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Title 25 — Indians

Chapter 12 — Lease, Sale, or Surrender of Allotted or Unallotted Lands

§ 414. Reservation of minerals in sale of Choctaw-Chickasaw lands

Statutory text

On and after , in all sales of tribal lands of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians in Oklahoma provided for by existing law, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to offer such lands for sale subject to a reservation of the mineral rights therein, including oil and gas, for the benefit of said Indians, whenever in his judgment the interests of the Indians will best be served thereby.

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. 75–778 · 50 Stat. 810

    Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 414

    (Aug. 25, 1937, ch. 778, 50 Stat. 810.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Aug. 25, 1937, ch. 778, 50 Stat. 810.)

0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Credits

(Aug. 25, 1937, ch. 778, 50 Stat. 810.)

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