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Title 25 — Indians

Chapter 6 — Government of Indian Country and Reservations

§ 253. Wines for sacramental purposes

Statutory text

It shall not be unlawful to introduce and use wines solely for sacramental purposes, under church authority, at any place within the Indian country or any Indian reservation, including the Pueblo Reservations in New Mexico.

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.

  1. Pub. L. 62–388 § 1 · 37 Stat. 518

    Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 253

    (Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 388, § 1, 37 Stat. 519.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 388, § 1, 37 Stat. 519.)

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Credits

(Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 388, § 1, 37 Stat. 519.)

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