Volume 67
Public Law 83–49
To amend section 13 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the allotment of lands of the Crow Tribe, for the distribution of tribal funds and other purposes”.
Approved June 4, 1953
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend section 13 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the allotment of lands of the Crow Tribe, for the distribution of tribal funds and other purposes”.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That notwithstanding any provision contained in section 13 of the Act of June 4, 1920
(41 Stat. 751)j all homestead, irrigable, or agricultural land on the Crow Reservation may be sold, or patents in fee may be issued therefor, upon application in writing by the Indian owners, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior or his authorized representative, but nothing in this Act shall be construed to abridge the power of the Secretary of the Interior to sell land under any existing law.
Approved June 4, 1953.