2019 US Code
Title 25 - Indians
Chapter 12 - Lease, Sale, or Surrender of Allotted or Unallotted Lands
Sec. 408 - Surrender of allotments by relinquishment for benefit of children

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Citation 25 U.S.C. § 408 (2019)
Section Name §408. Surrender of allotments by relinquishment for benefit of children
Section Text

In any case where an Indian has an allotment of land, or any right, title, or interest in such an allotment, the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, may permit such Indian to surrender such allotment, or any right, title, or interest therein, by such formal relinquishment as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, for the benefit of any of his or her children to whom no allotment of land shall have been made; and thereupon the Secretary of the Interior shall cause the estate so relinquished to be allotted to such child or children subject to all conditions which attached to it before such relinquishment.

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(June 25, 1910, ch. 431, §3, 36 Stat. 856.)

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. 408 - Surrender of allotments by relinquishment for benefit of children
Contains section 408
Date 2019
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 24, 2020
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 36 Stat. 856
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