25 U.S.C. § 5 — Record of deeds by Indians requiring approval

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The Commissioner of Indian Affairs must keep records of certain deeds signed by Indians. This covers deeds that need approval from the President or the Secretary of the Interior. The Commissioner records each deed once it's approved and sent back to the office.

The Commissioner of Indian Affairs must keep a record of every deed signed by an Indian, or by that person's heirs, representatives, or assigns (people the rights were transferred to). This applies specifically to deeds that require approval — either from the President of the United States or from the Secretary of the Interior. Once that approval has been given and the approved deed is sent back to the Commissioner's office, the Commissioner records it.

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The Commissioner of Indian Affairs is hereby empowered and directed to continue to make and keep a record of every deed executed by any Indian, his heirs, representatives, or assigns, which may require the approval of the President of the United States or of the Secretary of the Interior, whenever such approval shall have been given, and the deed so approved returned to said office.

Source credit: (July 26, 1892, ch. 256, § 2, 27 Stat. 273.)

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1892Enacted · Act of July 26, 1892, ch. 256 · 27 Stat. 273

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