Pueblo of Jemez, $1,885; pueblo of Nambe, $47,439.50; pueblo of Taos, $84,707.09; pueblo of Santa Ana, $2,908.38; pueblo of Santo Domingo, $4,256.56; pueblo of Sandia, $12,980.62; pueblo of San Felipe, $14,954.53; pueblo of Isleta, $47,751.31; pueblo of Picuris, $66,574.40; pueblo of San Ildefonso, $37,058.28; pueblo of San Juan, $153,863.04; pueblo of Santa Clara, $181,114.19; pueblo of Cochiti, $37,826.37; pueblo of Pojoaque, $68,562.61; pueblo of Laguna, $33,566.47; in all, $795,521.35.

SEC. 3. Pursuant to the aforesaid act of June 7, 1924, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, a sum to compensate white settlers or non-Indian claimants who have been found by the Pueblo Lands Board, created under said act of June 7, 1924, to have occupied and claimed land in good faith but whose claim has not been sustained and whose occupation has been terminated under said act of June 7, 1924, for the fair market value of lands, improvements appurtenant thereto, and water rights. The non-Indian claimants, or their successors, as found and reported by said Pueblo Lands Board, to be compensated out of said appropriations to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior in the amounts due them as appraised by the appraisers appointed by said Pueblo Lands Board, as follows: Within the pueblo of Tesuque, $1,094.64; within the pueblo of Nambe, $19,393.59; within the pueblo of Taos, $14,064.57; within the Tenorio tract, Taos pueblo, $43,165.26; within the pueblo of Santa Ana (El Ranchito grant), $846.26; within the pueblo of Santo Domingo, $66; within the pueblo of Sandia, $5,354.46; within the pueblo of San Felipe, $16,424.68; within the pueblo of Isleta, $6,624.45; within the pueblo of Picuris, $11,464.73; within the pueblo of San Ildefonso, $16,209.13; within the pueblo of San Juan, $19,938.22; within the pueblo of Santa Clara, $35,350.88; within the pueblo of Cochiti, $9,653.81; within the pueblo of Pojoaque, $1,767.26; within the pueblo of Laguna, $30,668.87; in all, $232,086.80: Provided, however, That the Secretary of the Interior shall report back to Congress any errors in the amount of award measured by the present fair market value of the lands involved, and any errors in the omissions of legitimate claimants for award, with evidence supporting his report and recommendations.

SEC. 4. That for the purpose of safeguarding the interests and welfare of the tribe of Indians known as the Pueblo de Taos of New Mexico in the certain lands hereinafter described, upon which lands said Indians depend for water supply, forage for their domestic livestock, wood and timber for their personal use, and as the scene of certain of their religious ceremonials, the Secretary of Agriculture may, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to designate and segregate said lands, which shall not thereafter be subject to entry under the land laws of the United States, and to thereafter grant to said Pueblo de Taos, upon application of the governor and council thereof, a permit to occupy said lands and use the resources thereof for the personal use and benefit of said tribe of Indians for a period of fifty years, with provision for subsequent renewals if the use and occupancy by said tribe of Indians shall continue, the provisions of the permit are met and the continued protection of the watershed is required by public interest. Such permit shall specifically provide for and safeguard all rights and equities hitherto established and enjoyed by said tribe of Indians under any contracts or agreements hitherto existing, shall authorize the free use of wood, forage, and lands for the personal or tribal needs of said Indians, shall define the conditions under which natural resources under the control of the Department of Agriculture not needed by said Indians shall be made available for commercial use by the Indians or others, and shall establish necessary and proper safeguards for the efficient supervision and operation of the area for national forest purposes and all other purposes herein stated, the area referred to being described as follows: Beginning at the northeast corner of the pueblo de Taos grant, thence northeasterly along the divide between Rio Pueblo de Taos and Rio Lucero and along the divide between Rio Pueblo de Taos and Red River to a point a half mile east of Rio Pueblo de Taos; thence southwesterly on a line half mile east of Rio Pueblo de Taos and parallel thereto to the northwest corner of township 25 north, range 15 east; thence south on the west boundary of township 25 north, range 15 east, to the divide between Rio Pueblo de Taos and Rio Fernandez de Taos; thence westerly along the divide to the east boundary of the pueblo de Taos grant; thence north to the point of beginning; containing approximately thirty thousand

acres, more or less.

