INDIAN AFFAIRS: LAWS AND TREATIES

Vol. VI, Laws     (Compiled from February 10, 1939 to January 13, 1971)

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PUBLIC LAWS OF THE NINETY-FIRST CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION, 1970
Public Law 91-224 | Public Law 91-229 | Public Law 91-230 | Public Law 91-240 | Public Law 91-251 | Public Law 91-258 | Public Law 91-259 | Public Law 91-264 | Public Law 91-274 | Public Law 91-275 | Public Law 91-283 | Public Law 91-290 | Public Law 91-305 | Public Law 91-335 | Public Law 91-361 | Public Law 91-362 | Public Law 91-364 | Public Law 91-386 | Public Law 91-400 | Public Law 91-401 | Public Law 91-403 | Public Law 91-404 | Public Law 91-413 | Public Law 91-416 | Public Law 91-417 | Public Law 91-420 | Public Law 91-424 | Public Law 91-471 | Public Law 91-478 | Public Law 91-489 | Public Law 91-495 | Public Law 91-501 | Public Law 91-523 | Public Law 91-542 | Public Law 91-550 | Public Law 91-557 | Public Law 91-581 | Public Law 91-605 | Public Law 91-609 | Public Law 91-627 | Public Law 91-644 | Public Law 91-665 | Public Law 91-695

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Public Law 91-501
October 22, 1970 | [H. R. 16811] 84 Stat. 1097

AN ACT
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to declare that the United States holds in trust for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina certain lands on the Cherokee Indian Reservation heretofore used for school or other purposes.

Margin Notes
Public Law 91-501 Cherokee Indians, N.C. Lands in trust.
Public Law 91-501 Publication in Federal Register.

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, upon request of the tribal council of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina, to declare by publication of a notice in the Federal Register that the United States holds in trust for said band of Indians, subject to valid existing rights, all the right, title, and interest of the United States in any of the federally owned lands within the Cherokee Indian Reservation, together with the improvements thereon, that are now or hereafter become excess to the needs of the government for the administration of Indian affairs, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior.

Approved, October 22, 1970.

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