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1  vided,That such lands, so long as held under a trust patent, 
2  shall not be subjected to levy and tax sale as provided under
3  the laws of the State of Nebraska for the collection of such 
4  taxes; but if such tax shall not be paid within one year 
5  after the same shall become due and payable, as provided 
6  by the laws of the State of Nebraska, then the list of all such 
7  unpaid and delinquent taxes on such lands of the Omaha 
8  Indians may be certified by the county treasurer of the 
9  county in which such lands are situated to the  Secretary of 
10 the Interior, who shall be authorized to pay the same from
11  any funds belonging to the Indian allottees owning such 
12  lands so taxed and arising from the rentals thereof or 
13  under his control; and in the event no such funds shall be 
14  in the possession or under the control of the Secretary of the 
15  Interior, he shall certify that fact to said county treasurer, 
16  which certificate shall operate as a release and discharge 
17  of the tax assessed against the land of the Indian so without 
18  funds."

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