SEC. 5. Except as otherwise provided herein the Secretary of the Interior shall disburse and expend the amounts of money herein authorized to be appropriated, in accordance with and under the terms and conditions of the act approved June 7, 1924: Provided, however, That the Secretary be authorized to cause necessary

surveys and investigations to be made promptly to ascertain the lands and water rights that can be purchased out of the foregoing appropriations and earlier appropriations made for the same purpose, with full authority to disburse said funds in the purchase of said lands and water rights without being limited to the appraised values thereof as fixed by the appraisers appointed by the Pueblo Lands Board appointed under said act of June 7, 1924, and all prior acts limiting the Secretary of the Interior in the disbursement of said funds to the appraised value of said lands as fixed by said appraisers of said Pueblo Lands Board be, and the same are, expressly repealed: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to disburse a portion of said funds for the purpose of securing options upon said lands and water rights and necessary abstracts of title thereof for the necessary period required to investigate titles and which may be required before disbursement can be authorized: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized, out of the appropriations of the foregoing amounts and out of the funds heretofore appropriated for the same purpose, to purchase any available lands within the several pueblos which in his discretion it is desirable to purchase, without waiting for the issuance of final patents directed to be issued under the provisions of the act of June 7, 1924, where the right of said pueblos to bring independent suits, under the provisions of the act of June 7, 1924, has expired: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior shall not make any expenditures out of the pueblo funds resulting from the appropriations set forth herein, or prior appropriations for the same purpose, without first obtaining the approval of the governing authorities of the pueblo affected: And provided further, That the governing authorities of any pueblo may initiate matters pertaining to the purchase of lands in behalf of their respective pueblos, which matters, or contracts relative thereto, will not be binding or concluded until approved by the Secretary of the Interior.

SEC. 6. Nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent any pueblo from prosecuting independent suits as authorized under section 4 of the act of June 7, 1924: Provided, however, That the right to review therein authorized from the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico shall be the right of a direct appeal from said court to the Supreme Court of the United States: Provided, further, That the pueblo concerned may elect to accept the appropriations herein authorized, in the sums herein set forth, in full discharge of all claims to compensation under the terms of said act, notifying the Secretary of the Interior in writing of its election so to do, after the sums herein authorized are appropriated: And provided further, That if said election by said pueblo be not made, said pueblo shall have one year from the date of the approval of this act within which to file any independent suit authorized under section 4 of the act of June 7, 1924, at the expiration of which period the right to file such suit shall expire by limitation: Provided further, That no ejectment suits shall be filed against non-Indians entitled to compensation under this act, in less than six months after the sums herein authorized are appropriated.

SEC. 7. Section 16 of the act approved June 7, 1924, is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 16. That if the Secretary of the Interior deems it to be for the best interest of the Indians that any land adjudged by the court or said lands board against any claimant be sold, he may, with the consent of the governing authorities of the pueblo, order the sale thereof, under such regulations as he may make, to the highest bidder for cash, and if the buyer thereof be other than the losing claimant, the purchase price shall be used in paying to such losing claimant the adjudicated value of the improvements aforesaid, if found under the provisions of section 15 hereof, and the balance thereof, if any, shall be paid over to the proper officer or officers, of the Indian community, but if the buyer be the losing claimant, and the value of his improvements has been adjudicated as aforesaid, such buyer shall be entitled to have credit upon his bid for the value of such improvements so adjudicated."

SEC. 8. The attorney or attorneys for such Indian tribe or tribes shall be paid such fee as may be agreed upon by such attorney or attorneys and such Indian tribe or tribes, but in no case shall the fee be more than 10 per centum of the sum herein authorized to be appropriated for the benefit of such tribe or tribes, and such attorney's fees shall be disbursed by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance herewith.

SEC. 9. The sums authorized to be appropriated under the terms and provisions of section 2, this act, shall be appropriated in three installments over a period of three years.

Pueblo of Jemez, $1,885; pueblo of Nambe, $47,439.50; pueblo of Taos, $84,707.09; pueblo of Santa Ana, $2,908.38; pueblo of Santo Domingo, $4,256.56; pueblo of Sandia, $12,980.62; pueblo of San Felipe, $14,954.53; pueblo of Isleta, $47,751.31; pueblo of Picuris, $66,574.40; pueblo of San Ildefonso, $37,058.28; pueblo of San Juan, $153,863.04; pueblo of Santa Clara, $181,114.19; pueblo of Cochiti, $37,826.37; pueblo of Pojoaque, $68,562.61; pueblo of Laguna, $33,566.47; in all, $795,521.35.

