25 U.S.C. § 395 — Leases of allotted lands where allottee is incapacitated
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This law lets the Secretary of the Interior approve farming leases for Indian allotments when the owner cannot work the land. It applies when age, disability, or inability prevents the allottee from farming it themselves. Leases can run up to five years.
If it appears to the Secretary* of the Interior that, because of age, disability, or inability, an allottee of Indian land cannot personally occupy or improve their allotment — or any part of it — with benefit to themselves, then that land, or that part of it, may be leased. The lease can run for up to five years, and is only for farming purposes. The Secretary of the Interior sets whatever terms, regulations, and conditions apply.
Whenever it shall be made to appear to the Secretary* of the Interior that, by reason of age, disability, or inability, any allottee of Indian lands cannot personally, and with benefit to himself, occupy or improve his allotment or any part thereof, the same may be leased upon such terms, regulations, and conditions as shall be prescribed by the Secretary for a term not exceeding five years, for farming purposes only.
Source credit: (May 31, 1900, ch. 598, 31 Stat. 229.)
- 1900Enacted · Act of May 31, 1900, ch. 598 · 31 Stat. 229
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 598 on 1900-05-31.
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