The Indians or persons conducting schools or missions in the Territory of Alaska shall not be disturbed in the possession of any lands actually in their use or occupation on , and the land, at any station not exceeding six hundred and forty acres, occupied on said date as missionary stations among the Indian tribes in the section, with the improvements thereon erected by or for such societies, shall be continued in the occupancy of the several religious societies to which the missionary stations respectively belong, and the Secretary of the Interior is directed to have such lands surveyed in compact form as nearly as practicable and patents issued for the same to the several societies to which they belong; but nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to put in force in the Territory the general land laws of the United States.
June 6, 1900, ch. 786, § 2731 Stat. 330(, .)
Editorial Notes
References in Text
act June 6, 1900, ch. 78631 Stat. 321This Act, referred to in text, means , . For complete classification of Title I of this act to the Code, see Tables. Title III of this act provided for the Alaska Civil Code.
Codification
section 356 of Title 48Section was formerly classified to , Territories and Insular Possessions.
Prior Provisions
act May 17, 1884, ch. 53, § 823 Stat. 26Similar provisions were contained in , , which provided in part that the Indians or other persons in the district should not be disturbed in the possession of any lands actually in their use or occupation or claimed by them, but reserved for future legislation the terms under which such persons might acquire title. That section contained a further provision, similar to the provision contained in this section, continuing lands occupied as missionary stations in the occupancy of the several religious societies.
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
64 Stat. 1262For 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, , set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Admission of Alaska as State
Pub. L. 85–50872 Stat. 339section 21 of Title 48Admission of Alaska into the Union was accomplished , on issuance of Proc. No. 3269, , 24 F.R. 81, 73, Stat. c16, as required by sections 1 and 8(c) of , , , set out as notes preceding , Territories and Insular Possessions.