SEC. 3. Pursuant to the aforesaid act of June 7, 1924, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, a sum to compensate white settlers or non-Indian claimants who have been found by the Pueblo Lands Board, created under said act of June 7, 1924, to have occupied and claimed land in good faith but whose claim has not been sustained and whose occupation has been terminated under said act of June 7, 1924, for the fair market value of lands, improvements appurtenant thereto, and water rights. The non-Indian claimants, or their successors, as found and reported by said Pueblo Lands Board, to be compensated out of said appropriations to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior in the amounts due them as appraised by the appraisers appointed by said Pueblo Lands Board, as follows: Within the pueblo of Tesuque, $1,094.64; within the pueblo of Nam be, $19,393.59; within the pueblo of Taos, $14,064.57; within the Tenorio tract, Taos pueblo, $43,165.26; within the pueblo of Santa Ana (El Ranchito grant), $846.26; within the pueblo of Santo Domingo, $66; within the pueblo of Sandia, $5,354.46; within the pueblo of San Felipe, $16,424.68; within the pueblo of Isleta, $6,624.45; within the pueblo of Picuris, $11,464.73; within the pueblo of San Ildefonso, $16,209.13; within the pueblo of San Juan, $19,938.22; within the pueblo of Santa Clara, $35,350.88; within the pueblo of Cochiti, $9,653.81; within the pueblo of Pojoaque, $1,767.26; within the pueblo of Laguna, $30,668.87; in all, $232,086.80: Provided, however, That the Secretary of the Interior shall report back to Congress any errors in the amount of award measured by the present fair market value of the lands involved, and any errors in the omissions of legitimate claimants for award, with evidence supporting his report and recommendations.

SEC. 4. That for the purpose of safeguarding the interests and welfare of the tribe of Indians known as the Pueblo de Taos of New Mexico in the certain lands hereinafter described, upon which lands said Indians depend for water supply, forage for their domestic livestock, wood and timber for their personal use, and as the scene of certain of their religious ceremonials, the Secretary of Agriculture may, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to designate and segregate said lands, which shall not thereafter be subject to entry under the land laws of the United States, and to thereafter grant to said Pueblo de Taos, upon application of the governor and council thereof, a permit to occupy said lands and use the resources thereof for the personal use and benefit of said tribe of Indians for a period of fifty years, with provision for subsequent renewals if the use and occupancy by said tribe of Indians shall continue, the provisions of the permit are met and the continued protection of the watershed is required by public interest. Such permit shall specifically provide for and safeguard all rights and equities hitherto established and enjoyed by said tribe of Indians under any contracts or agreements hitherto existing, shall authorize the free use of wood, forage, and lands for the personal or tribal needs of said Indians, shall define the conditions under which natural resources under the control of the Department of Agriculture not needed by said Indians shall be made available for commercial use by the Indians or others, and shall establish necessary and proper safeguards for the efficient supervision and operation of the area for national forest purposes and all other purposes herein stated, the area referred to being described as follows: Beginning at the northeast corner of the pueblo de Taos grant, thence northeasterly along the divide between Rio Pueblo de Taos and Rio Lucero and along the divide between Rio Pueblo de Taos and Red River to a point a half mile east of Rio Pueblo de Taos; thence southwesterly on a line half mile east of Rio Pueblo de Taos and parallel thereto to the northwest corner of township 25 north, range 15 east; thence south on the west boundary of township 25 north, range 15 east, to the divide between Rio Pueblo de Taos and Rio Fernandez de Taos; thence westerly along the divide to the east boundary of the pueblo de Taos grant; thence north to the point of beginning; containing approximately thirty thousand acres, more or less.

SEC. 5. Except as otherwise provided herein the Secretary of the Interior shall disburse and expend the amounts of money herein authorized to be appropriated, in accordance with and under the terms and conditions of the act approved June 7, 1924: Provided, however, That the Secretary be authorized to cause necessary

surveys and investigations to be made promptly to ascertain the lands and water rights that can be purchased out of the foregoing appropriations and earlier appropriations made for the same purpose, with full authority to disburse said funds in the purchase of said lands and water rights without being limited to the appraised values thereof as fixed by the appraisers appointed by the Pueblo Lands Board appointed under said act of June 7, 1924, and all prior acts limiting the Secretary of the Interior in the disbursement of said funds to the appraised value of said lands as fixed by said appraisers of said Pueblo Lands Board be, and the same are, expressly repealed: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to disburse a portion of said funds for the purpose of securing options upon said lands and water rights and necessary abstracts of title thereof for the necessary period required to investigate titles and which may be required before disbursement can be authorized: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized, out of the appropriations of the foregoing amounts and out of the funds heretofore appropriated for the same purpose, to purchase any available lands within the several pueblos which in his discretion it is desirable to purchase, without waiting for the issuance of final patents directed to be issued under the provisions of the act of June 7, 1924, where the right of said pueblos to bring independent suits, under the provisions of the act of June 7, 1924, has expired: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior shall not make any expenditures out of the pueblo funds resulting from the appropriations set forth herein, or prior appropriations for the same purpose, without first obtaining the approval of the governing authorities of the pueblo affected: And provided further, That the governing authorities of any pueblo may initiate matters pertaining to the purchase of lands in behalf of their respective pueblos, which matters, or contracts relative thereto, will not be binding or concluded until approved by the Secretary of the Interior.

