Title 25 — Indians
Chapter 7 — Education of Indians
§ 277. Former Apache military post established as Theodore Roosevelt Indian School
Statutory text
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to establish and maintain the former Fort Apache military post as an Indian boarding school for the purpose of carrying out treaty obligations, to be known as the Theodore Roosevelt Indian School: Provided, That the Fort Apache military post, and land appurtenant thereto, shall remain in the possession and custody of the Secretary of the Interior so long as they shall be required for Indian school purposes.
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. 67–42 · 42 Stat. 108
Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 277
(Jan. 24, 1923, ch. 42, 42 Stat. 1187.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Jan. 24, 1923, ch. 42, 42 Stat. 1187.)
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Lands Held in Trust for White Mountain Apache Tribe
Pub. L. 86–392, , 74 Stat. 8, provided: “That all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the lands, together with the improvements thereon, included in the former Fort Apache Military Reservation, created by Executive order of , and subsequently set aside by the Act of (42 Stat. 1187) [this section], as a site for the Theodore Roosevelt School, located within the boundaries of the Fort Apache Indian Reservation, Arizona, are hereby declared to be held by the United States in trust for the White Mountain Apache Tribe, subject to the right of the Secretary of the Interior to use any part of the land and improvements for administrative or school purposes for as long as they are needed for that purpose.”
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. , 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Credits
(Jan. 24, 1923, ch. 42, 42 Stat. 1187.)