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588 PUBLIC LAW 280-AUG. 15, 1953 [67 STA T .
be modified so as to apply to service performed by employees in posi-
tions covered by the Wisconsin retirement fund.
" (2) All employees in positions covered by the Wisconsin retirement
fund at any time on or after January 1,1951, shall, for the purposes of
subsection (c) only, be deemed to be a separate coverage group; except
that there shall be excluded from such separate coverage group all
employees in positions to which the agreement applies v^ithout regard
to this subsection.
"(3) The modification pursuant to this subsection shall exclude
(in the case of employees in the coverage group established by para-
graph (2) of this subsection) service performed by any individual
during any period before he is included under the Wisconsin retire-
ment fund.
"(4) The modification pursuant to this subsection shall, if the
State of Wisconsin requests it, exclude (in the case of employees in the
coverage group established by paragraph (2) of this subsection) all
service performed in policemen's positions, all service performed in
firemen's positions, or both."
Effective date. SEC. 2. For the purposes of section 218 (f) of the Social Security
Act (relating to effective dates of agreements), the amendment made
by the first section of this Act shall take effect as of January 1, 1951.
Approved August 15, 1953.
Public Law 280 CHAPTER 505
August 15, 1953 AN ACT
[H. R. 1063] To confer jurisdiction on the States of California, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oregon,
and Wisconsin, with respect to criminal offenses and civil causes of action
committed or arising on Indian reservations within such States, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the
Indians. United States of America in Congress assembled^ That chapter 53 of
title 18, United States Code, is hereby amended by inserting at the
end of the chapter analysis preceding section 1151 of such title the
. S t a t e jurisdic-
tion over criminal following new item:
offenses.
"1162. State jurisdiction over offenses committed by or against Indians in the
Indian country-"
SEC. 2. Title 18, United States Code, is hereby amended by insert-
ing in chapter 53 thereof immediately after section 1161 a new section,
to be designated as section 1162, as follows:
"§ 1162. State jurisdiction over offenses committed by or against
Indians in the Indian country
" ( a ) Each of the States listed in the following table shall have
jurisdiction over offenses committed by or against Indians in the
areas of Indian country listed opposite the name of the State to the
same extent that such State has jurisdiction over offenses committed
elsewhere within the State, and the criminal laws of such State shall
have the same force and effect within such Indian country as they
have elsewhere within the State:
"State of Indian country affected
California All Indian country within the State
Minnesota All Indian country within the State, except the Red
Lake Reservation
Nebraska . All Indian country within the State
Oregon All Indian country within the State, except the Warm
Springs Reservation
Wisconsin All Indian country within the State, except the
Menominee Reservation
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"(b) Nothing in this section shall authorize the alienation, encum- Taxation of prop-
erty, e t c .
brance, or taxation of any real or personal property, including water
rights, belonging to any Indian or any Indian tribe, band, or com-
munity that is held in trust by the United States or is subject to a
restriction against alienation imposed by the United States; or shall
authorize regulation of the use of such property in a manner incon-
sistent with any Federal treaty, agreement, or statute or with any
regulation made pursuant thereto; or shall deprive any Indian or
any Indian tribe, band, or community of any right, privilege, or
immunity afforded under Federal treaty, agreement, or statute with
respect to hunting, trapping, or fishing or the control, licensing, or
regulation thereof.
"(c) The provisions of sections 1152 and 1153 of this chapter shall
not be applicable within the areas of Indian country listed in sub-
section (a) of this section."
SEC. 3. Chapter 85 of title 28, United States Code, is hereby S t a t e jurisdic-
tion over civil
amended by inserting at the end of the chapter analysis preceding causes.
section 1331 of such title the following new item:
"1360. state civil jurisdiction in actions to which Indians are parties."
