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Show -3- Sec. 3. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized upon application therefor filed by any adult Indian owning allotted land who has the necessary training and experience to conduct his affairs without further assistance from the Government, on the Cabazon, Augustine, or Torres-Martinez Indian Reservations, including allotments heretofore made or that may be made after the date of approval of this Act, to issue to such Indian a patent in fee to such lands. Sec. 4. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to determine, on the basis of available surveys and other information, the total area of the irrigable and potentially irrigable Indian trust land on the Cabazon, Augustine, and Torres-Martinez Reservations, now productive or which can be made productive by leaching, leveling, or water development from sources other than through the use of irrigation facilities of Coachella Valley County Water District. Sec. 5. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to prepare membership rolls of the Torres-Martinez, Augustine, and Cabazon Bands of Mission Indians as of June 30, 1949, and to allot not to exceed forty acres of irrigable or potentially irrigable lands on the reservations of the respective bands, if available, to all enrolled members who have not heretofore received allotments. Sec. 6. When allotments have been made as provided in section 5 hereof, the owner of any trust allotments made prior to the date of approval of this Act may, upon a finding by the Secretary of the Interior that such allotment is nonirrigable or nonproductive, be permitted, upon application therefor, to exchange such allotment for an |
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Original book: [State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Coachella Valley County Water District, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, City of Los Angeles, California, City of San Diego, California, and County of San Diego, California, defendants, United States of America, State of Nevada, State of New Mexico, State of Utah, interveners] : California exhibits. |