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1st Session

No. 613

AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A PATENT IN FEE TO JAMES MADISON BURTON

MAY 18, 1949.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed

Mr. MORRIS, from the Committee on Public Lands, submitted the

following

REPORT

[To accompany S. 835]

The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the bill (S. 835) authorizing the issuance of a patent in fee to James Madison Burton, having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass.

EXPLANATION OF THE BILL

S. 835 authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to issue to James Madison Burton, of Kaysville, Utah, a patent in fee to his 960-acre allotment on the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana.

The Department of the Interior reports that Mr. Burton is selfsupporting and does not live on the reservation. The Department states that he is capable of conducting his business affairs without governmental supervision.

The favorable report of the Department addressed to the chairman of the Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs is as follows:

Hon. JOSEPH C. O'MAHONEY,

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, Washington 25, D. C., April 6, 1949.

Chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs,

United States Senate.

MY DEAR SENATOR O'MAHONEY: Reference is made to your request for a report on S. 835, a bill authorizing the issuance of a patent in fee to James Madison Burton, Crow Indian allottee.

I have no objection to the enactment of this bill.

The bill would authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to issue patent in fee to James Madison Burton, upon application in writing, to his allotment on the Crow Reservation, comprising 960 acres. The act of June 4, 1920

(41 Stat. 751), provides that a Crow Indian allottee shall not sell more than onehalf of his homestead or 320 acres thereof. For this reason the enactment of legislation as proposed is necessary to authorize the allottee to sell all of his homestead land.

It appears that Mr. Burton is qualified to conduct his affairs without governmental supervision or protection. He is of one-fourth Indian blood and the superintendent has reported that he lives away from the reservation and is selfsupporting. The sale of his land to a non-Indian will not interfere with the administration of other Indian lands in that area.

The Bureau of the Budget has advised me that there is no objection to the submission of this report to your committee.

Sincerely yours,

OSCAR L. CHAPMAN, Under Secretary of the Interior.

Enactment of this bill is unanimously recommended by the Com mittee on Public Lands.

AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR TO ISSUE A PATENT IN FEE TO CLARENCE M. SCOTT

MAY 18, 1949.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed

Mr. MORRIS, from the Committee on Public Lands, submitted the

following

REPORT

[To accompany S. 836]

The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the bill (S. 836) authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue a patent in fee to Clarence M. Scott, having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass.

EXPLANATION OF THE BILL

The purpose of this bill is to authorize the issuance of a patent in fee to Clarence N. Scott, a Crow Indian allottee, covering his 440-acre allotment in Montana. No expenditure of Federal funds is involved.

Mr. Scott is self-supporting and capable of handling his business affairs without governmental supervision. He plans to use the proceeds from the sale of this land to build himself a house on other property he owns.

S. 836 is explained further in the favorable report of the Department of the Interior, addressed to the Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, which is as follows:

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, Washington 25, D. C., April 6, 1949.

Hon. JOSEPH C. O'MAHONEY,

Chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs,

United States Senate.

MY DEAR SENATOR O'MAHONEY: Reference is made to your request for a report on S. 836, a bill authorizing the issuance of a patent in fee to Clarence N. Scott, Crow Indian allottee.

I have no objection to the enactment of this bill.

The bill would authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to issue a patent in fee to Clarence N. Scott for the remainder of his allotment on the

Crow Reservation, containing 440.52 acres. The act of June 4, 1920 (41 Stat. 751), provides that a Crow Indian allottee shall not sell more than one-half of his homestead, or 320 acres thereof. For this reason the enactment of legislation as proposed is necessary to authorize the allottee to sell the remainder of his homestead land.

A fee patent was issued to Mr. Scott in 1948 for 440 acres of his allotment. He is qualified to conduct his affairs without governmental supervision or protection. The superintendent has reported that this young man is well established in his line of work and can use the proceeds from the sale to build himself a house on other property he owns. There are no Indians operating in the area where this land is located as it is all under lease to white lessees.

The Bureau of the Budget has advised me that there is no objection to the submission of this report to your committee.

Sincerely yours,

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OSCAR L. CHAPMAN, Under Secretary of the Interior. unanimously recommends the

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