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An Act Providing For The Per Capita Payment Of Certain Moneys Appropriated In Settlement Of Certain Claims Of The Indians Of The Fort Berthold Indian Reservation In North Dakota, United States Congress Feb 1948

An Act Providing For The Per Capita Payment Of Certain Moneys Appropriated In Settlement Of Certain Claims Of The Indians Of The Fort Berthold Indian Reservation In North Dakota, United States Congress

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This act, dated February 28, 1948, also known as United States (US) Public Law 80-424, directs the US Secretary of the Interior to withdraw $300,000 from the US Treasury, "out of the balance of the principal and interest of the amount appropriated in settlement of certain claims of such Indians pursuant to the last paragraph preceding the heading "Miscellaneous Indian Tribal Funds", in the first section of the Interior Department Appropriation Act,1947, remaining after the fees and expenses authorized by such para-graph to be paid from such appropriation shall have been paid or.provided for."

The money is to be distributed …