Title 25 — Indians
Chapter 17 — Financing Economic Development of Indians and Indian Organizations
§ 1545. Livestock loans; cash settlements
Statutory text
All acceptances of cash settlements by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for livestock lent by the United States to any individual Indian, or to any tribe, association, corporation, or other group of Indians, and all sales and relending of livestock repaid in kind to the United States on account of such loans are authorized and ratified: Provided, That on and after , the value of such livestock for the purposes of any such cash settlement shall be based on prevailing market prices in the area and shall be ascertained by a committee composed of three members, one of whom shall be selected by the superintendent of the particular agency, one of whom shall be selected by the chairman of the tribal council, and one of whom shall be selected by the other two members.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 81–197 § 1 · 64 Stat. 190
Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 1545
(May 24, 1950, ch. 197, § 1, 64 Stat. 190.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(May 24, 1950, ch. 197, § 1, 64 Stat. 190.)
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Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was enacted as part of act May 24, 1950, ch. 197, and not as part of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 which comprises this chapter.
Section was formerly classified to section 442 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Credits
(May 24, 1950, ch. 197, § 1, 64 Stat. 190.)