SEC. 6. Nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent any pueblo from prosecuting independent suits as authorized under section 4 of the act of June 7, 1924: Provided, however, That the right to review therein authorized from the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico shall be the right of a direct appeal from said court to the Supreme Court of the United States: Provided, further, That the pueblo concerned may elect to accept the appropriations herein authorized, in the sums herein set forth, in full discharge of all claims to compensation under the terms of said act, notifying the Secretary of the Interior in writing of its election so to do, after the sums herein authorized are appropriated: And provided further, That if said election by said pueblo be not made, said pueblo shall have one year from the date of the approval of this act within which to file any independent suit authorized under section 4 of the act of June 7, 1924, at the expiration of which period the right to file such suit shall expire by limitation: Provided further, That no ejectment suits shall be filed against non-Indians entitled to compensation under this act, in less than six months after the sums herein authorized are appropriated.

SEC. 7. Section 16 of the act approved June 7, 1924, is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 16. That if the Secretary of the Interior deems it to be for the best interest of the Indians that any land adjudged by the court or said lands board against any claimant be sold, he may, with the consent of the governing authorities of the pueblo, order the sale thereof, under such regulations as he may make, to the highest bidder for cash, and if the buyer thereof be other than the losing claimant, the purchase price shall be used in paying to such losing claimant the adjudicated value of the improvements aforesaid, if found under the provisions of section 15 hereof, and the balance thereof, if any, shall be paid over to the proper officer or officers, of the Indian community, but if the buyer be the losing claimant, and the value of his improvements has been adjudicated as aforesaid, such buyer shall be entitled to have credit upon his bid for the value of such improvements so adjudicated."

SEC. 8. The attorney or attorneys for such Indian tribe or tribes shall be paid such fee as may be agreed upon by such attorney or attorneys and such Indian tribe or tribes, but in no case shall the fee be more than 10 per centum of the sum herein authorized to be appropriated for the benefit of such tribe or tribes, and such attorney's fees shall be disbursed by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance herewith.

SEC. 9. The sums authorized to be appropriated under the terms and provisions of section 2, this act, shall be appropriated in three installments over a period of three years.

Pursuant to Senate Resolutions 79 and 308, Seventieth Congress, and Senate Resolutions 263 and 416, Seventy-first Congress, a subcommittee of this committee conducted an extensive survey and investigation, and during the month of May, 1931, held numerous hearings within the State of New Mexico, inquiring into Pueblo Indian affairs and particularly into the administration of an act of Congress entitled, "An act to quiet the title of the land within the Pueblo Indian land grants, and for other purposes," passed June 7, 1924, the administration of which act had been for seven years under the Pueblo Lands Board created by said act.

Considerable detail of said investigations has heretofore been incorporated in a partial report of the subcommittee, dated January 4, 1932, reference to which is made in the interest of brevity. After the partial report was filed, S. 2914 was introduced and referred to this committee. It is a bill to supplement the act of June 7, 1924, by authorization of appropriations to meet the liability of the United States defined in said act of June 7, 1924.

The titles to Indian lands divested under the act of June 7, 1924, were derived from either Spanish or Mexican grants, or through purchase. The Indians were in a state of tutelage or dependency, under Spain and Mexico, a relation which has subsequently been defined to be the relation of guardian and ward as between the United States and the Pueblo Indians in question.

The Supreme Court of the United States, in the case of United States v. Sandoval (231 U. S. 28), defined the responsibility assumed by the United States. The act of June 7, 1924, was passed in an effort to correct the condition which had arisen through the loss of possession by said Indians of 5,545 parcels of land claimed by nonIndians who had settled upon and gained equitable or moral rights thereto, involving 98,000 acres. Congress, by said act of 1924, following the principles announced in the Sandoval case referred to, assumed the liability defined in said act, viz, to award compensation to the peublo within whose boundaries such tracts of land are situated or to which water rights are appurtenant to the extent of any loss suffered by said Indians through failure of the United States seasonably to prosecute any right of the United States or of said Indians, the act of 1924 also assuming liability on account of the non-Indian claimants whose possession might be divested under said act where such claimants had occupied or possessed said lands in good faith. The duties of the Pueblo Lands Board, in fixing compensation, briefly stated, were as follows:

1. To report the area and character of lands, and the extent, source and character of any water right appurtenant thereto, in the possession of non-Indian claimants at the time of filing its report, which were not claimed for the Indians by any report of the board.

2. Whether or not such tracts of land or water rights could be, or could have been at any time, recovered for said Indians by the United States within the period of time limited by said act.

3. The fair market value of said water rights and of said tract or tracts of land (exclusive of improvements made therein or placed thercon by non-Indian claimants) and the amount of loss, if any, suffered by said Indians through failure of the United States seasonably to prosecute the right of the Indians.