SEC. 4. Title 28, United States Code, is hereby amended by inserting
in chapter 85 thereof immediately after section 1359 a new section, to
be designated as section 1360, as follows:
"§ 1360. State civil jurisdiction in actions to which Indians are
parties
" ( a ) Each of the States listed in the following table shall have
jurisdiction over civil causes of action between Indians or to which
Indians are parties which arise in the areas of Indian country listed
opposite the name of the State to the same extent that such State has
jurisdiction over other civil causes of action, and those civil laws of
such State that are of general application to private persons or private
property shall have the same force and effect within such Indian
country as they have elsewhere within the State:
"State of Indian country affected
California All Indian country within the State
Minnesota All Indian country within the State, except the Red Lake
Reservation
Nebraska All Indian country within the State
Oregon All Indian country within the State, except the Warm Springs
Reservation
Wisconsin All Indian country within the State, except the Menominee
Reservation
"(b) Nothing in this section shall authorize the alienation, encum-
brance, or taxation of any real or personal property, including water T axation of prop-
erty, e t c .
rights, belonging to any Indian or any Indian tribe, band, or com-
munity that is held in trust by the United States or is subject to a
restriction against alienation imposed by the United States; or shall
authorize regulation of the use of such property in a manner incon-
sistent with any Federal treaty, agreement, or statute or with any
regulation made pursuant thereto; or shall confer jurisdiction upon
the State to adjudicate, in probate proceedings or otherwise, the owner-
ship or right to possession of such property or any interest therein.
"(c) Any tribal ordinance or custom heretofore or hereafter
adopted by an Indian tribe, band, or community in the exercise of any
authority which it may possess shall, if not inconsistent with any
applicable civil law of the State, be given full force and effect in the
determination of civil causes of action pursuant to this section."
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Repeal. SEC. 5. Section 1 of the Act of October 5, 1949 (63 Stat. 705, ch.
604), is hereby repealed, but such repeal shall not affect any pro-
ceedings heretofore instituted under that section.
Removal of legal SEC. 6. Notwithstanding the provisions of any Enabling Act for the
irr5)ediment.
admission of a State, the consent of the United States is hereby given
to the people of any State to amend, where necessary, their State con-
stitution or existing statutes, as the case may be, to remove any legal
impediment to the assumption of civil and criminal jurisdiction in
accordance with the provisions of this Act: Provided^ That the pro-
visions of this Act shall not become effective with respect to such
assumption of jurisdiction by any such State until the people thereof
have appropriately amended their State constitution or statutes as
the case may be.
Consent of U. S.
to other States. SEC. 7. The consent of the United States is hereby given to any
other State not having jurisdiction with respect to criminal offenses
or civil causes of action, or with respect to both, as provided for in
this Act, to assume jurisdiction at such time and in such manner as
the people of the State shall, by affirmative legislative action, obligate
and bind the State to assumption thereof.
Approved August 15, 1953.
Public Law 281 • • CHAPTER 506
August 15, 1953 AN ACT
[H. R. 3409] •' ' To terminate certain Federal restrictions upon Indians.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the
Repeals. United States of America in Congress assembled^ T h a t sections 467
and 2136 of the Revised Statutes (25 U. S. C , sec. 266) and sec-
tion 2135 of the Revised Statutes (25 U. S. C , sec. 265), all of the said
laws being laws which forbid the sale, purchase, or possession by
Indians or personal property which may be sold, purchased, or pos-
sessed by non-Indians, are hereby repealed.
Livestock. SEC. 2. (a) Section 1157 of title 18 of the United States Code, as
62 Stat. 759.
amended, is further amended by striking the period at the end thereof
and adding the following: " : Provided^ That this section shall apply
only to livestock purchased by or for Indians with funds provided
from the revolving loan fund established pursuant to the Acts of
25 u s e 461-509 June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984), and June 26, 1936 (49 Stat. 1967), as
passim.
amended and supplemented, or from tribal loan funds used under
regulations of the Secretary of the Interior, and to livestock issued to
Indians as loans repayable 'in kind', and to the increase of all such
livestock, and only until such time as such loans are repaid: Pro-
vided further^ That it shall be the duty of any purchaser of Indian
livestock to use reasonable diligence to ascertain that such livestock
are not subject to such loans."
Repeal. (b) Sectiou 1 of the Act of July 4, 1884 (23 Stat. 94, 25 U. S. C ,
sec. 195), is repealed.
Approved August 15, 1953.
Public Law 282 CHAPTER 507
August 15, 1953 AN ACT
[H. R. 4508] To authorize tlie sale of certain lands to the State of Oklahoma.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the
Oklahoma. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary
Conveyance.
