2013 US Code
Title 25 - Indians
Chapter 12 - LEASE, SALE, OR SURRENDER OF ALLOTTED OR UNALLOTTED LANDS (§§ 391 - 416j)
Section 397 - Leases of lands for grazing or mining
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 25 - INDIANS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 25 - INDIANS CHAPTER 12 - LEASE, SALE, OR SURRENDER OF ALLOTTED OR UNALLOTTED LANDS Sec. 397 - Leases of lands for grazing or mining |
| Contains | section 397 |
| Date | 2013 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Feb. 28, 1891, ch. 383, §3, 26 Stat. 795. |
| Statutes at Large References | 26 Stat. 795 64 Stat. 1262 |
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Where lands are occupied by Indians who have bought and paid for the same, and which lands are not needed for farming or agricultural purposes, and are not desired for individual allotments, the same may be leased by authority of the council speaking for such Indians, for a period not to exceed five years for grazing, or ten years for mining purposes in such quantities and upon such terms and conditions as the agent in charge of such reservation may recommend, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior.
(Feb. 28, 1891, ch. 383, §3, 26 Stat. 795.)
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONSFor transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
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