2018 US Code
Title 25 - Indians
Chapter 10 - Descent and Distribution; Heirs of Allottee
Sec. 378 - Partition of allotment among heirs; patents

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Citation 25 U.S.C. § 378 (2018)
Section Name §378. Partition of allotment among heirs; patents
Section Text

If the Secretary of the Interior shall find that any inherited trust allotment or allotments are capable of partition to the advantage of the heirs, he may cause such lands to be partitioned among them, regardless of their competency, patents in fee to be issued to the competent heirs for their shares and trust patents to be issued to the incompetent heirs for the lands respectively or jointly set apart to them, the trust period to terminate in accordance with the terms of the original patent or order of extension of the trust period set out in said patent.

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(May 18, 1916, ch. 125, §1, 39 Stat. 127.)

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Title 25 - INDIANS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 25 - INDIANS
CHAPTER 10 - DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION; HEIRS OF ALLOTTEE
Sec. 378 - Partition of allotment among heirs; patents
Contains section 378
Date 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law No
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Statutes at Large References 39 Stat. 127
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