2019 US Code
Title 25 - Indians
Chapter 12 - Lease, Sale, or Surrender of Allotted or Unallotted Lands
Sec. 400a - Lease for mining purposes of land reserved for agency or school; disposition of proceeds; royalty

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Citation 25 U.S.C. § 400a (2019)
Section Name §400a. Lease for mining purposes of land reserved for agency or school; disposition of proceeds; royalty
Section Text

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, to lease at public auction upon not less than thirty days' public notice for mining purposes land on any Indian reservation reserved for Indian agency or school purposes, in accordance with existing law applicable to other lands in such reservation, and the proceeds arising therefrom shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Indians for whose benefit the lands are reserved subject to appropriation by Congress for educational work among the Indians or in paying expenses of administration of agencies: Provided, That a royalty of at least one-eighth shall be reserved in all leases.

Source Credit

(Apr. 17, 1926, ch. 156, 44 Stat. 300.)

Editorial Notes TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

For 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.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 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. 400a - Lease for mining purposes of land reserved for agency or school; disposition of proceeds; royalty
Contains section 400a
Date 2019
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 24, 2020
Positive Law No
Disposition reserved
Statutes at Large References 44 Stat. 300
64 Stat. 1262
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