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Title 25 — Indians

Chapter 45 — Protection of Indians and Conservation of Resources

§ 5105. Title to lands

Statutory text

Title to lands or any interest therein acquired pursuant to this Act for Indian use shall be taken in the name of the United States of America in trust for the tribe or individual Indian for which acquired.

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. 76–662 § 3 · 53 Stat. 1351

    Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 5105

    (Aug. 10, 1939, ch. 662, § 3, 53 Stat. 1351.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Aug. 10, 1939, ch. 662, § 3, 53 Stat. 1351.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 3. Title to lands or any interest therein acquired pursuant to Title to be taken in name of United States. this Act for Indian use shall be taken in the name of the United States of America in trust for the tribe or individual Indian for which acquired.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This Act, referred to in text, is act Aug. 10, 1939, ch. 662, 53 Stat. 1351, which is classified principally to sections 5104 to 5106 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 463f of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Credits

(Aug. 10, 1939, ch. 662, § 3, 53 Stat. 1351.)

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