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Agreement of 1937 (Hardin Cession)

See also Kappler annotated version, Oklahoma State University

August 31, 1937.  [H. R. 7649.]  50 Stat., 884.

Chap. 890—An Act Relating to certain lands within the boundaries of the Crow Reservation, Montana

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all of that area within the Crow Indian Reservation, Montana, described, as: "Beginning at the northwest corner of lot eleven, section 3; thence east along the north boundary line of the Crow Indian Reservation to the west meander line of the Big Horn River; thence southeasterly along the west meander line of the said Big Horn River to its intersection with the north and south center line of section twelve; thence south along the said center line of sections twelve and thirteen to the center of section thirteen; thence west to the northwest corner of the the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of said section thirteen; thence south to the southeast corner of the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section twentyfive; thence west to the northwest corner of lot two, section twenty-seven; thence north along the boundary line of the Crow Indian Reservation to the point of beginning, all in township 1 south, range 33 east, principal meridian, Montana, be, and the same is hereby, eliminated and excluded from the Crow Indian Reservation in the State of Montana.

Sec. 2. Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to discontinue or repeal the provisions of the Indian liquor laws which prohibit the sale, gift, barter, exchange, or other disposition of beer, wine, and other liquors to Indians of the classes set forth in the Act of January 30, 1897 (29 Stat. L. 506; U. S. C., title 25, sec. 241).

Sec. 3. All Acts or parts of Acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

Approved, August 31, 1937.