§ 1222. — Disposition of funds: improvement and maintenance of Peoria Indian Cemetery; distribution of balance in equal shares.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC1222]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
SUBCHAPTER LXIV -- CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF WEAS, PIANKASHAWS, PEORIAS,
AND KASKASKIAS: DISTRIBUTION OF JUDGMENT FUND
Sec. 1222. Disposition of funds: improvement and maintenance of
Peoria Indian Cemetery; distribution of balance in equal shares
After the deduction of attorneys' fees and expenses and the
administrative costs involved in the preparation of the roll and the
distribution of the individual shares, the remaining funds on deposit in
the United States Treasury to the credit of the Peoria Tribe on behalf
of the Wea Nation that were appropriated by the Acts of May 13, 1966 (80
Stat. 141, 150), and June 19, 1968 (82 Stat. 239), in satisfaction of
judgments that were obtained by the Peoria Tribe on behalf of the Wea
Nation in Indian Claims Commission dockets numbered 314, amended, and
314-E, respectively, and the funds to the credit of the Peoria Tribe of
Oklahoma on behalf of the Wea, Piankashaw, Peoria, and Kaskaskia Nations
that were appropriated by the Act of July 22, 1969 (83 Stat. 49, 62), in
satisfaction of a judgment in docket numbered 65, shall be disposed of
in the following manner: The Secretary shall pay $3,000 of such funds to
the Peoria Tribe of Oklahoma for improvement and maintenance of the
Peoria Indian Cemetery located approximately ten miles northeast of
Miami, Oklahoma, and shall distribute the balance of such funds in equal
shares to those persons whose names appear on the roll prepared pursuant
to section 1221 of this title.
(Pub. L. 91-364, Sec. 2, July 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 688.)
References in Text
Act of May 13, 1966, referred to in text, is act May 13, 1966, Pub.
L. 89-426, 80 Stat. 141, known as the Second Supplemental Appropriation
Act, 1966. Chapter XI of the act set out at 80 Stat. 150, appropriated
the funds referred to and was not classified to the Code.
Act of June 19, 1968, referred to in text, is act June 19, 1968,
Pub. L. 90-352, 82 Stat. 239, which was not classified to the Code.
The Indian Claims Commission, referred to in text, terminated Sept.
30, 1978. See Codification note set out under former section 70 et seq.
of this title.
Act of July 22, 1969, referred to in text, is act July 22, 1969,
Pub. L. 91-47, 83 Stat. 49, known as the Second Supplemental
Appropriation Act, 1969. Chapter XIII of the act set out at 83 Stat. 62,
appropriated the funds referred to and was not classified to the Code.
