§ 571. — Membership roll; preparation.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC571]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
SUBCHAPTER XV--SHOSHONE TRIBE: DISTRIBUTION OF JUDGMENT FUND
Sec. 571. Membership roll; preparation
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed, with the
advice and consent of the business council of the Shoshone Tribe of the
Wind River Reservation in Wyoming, to prepare a roll showing the members
of said tribe living on July 27, 1939, and such roll shall form the
basis for the distribution of the judgment fund of said tribe created as
the result of the passage of the Act of June 25, 1938 (52 Stat. 1114-
1156), and accrued interest thereon.
(July 27, 1939, ch. 387, Sec. 1, 53 Stat. 1128.)
References in Text
Act of June 25, 1938, referred to in text, provided for an
appropriation for payment of judgments rendered by the court of claims
and reported to the 75th Congress in Senate Document Numbered 191, and
House Documents Numbered 661 and 686. House Document No. 661 listed a
judgment in favor of the Shoshone Tribe of Indians of the Wind River
Reservation in Wyoming, in the sum of $4,408,444.23, with interest on a
part thereof to the date of payment, for the taking of land.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 572, 575, 577 of this title.
