25 U.S.C. § 5104 — Exchanges of land
submitted 87 years ago by ch. 662 to r/title-25-INDIANS · 116 words · no verdicts yet
For land consolidation within a reservation, the Secretary of the Interior may acquire land, water rights, or surface rights by purchase, exchange, or relinquishment. Exchanges must use equal value and account for improvements, and the rule applies to tribal, trust, and restricted allotments.
For the purpose of effecting land consolidations between Indians and non-Indians within the reservation, the Secretary* of the Interior is authorized, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, to acquire through purchase, exchange, or relinquishment, any interest in lands, water rights, or surface rights to lands within said reservation. Exchanges of lands hereunder must be made on the basis of equal value and the value of improvements on lands to be relinquished to the Indians or by Indians to non-Indians must be given due consideration and allowance made therefor in the valuation of lieu lands. This section must apply to tribal, trust, or otherwise restricted Indian allotments whether the allottee be living or deceased.
For the purpose of effecting land consolidations between Indians and non-Indians within the reservation, the Secretary* of the Interior is authorized, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, to acquire through purchase, exchange, or relinquishment, any interest in lands, water rights, or surface rights to lands within said reservation. Exchanges of lands hereunder shall be made on the basis of equal value and the value of improvements on lands to be relinquished to the Indians or by Indians to non-Indians shall be given due consideration and allowance made therefor in the valuation of lieu lands. This section shall apply to tribal, trust, or otherwise restricted Indian allotments whether the allottee be living or deceased.
Source credit: (Aug. 10, 1939, ch. 662, § 2, 53 Stat. 1351.)
- 1939Enacted · Act of Aug. 10, 1939, ch. 662 · 53 Stat. 1351
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