Volume 86
Public Law 92–441
To declare that certain federally owned land is held by the United States in trust for the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians.
Approved September 29, 1972
Statutory text
AN ACT
To declare that certain federally owned land is held by the United States in trust for the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the northwest quarter, northwest quarter, section 35, township 41 north, range 5 east, fourth principal meridian, Wisconsin, containing forty acres, more or less, including improvements thereon, is hereby declared to lie held by the United States in trust, for the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin, subject to valid existing rights-of-way of record and to the continued use of the fire observation tower located on the above-described land by the State of Wisconsin, for so long as it is needed for fire protection purposes.
Sec. 2.
The Indian Claims Commission is directed to determine in
Claims offset against U.S.
accordance with the provisions of section 2 of the Act of August 13, 1946 (60 Stat. 1050), the extent to which the value of the title conveyed
by this Act should or should not be set off against any claim against the United States determined by the Commission.
Approved September 29, 1972.