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[CITE: 25USC565a]

 
                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
                        CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
 
      SUBCHAPTER XIV--KLAMATH TRIBE: DISTRIBUTION OF JUDGMENT FUND
 
Sec. 565a. Distribution to persons on final roll; payment of 
        shares due living adults, deceased enrollees, adults under legal 
        disabilities, persons in need of assistance, and minors
        
    (a) A distribution shall be made of the funds resulting from docket 
numbered 100, including interest, after deducting litigation expenses 
and estimated costs of distribution to all persons whose names appear on 
the final roll of the Klamath Tribe, which roll was closed and made 
final as of August 13, 1954 (68 Stat. 718). Except as provided in 
subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e) of this section, a share or portion 
of a share payable to a living adult shall be paid directly to such 
adult; (b) a share payable to a deceased enrollee shall be paid to his 
heirs or legatees upon the filing of proof of death and inheritance 
satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior, whose findings and 
determinations upon such proof shall be final and conclusive: Provided, 
That amounts payable to deceased heirs amounting to $5 or less shall not 
be paid, and such amounts shall remain in the United States Treasury to 
the credit of the Klamath Tribe; (c) a share payable to an adult under 
legal disability shall be paid to his legal representative; (d) a share 
payable to a person previously found to be in need of assistance under 
the provisions of section 564n of this title, may be paid directly to 
the individual or, if the Secretary deems it in the best interest of the 
individual, it may be added to the trust now in force on behalf of the 
said individual, with concurrence of the trustee; and (e) a share or 
portion of a share payable to a person under age of majority as 
determined by the laws of the State of residence shall be paid to a 
parent, legal guardian, or trustee of such minor.

(Pub. L. 89-224, Sec. 2, Oct. 1, 1965, 79 Stat. 897.)

                       References in Text

    August 13, 1954, referred to in text, is a reference to section 3 of 
act Aug. 13, 1954, ch. 732, 68 Stat. 718, which is classified to section 
564b of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 565c, 565d, 565e of this 
title.
