2014 US Code
Title 43 - Public Lands (Sections 1 - 2434)
Chapter 17 - Reservation and Sale of Town Sites on Public Lands (Sections 711 - 738)
Sec. 737 - Unrestricted deeds for townsite lands held by Alaska natives
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS CHAPTER 17 - RESERVATION AND SALE OF TOWN SITES ON PUBLIC LANDS Sec. 737 - Unrestricted deeds for townsite lands held by Alaska natives |
| Contains | section 737 |
| Date | 2014 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Feb. 26, 1948, ch. 72, 62 Stat. 35. |
| Statutes at Large References | 62 Stat. 35 90 Stat. 2789 |
| Public and Private Laws | Public Law 94-579 |
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The trustee or trustees to whom a patent has been issued for a townsite surveyed pursuant to section 732 or 735 1 of this title, upon a finding by the Secretary of the Interior or his authorized representative that any Alaska native who claims and occupies a tract of land within such townsite is competent to manage his own affairs and has petitioned the Secretary or his authorized representative for an unrestricted deed, or 2 shall issue to such native an unrestricted deed, and thereafter all restrictions as to sale, encumbrance, or taxation of said lands shall be removed, but said land shall not be liable to the satisfaction of any debt, except obligations owed the Federal Government, contracted prior to the issuing of such deed.
(Feb. 26, 1948, ch. 72, 62 Stat. 35.)
REFERENCES IN TEXTSections 732 and 735 of this title, referred to in text, were repealed by Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, §703(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2789.
CODIFICATIONSection was formerly classified to section 355e of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.
1 See References in Text note below.
2 So in original.
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