2016 US Code
Title 25 - Indians
Chapter 9 - Allotment of Indian Lands
Sec. 350 - Surrender of patent, and selection of other land
| 25 U.S.C. § 350 (2016) |
| §350. Surrender of patent, and selection of other land |
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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, and whenever for good and sufficient reason he shall consider it to be for the best interest of the Indians, in making allotments under the act of February 8, 1887, to permit any Indian to whom a patent has been issued for land on the reservation to which such Indian belongs, under treaty or existing law, to surrender such patent with formal relinquishment by such Indian to the United States of all his or her right, title, and interest in the land conveyed thereby, properly indorsed thereon, and to cancel such surrendered patent: Provided, That the Indian so surrendering the same shall make a selection, in lieu thereof, of other land and receive patent therefor, under the provisions of the act of February 8, 1887. |
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(Oct. 19, 1888, ch. 1214, §2, 25 Stat. 612.) |
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REFERENCES IN TEXT
Act of February 8, 1887, referred to in text, was in the original "the statute aforesaid" and "the act of February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven", respectively. The act appears in 24 Stat. 388, and is popularly known as the Indian General Allotment Act. For classification of this act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 331 of this title and Tables. |
| United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 25 - INDIANS |
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| Title 25 - INDIANS CHAPTER 9 - ALLOTMENT OF INDIAN LANDS Sec. 350 - Surrender of patent, and selection of other land |
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| 24 Stat. 388 25 Stat. 612 |
