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25 U.S.C. § 374 — Attendance of witnesses

submitted 112 years ago by ch. 222 to r/title-25-INDIANS · 66 words · no verdicts yet

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The Secretary of the Interior can force witnesses to attend heirship hearings. This power comes from the same law that lets federal judges do so. The Secretary sets his own rules for using it.

The Secretary of the Interior gets the same power that section 24 of title 35 gives to federal court judges: the power to make witnesses show up. This power applies to heirship hearings — hearings held under sections 372 and 373 to figure out who inherits from someone who died. A party has to make a "proper showing" (this section doesn't say what that requires) before the Secretary will order a witness to attend. The Secretary can set his own rules for how this works.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

The authority delegated to judges of the United States courts by section 24 of title 35 is conferred upon the Secretary of the Interior to require the attendance of witnesses at hearings, upon proper showing by any of the parties to determine the heirs of decedents, held in accordance with sections 372 and 373 of this title, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe.

Source credit: (Aug. 1, 1914, ch. 222, § 1, 38 Stat. 586.)

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  • 1914Enacted · Act of Aug. 1, 1914, ch. 222 · 38 Stat. 586

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 222 on 1914-08-01.

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