SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS . SESS. III. CHs . 413-416 . 1931 .
1495 and duly recorded in a book kept by him for such purpose : Pro- Proviso . Adoptions not af. vid ed, That adoption by Indian custom made prior to the date of fected. approval hereof involving probate proceedings now in process of consummation, shall not be affected by this Act . Approved, March 3, 1931 . CHAP. 414 .-An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to change the
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[ Public, No . 801 .] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f Ameri ca in Co ngress a ssembled , That the Secretary O l a IS dia ns . ion of the Interior is hereby authorized, under such rules and regulations changes of, authorized . as he may prescribe, to change the classification of any Crow Indian under the Act of June 4, 1920 (41 Stat . L . 751), from incompetent to Vol . 41, p. 751. competent on the recommendation of a committee appointed for the purpose in accordance with section 12 of said Act . Ap pro ved, Mar ch 3, 1931 . CHAP. 415 .-An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the police jury of March 3,1931 .
[s. s13z.] Richland Parish, Louisiana, or the State Highway Commission of Louisiana to [Public, No . 802 .] construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across Boeuf River at or near Buckner, Richland Parish, Louisiana . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Boeuf River . United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the con sent Louisiana may of Congress is hereby granted to the police jury of Richland Parish, bridge, at Buckner . Louisiana, or the State Highway Commission of Louisiana, and their successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge and approaches thereto across Boeuf River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at or near Buckner, construction. within the Parish of Richland, in the State of Louisiana, in accord- Vol.34,p. 84. ance with the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters," approved March 23, 1906 . SEC . 2 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Amendment . expressly reserved . Approved, March 3, 1931 . CHAP. 416 .-An Act For the enrollment of children born after December
March 3, 1031 . 30, 1919, whose parents, or either of them, are members of the Blackfeet Tribe
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[Pub l ic, o. 803.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f Ameri ca in Congress assembled, That for six Black feet Ind ians, months after the approval hereof the Secretary of the Interior shall MEnrollment o f chil . receive applications for the enrollment of children born since Decem- deem be r 3bo rn 1s since ber 30, 1919, and still living at the expiration of six months after the approval of this Act, one or both of whose parents have been enrolled as members of the Blackfeet Tribe of Indians, of the Black- feet Indian Reservation in the State of Montana; and for the Illegitimate c hildren . purpose of enrollment under this section illegitimate children shall take the status of the mother, and said rolls shall be made and Approval of rolls. approved by the Secretary of the Interior within one year after the approval of this Act, and when so approved shall be conclusive evidence of the right of such applicants to participate in the benefits prov ided by this Act ,
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