Indian, the Secretary may (d) Upon request of any owners of undivided interest, partition the land and issue to each owner a patent or deed for his individual share; (e) Upon request of any owner of partitioned land where the Secretary determines to be in need of such assistance, sell such land and pay the proceeds of sale to owners. RESOLUTION Whereas we, the members of the Bad River Tribal Council, duly authorized. under article VIII, section 1, of the constitution and bylaws of the Bad River Band of Chippewa Indians, to regulate and consolidate the multiple and complicated unrestricted heirship lands on the Bad River Reservation; and Whereas to alleviate the problems presently encountered in conveying undivided interests in restricted fee patented lands, to execute a deed of conveyance of the restricted allotments, consisting of the cutting of the matured timber thereon, and the sales of land as provided under act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat 855, 856); and Whereas to partition the incompetent heirs of said lands, and to issue each owner a deed for his or her individual share, and hold in trust under the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, and upon request of any owners of undivided interest, partition the land and issue to each owner a patent or deed: Therefore, be it Resolved, That the Secretary of the Interior be authorized to convey title to certain inherited undivided interests in restricted fee allotments, and the Bad River Tribal Council be empowered to condemn these multiple complicated heirship lands for tribal purposes as provided under section 1 of the constitution and bylaws of the band, and such lands be purchased by the Bad River Tribal funds; and be it further Resolved, That a certified copy of this resolution be submitted to our honorable Congressman Alvin E. O'Konski, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C., for submission in this session of Congress of the United States. A BILL To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey title to certain inherited undivided interests in restricted fee allotments, trust, and purchased restricted lands located on the Bad River Indian Reservation in Wisconsin, and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to convey title to undivided interests in the restricted fee allotments, trusts, and purchased restricted lands located on the Bad River Indian Reservation, Wisconsin. If the Secretary of the Interior decides the heir or heirs competent to manage their own affairs, he may issue to such heir or heirs unrestricted title to their land; if he shall decide one or more of the heirs to be incompetent, he may in his discretion, convey title to such incompetents interests: Provided (a) That the heirs owning a majority interests have consented to a sale; said majority interests to include interest of incompetents; (b) That the land is not sold for less than the fair market value; (c) That the proceeds of sale of inherited lands shall be paid to such heir or heirs as may be competent and held in trust subject to use and expenditure during the trust period for such heirs as may be incompetent, as their respective interests shall appear: Provided further, That prior to conveyance with respect to any restricted fee or purchased restricted lands which are owned by more than one individual Indian, the Secretary of the Interior may (d) Upon request of any owners of undivided interests, partition the land and issue to each owner a patent or deed for his individual share; (e) Upon request of any owner of partitioned land where the Secretary of the Interior determines to be in need of such assistance, sell such land and pay the proceeds of sale to owners. |