818T CONGRESS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR TO ISSUE A PATENT IN FEE TO IRENE SCOTT BASSETT 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. 837 The Committee on Public Lands to whom was referred the bill (S. 837) authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue a patent in fee to Irene Scott Bassett, having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass. EXPLANATION OF THE BILL This bill authorizes the issuance of a patent in fee to Mrs. Irene Scott Bassett for her 640-acre allotment on the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana. No expenditure of Federal funds is required. The Department of the Interior advises that there is no objection to the passage of this measure. Mrs. Bassett is self-supporting and is capable of conducting her affairs without government supervision. The Department's report to the Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs is set forth below in full and is made a part of this report: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Hon. JOSEPH C. O'MAHONEY, United States Senate. MY DEAR SENATOR O'MAHONEY: Reference is made to your request for a report on S. 837, a bill authorizing the issuance of a patent in fee to Irene Scott Bassett, 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 Irene Scott Bassett for the remainder of her allotment No. 1767 on the Crow Reservation, comprising her homestead of 640 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 all of her homestead land. The applicant received a fee patent in 1925 for 280 acres of her allotment. It appears that Mrs. Bassett is qualified to conduct her affairs without governmental supervision or protection. The Superintendent has reported that she is of one-fourth Indian blood and has made her living away from the Crow Reservation for many years. Her land is leased and is adjacent to both white-owned and Indian-owned land, but issuance of a fee patent would not affect the administration of other Indian lands in that area. The next to the last word "of" in line 6 of the bill should be stricken and the word "and" inserted. The Bureau of the Budget has advised me that there is no objection to the submission of this report to your committee. Sincerely yours, The Committee on Public Lands enactment of this bill. O OSCAR L. CHAPMAN, Under Secretary of the Interior. unanimously recommends the 1st Session No. 616 AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A PATENT IN FEE TO LAVANTIA PEARSON 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. 1036) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the bill (S. 1036) authorizing the issuance of a patent in fee to Lavantia Pearson, 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 to Mrs. Lavantia Pearson of Phoenix, Ariz., of a patent in fee to her 320-acre allotment on the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana. It calls for no expenditure of Federal funds. Mrs. Pearson has lived away from the Crow Reservation for many years and is capable of conducting her affairs without governmental supervision. The Bureau of Indian Affairs has no objection to the enactment of this legislation. The report of the Department of the Interior, addressed to 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 7, 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. 1036, a bill authorizing the issuance of a patent in fee to Lavantia Pearson, 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, upon application in writing, to Lavantia Pearson for the remaining lands of her allotment No. 183 S. A. on the Crow Reservation, comprising her homestead of 320 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. For this reason the enactment of legislation as proposed is necessary to authorize the allottee to sell all her homestead land. Mrs. Pearson is qualified to conduct her affairs without governmental supervision or protection. She is of one-fourth Indian blood and has made her living away from the Crow Reservation for many years. The superintendent has reported that this land is leased to a non-Indian and is in an area where Indians do not operate. It is blocked in with lands owned by other members of the Pearson family who are also requesting fee patents. In the circumstances, the sale of this land would 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. The Committee on Public Lands unanimously recommends that this bill be enacted. AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A PATENT IN FEE TO VIRGINIA PEARSON 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. 1037) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the bill (S. 1037) authorizing the issuance of a patent in fee to Virginia Pearson, having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass. EXPLANATION OF THE BILL S. 1037 authorizes the issuance of a patent in fee to Virginia Pearson of Phoenix, Ariz., for her 382-acre allotment on the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana. No expenditure of Federal funds is required. Virginia Pearson is a nurse, is self-supporting, and has not lived on the Crow Reservation for many years. She is fully capable of handling her affairs without Government supervision. The favorable report of the Department of the Interior to the Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs is set forth below and is made a part of this report: DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, Washington 25, D. C., April 7, 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. 1037, a bill authorizing the issuance of a patent in fee to Virginia Pearson, Crow Indian allottee. I have no objection to the enactment of this bill. |