25 U.S.C. § 11 — Employee or employees to sign approval of tribal deeds

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The Secretary of the Interior can pick employees to sign tribal deeds. They sign in the Secretary's name and under the Secretary's direction. This covers deeds to allottees, town lot buyers, and the Five Civilized Tribes in Oklahoma.

The Secretary of the Interior may designate one or more Department of the Interior employees to sign deed approvals. These employees sign under the Secretary's direction, using the Secretary's name and on the Secretary's behalf. This covers the Secretary's approval of tribal deeds to allottees, to buyers of town lots, and to buyers of unallotted lands. It also covers deeds for lands reserved to people, corporations, or organizations under the law, for their use and benefit. It also covers any tribal deed lawfully made for any of the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians in Oklahoma.

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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to designate an employee or employees of the Department of the Interior to sign, under the direction of the Secretary, in his name and for him, his approval of tribal deeds to allottees, to purchasers of town lots, to purchasers of unallotted lands, to persons, corporations, or organizations for lands reserved to them under the law for their use and benefit, and to any tribal deeds made and executed according to law for any of the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians in Oklahoma.

Source credit: (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 210, § 17, 36 Stat. 1069.)

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1911Enacted · Act of Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 210 · 36 Stat. 1069

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