2016 US Code
Title 25 - Indians
Chapter 9 - Allotment of Indian Lands
Sec. 344 - Cancellation of allotment of unsuitable land

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Citation 25 U.S.C. § 344 (2016)
Section Name ยง344. Cancellation of allotment of unsuitable land
Section Text

If any Indian of a tribe whose surplus lands have been ceded or opened to disposal has received an allotment embracing lands unsuitable for allotment purposes, such allotment may be canceled and other unappropriated, unoccupied, and unreserved land of equal area, within the ceded portions of the reservation upon which such Indian belongs, allotted to him upon the same terms and with the same restrictions as the original allotment, and lands described in any such canceled allotment shall be disposed of as other ceded lands of such reservation. This provision shall not apply to the lands formerly comprising Indian Territory. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to prescribe rules and regulations to carry this law into effect.

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(Mar. 3, 1909, ch. 263, 35 Stat. 784.)

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 25 - INDIANS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 25 - INDIANS
CHAPTER 9 - ALLOTMENT OF INDIAN LANDS
Sec. 344 - Cancellation of allotment of unsuitable land
Contains section 344
Date 2016
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 6, 2017
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large Reference 35 Stat. 784
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