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[CITE: 25USC544]

 
                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
                        CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
 
    SUBCHAPTER X--KLAMATH TRIBE: DISPOSITION OF CERTAIN TRIBAL FUNDS
 
Sec. 544. Creation of individual credits; authorized purchases

    The Secretary of the Interior be, and he is authorized and directed, 
from the capital reserve fund deposited in the Treasury of the United 
States to the credit of the Klamath and Modoc Tribes and Yahooskin Band 
of Snake Indians (hereinafter referred to as the ``Klamath Tribes''), 
said fund being established pursuant to the Act of August 28, 1937 (ch. 
874, 50 Stat. 872) [25 U.S.C. 530 et seq.], as augmented by the proceeds 
of the judgment fund of the Klamath Indians as provided in the Act of 
August 7, 1939 (ch. 552, 53 Stat. 1252) [25 U.S.C. 541 et seq.], to 
credit the sum of $500 upon the books of the Office of Indian Affairs, 
to each person determined by the Secretary of the Interior to be 
entitled to enrollment upon the annuity roll of said tribes of the 
Klamath Reservation, Oregon, living upon March 29, 1948. The share of 
each adult member of the credit so established shall be available for 
expenditure, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the 
Interior may prescribe, for the following purposes:
    Purchase of land or interests in land; improvement of lands acquired 
or already held by the Indian; erection and improvement of suitable 
homes including household equipment and furnishings; repayment of any 
loans received from the United States or from the Klamath tribal funds; 
purchase of building material, feed, seed, and grain; purchase or 
rehabilitation and repair of farming equipment, tools, trucks, tractors, 
machinery, and implements; and purchase of any other equipment or 
supplies necessary to enable the Indians to fit themselves for or to 
engage in farming, livestock, industry, or such other pursuits or 
vocations, including education and adult education, as will enable them 
to become self-supporting; and health, including dental work: Provided, 
however, That the funds of the aged, infirm, decrepit, and incapacitated 
members may be used for their proper maintenance and support: Provided 
further, That during minority the share of each minor Indian shall be 
available for expenditure only for his education and for health 
purposes, including dental work, except that in an emergency expenditure 
of a minor Indian's share may be made for any of the purposes specified 
in this section and section 545 of this title. As herein used, the term 
``minor'' shall include all members of the tribe who have not attained 
the age of twenty-one years, except that minors eighteen years of age or 
over and who are married or have families of their own to support, shall 
be regarded as adults. On the death of any enrolled member, adult or 
minor, the sum on deposit to his credit shall be distributed as personal 
property, and shall be available for expenditure by the distributees 
only for the purposes herein authorized: And provided further, That each 
member of the Klamath Tribes honorably discharged from service to the 
United States in its armed forces shall, upon application to the 
Commissioner of Indian Affairs, be paid $200 in cash, free from the 
aforesaid restrictions and in addition to the $500 to be credited to 
such member as provided in this section.

(Mar. 29, 1948, ch. 160, Sec. 2, 62 Stat. 92.)

                       References in Text

    Act of August 28, 1937, referred to in text, is act Aug. 28, 1937, 
ch. 874, 50 Stat. 872, as amended, which is classified generally to 
subchapter IX (Sec. 530 et seq.) of this chapter.
    Act of August 7, 1939, referred to in text, is act Aug. 7, 1939, ch. 
552, 53 Stat. 1252, as amended, which is classified generally to this 
subchapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see 
Tables.

                          Codification

    This section was not enacted as part of act Aug. 7, 1939, ch. 552, 
53 Stat. 1252, which comprises this subchapter.


                               Short Title

    Section 1 of act Mar. 29, 1948, provided: ``That this Act [enacting 
this section and section 545 of this title] shall be known as the 
`Klamath Welfare Act'.''

                          Transfer of Functions

    For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies 
of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of 
the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, 
Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in 
the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 545 of this title.
