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55 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CHS. 418, 419-SEPT. 24 , 1941 [CHAPTER 418] AN ACT To amend an Act entitled "An Act to authorize the Secretary of War to proceed with the construction of certain public works in connection with the War Department in the District of Columbia", approved June 15, 1938. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the Secretary of War to proceed with the construction of certain public works in connection with the War Department in the District of Columbia", approved June 15, 1938, is hereby amended to read as follows: "That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to construct in the District of Columbia a building with the utilities, accessories, and appurtenances thereto to replace the present Army Medical Library and Museum Building now located in the District of Columbia, and to acquire by purchase, condemna- tion, or otherwise a suitable site: Provided, That the location and design of such building shall be subject to the approval of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission: Provided further, That the total cost of the construction and acquisition of a suitable site hereby authorized shall not exceed the sum of $4,750,000." Approved, September 24, 1941. 731 September 24, 1941 [H. R. 5146] [Public Law 256] Army Medical Li- brary and Museum, D.C . 52 Stat. 684. Construction of building, etc. Acquisition of site. Provisos. [CHAPTER 419] AN ACT ANACT September 24, 1941 To authorize the sale of certain Indian lands to the city of Cut Bank, Montana. is. 1725] [Public Law 257] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior, under such regulations as he may prescribe, is author- ized to sell to the city of Cut Bank, Montana, all right, title, and interest of the United States and of certain individual Indians of the Blackfeet Tribe of Indians, upon obtaining the consent of such indi- vidual Indians to such sale, in and to the following-described lands within the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Montana: Southwest quarter southwest quarter section 14; southwest quarter and south half southeast quarter and northeast quarter southeast quarter section 15; southwest quarter northwest quarter, northeast quarter northwest quarter, northeast quarter, northwest quarter south- east quarter section 22; and tlie west half northwest (qutartersection 23, all in township 33 north, range 6 west, M. M., Montana. SEC. 2 . Such portion of the proceeds derived from such sale as represents the value of the right, title, or interest of any such indi- vidual Indian in any such lands shall be paid to the Superintendent of the Blackfeet Indian Agency for deposit to the credit of such individual Indian. SEC. 3. Any patent or other instrument conveying to such city of Cut Bank any of the above-described land shall expressly exclude from such conveyance any oil, gas, or other mineral deposits therein: Provided, That the development of any mineral deposits so reserved, which would in anv manner interfere with the use of such lands for airport purposes, shall not be permitted or indulged in so long as the lands herein described are needed for airport purposes. Approved, September 24, 1941. Cut Bank, Mont. Sale of certain In- dian lands. Description. Deposit of proceeds. Reservation of min- erals. Proviso.