25 U.S.C. § 394 — Leases of arid allotted lands
submitted 110 years ago by ch. 125 to r/title-25-INDIANS · 81 words · no verdicts yet
This law lets the Secretary of the Interior approve leases for dry, allotted Indian land that could be irrigated. It applies when the owner cannot personally farm the land due to old age or another disability. Leases can run up to ten years.
If the Secretary* of the Interior becomes satisfied that an Indian's allotted land is arid (dry) but could be irrigated, and that the allottee cannot personally occupy or improve the land — or part of it — because of old age or another disability, then the Secretary may allow that land, or that portion of it, to be leased. The lease can run for up to ten years. The terms, rules, and regulations governing the lease are whatever the Secretary of the Interior prescribes.
Whenever it shall appear to the satisfaction of the Secretary* of the Interior that the allotted lands of any Indian are arid but susceptible of irrigation and that the allottee, by reason of old age or other disability, cannot personally occupy or improve his allotment or any portion thereof, such lands, or such portion thereof, may be leased for a period not exceeding ten years, under such terms, rules, and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior.
Source credit: (May 18, 1916, ch. 125, § 1, 39 Stat. 128.)
- 1916Enacted · Act of May 18, 1916, ch. 125 · 39 Stat. 128
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 125 on 1916-05-18.
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