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| Chap. 24 | Cheyenne-Arapaho Indians, Okla. Lands set aside for use of. |
| Chap. 24 | Description. |
| Chap. 24 | 22 |
| Sec. 2 | Recovery of taxes paid by certain Indians. |
| Sec. 2 | Filing of claim. |
| Sec. 2 | Provisos. Heirs permitted to file claim. |
| Sec. 2 | 123 |
| Sec. 2 | Other claimants. |
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That title to the following described lands is hereby vested in the United States in trust for the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma; and said lands shall be subject to all provisions of existing law applicable generally to Indian reservations:
In township 14 north, range 20 west of the Indian meridian; the southwest quarter and northeast quarter of section 29; southeast quarter section 30; northeast quarter of section 31; and all of section 32.
In township 18 north, range 13 west of the Indian meridian; the north half and southwest quarter of section 5; all of section 6; in township 19 north, range 13 west of the Indian meridian; southwest quarter of section 20, except those portions thereof situated below an elevation of one thousand six hundred and forty-two feet above mean sea level; all of section 29, except lot 3, south half southeast quarter, northwest quarter southeast quarter, and except also all those portions of lots 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6 and northeast quarter northeast quarter and west half northwest quarter and southeast quarter northwest quarter and southwest quarter situated below an elevation of one thousand six hundred and forty-two feet above mean sea level; southeast quarter and south half northeast quarter of section 30, except those portions thereof situated below an elevation of one thousand six hundred and forty-two feet above mean sea level; east half of section 31, except those portions thereof lying below an elevation of one thousand six hundred and forty-two feet above mean sea level. All of section 32 except the northeast quarter and north half southeast quarter and a strip one hundred feet wide in the south half
northwest quarter, being fifty feet on each side of the following-described center line;
Beginning at a point on the west boundary of said section two thousand four hundred and ninety feet south of the northwest corner thereof, thence easterly parallel to the latitudinal quarter section line two thousand six hundred and forty-three feet to the meridional quarter section line, and except also that part of the north half of the northwest quarter situated below an elevation of one thousand six hundred and forty-two feet above mean sea level.
That any person duly enrolled as a member of an Indian tribe who received in pursuance of a tribal treaty or agreement with the United States an allotment of land which, by the terms of said treaty or agreement was exempted from taxation, restricted against alienation, or which by the terms of any Act of Congress was continued under the supervision of the United States during the minority of such allottee, and from which land the restrictions have or have not been removed, and any such enrolled member of an Indian tribe having restricted money in the custody and control of the United States, prior to April 26, 1931, and who was required or permitted to pay any Federal income tax on such lands or on the rents, royalties, or other gains arising from such lands during such restricted or tax-exempt period or on income from such restricted funds while in the custody or control of the United States, or on income from any allotment during the minority of the allottee, or any such person who has been erroneously or illegally taxed by reason of not having claimed or received the benefit of any deductions or exemptions permitted by law, and who would be entitled under this or previous Acts or rulings of the Treasury Department in similar Indian cases to a refund of the taxes so illegally or erroneously collected, but for the fact that he failed to file a claim for such refund within the time prescribed by law, shall be allowed two years after the approval of this Act within which to file such claim, and if otherwise entitled thereto he may recover such taxes in the same manner and to the same extent as if such claims for refund had been theretofore duly filed as required by law, it not being the policy of the Government to invoke or plead a statute of limitations to escape the obligations of agreement solemnly entered into with its Indian wards, or prior to April 26, 1931, to exact for its own use and benefit an income tax from them while their property continued under the supervision of the United States and/or during the minority of any such allottee: Provided, however, That in the case of the death of a member of an Indian tribe his heirs who succeeded to his allotment of lands be permitted to file claims and recover refunds in the same manner as duly enrolled member of an Indian tribe: Provided further, That in the case of the death of any enrolled member of an Indian Tribe any such illegal taxes paid by him or on his account may in like manner be claimed and recovered by the person or persons who would have received such money had it constituted a part of his estate at the time of his death.
That all Acts and parts of Acts in conflict herewith are modified for the purpose, and only for the purpose, of carrying into effect the provisions hereof.
Approved, January 20, 1942.
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