§ 424. Negotiations for cession of lands

Statutory text

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to negotiate, through any United States Indian inspector, agreements with any Indians for the cession to the United States of portions of their respective reservations or surplus unallotted lands, any agreements thus negotiated to be subject to subsequent ratification by Congress.

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.

1901
Pub. L. 56–832 § 1 · 31 Stat. 1058
Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 424
(Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 832, § 1, 31 Stat. 1077.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 832, § 1, 31 Stat. 1077.)

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Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 1195 of Title 43, Public Lands, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section, where it had originally appeared prior to transfer to Title 43.

Credits

(Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 832, § 1, 31 Stat. 1077.)