Title 25 — Indians
Chapter 1 — Bureau of Indian Affairs
§ 4. Defective record of deeds and papers legalized
Statutory text
The recording of all deeds and papers prior to , in the office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs is confirmed, approved, and legalized; and said record theretofore made shall be deemed, taken, and held to be good and valid and shall have all the force and effect and be entitled to the same credit as if it had been made in pursuance of and in conformity to law. But shall have no effect whatever upon the validity or invalidity of the deed or paper so recorded, and shall be no evidence of constructive notice to any persons not actually knowing the contents.
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. 52–256 § 1 · 27 Stat. 272
Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 4
(July 26, 1892, ch. 256, § 1, 27 Stat. 272.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(July 26, 1892, ch. 256, § 1, 27 Stat. 272.)
0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
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
(July 26, 1892, ch. 256, § 1, 27 Stat. 272.)