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SEV ENT Y-F IRST CONGRESS . SEss. III. Cns . 162-164 . 1931 . Feb ruary 14, 1931 .

CHAP . 162.-An Act Providing for the sale of timberland in four townships IH. R.9934.1 in the State of Minnesota . [Public, No . 641 .1 Red La ke Indian Reservation, Minn. Sale of timberland in former, authorized . Restrictions . Proviso . Legal claims not af- fected . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress a ssem bled , Th at vac ant, unappropriated, unreserved lands valued chiefly for timber in town- ships 158 and 159 north, range 32 west and in townships 158 and 159, range 33 west, fifth principal meridian, Beltrami County, Minnesota, in the former Red Lake Indian Reservation, may be sold to citizens of the United States, or to persons who have declared their intention to become such, under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, in quantities not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres to any one person or association of persons, at the appraised value but in no case less than $2 .50 per acre : Provided, That nothing herein contained shall defeat or impair any bona fide claim under any law of the United St ates, or auth orize the sal e of the improvements of any bona fide settler, Appro ved, Februar y 14, 1931 . February 14,1931.

[H. R. 9987] CHAP . 163 .-An Act To provide for the relinquishment by the United States [Public, No . 612 .1 of certain lands to the city of Rupert in the county of Minidoka, in the State of Idaho . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives o the Minidoka rec lam a- tion project, Idaho .

United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the ecre- tary of the Interior is hereby authorized to quitclaim to the city of in certain Tce rta in lands United States o Stats Rupert in the county of Minidoka, in the State of Idaho, all of the , quitclaimed to city of right, title, and interest of the United States in or to that certain Rupert.

tract of land in the Government town site of Rupert on the Minidoka D escription . reclamation project, more precisely bounded and described as fol- lows : Beginning at the northeast corner section 29, township 9 south, range 24 east, Boise meridian ; thence south six minutes west twenty-one and one-tenth feet along the section line ; thence south forty-five degrees twenty-two minutes west along the Oregon Short Line Railroad right of way three thousand seven hundred and thirty and eight-tenths feet to a point on the east and west center line of said section 29 ; thence south eighty-nine degrees fifty-six minutes west along said center line one hundred and fourteen feet ; thence north forty-five degrees twenty-two minutes east three thou- sand eight hundred and ninety-one and three-tenths feet to a point on the section line between sections 20 and 21 ; thence south six minutes west along said section line ninety-one and five-tenths feet to the point of beginning, as shown on the official plat of the town site of Rupert, Idaho, said tract of land containing seven acres more or less . Approv ed, February 14, 1931 . February 14, 1931 . jH. 8. CHAP. 164 .-An Act Authorizing a per capita pa yme nt of $50 to the me m- [Pub lic, [Public, No . 643 .] bers of the Menominee Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin from funds on deposit to their credit in the Treasury of the United States . Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the Menominee Indians United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Wisconsin . P er capita payment of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to withdraw from to, from tribal funds, the fund in the Treasury of the United States on deposit to the credit of the Menominee Indians in the State of Wisconsin a