CHAPTER 13—CEDED INDIAN LANDS

        

§421. Transferred

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section 421, act May 17, 1900, ch. 479, §1, 31 Stat. 179, which provided for free homesteads to settlers, commutation rights, and payments to Indians, was transferred to section 179 of Title 43, Public Lands.

§422. Transferred

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section 422, act Jan. 26, 1901, ch. 180, 31 Stat. 740, which related to right of settlers to commute entry, was transferred to section 180 of Title 43, Public Lands.

§423. Transferred

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section 423, act May 22, 1902, ch. 821, §2, 32 Stat. 203, which related to second homestead entry by certain settlers, was transferred to section 187b of Title 43, Public Lands.

§424. Negotiations for cession of lands

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.

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

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.

§425. Classification and appraisement of unallotted and unreserved lands

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to cause to be classified or reclassified and appraised or reappraised, in such manner as he may deem advisable, the unallotted or otherwise unreserved lands within any Indian reservation opened to settlement and entry but not classified and appraised in the manner provided for in the Act or Acts opening such reservations to settlement and entry, or where the existing classification or appraisement is, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Interior, erroneous.

(June 6, 1912, ch. 155, 37 Stat. 125.)

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 1196 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.

§426. Agreements with Indians not affected

Nothing in this act shall change, repeal, or modify any agreements or treaties made with any Indian tribes for the disposal of their lands, or of land ceded to the United States to be disposed of for the benefit of such tribes, and the proceeds thereof to be placed in the Treasury of the United States; and the disposition of such lands shall continue in accordance with the provisions of such treaties or agreements; except as provided in sections 161 and 162 ¹ of title 43.

(Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, §10, 26 Stat. 1099.)

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This act, referred to in text, means act Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, 26 Stat. 1095, which enacted this section and former section 495 of this title, sections 471, 607, 611, 611a, and 613 of Title 16, Conservation, sections 30, 36, 44, 45, 48, and 52 of Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining, sections 161, 162, 173, 174, 185, 202, 212, 321, 323, 325, 327 to 329, 663, 671, 687a–6, 718, 728, 732, 893, 946 to 949, 989, 2505, and 2506 of Title 43, Public Lands, and former section 1181 of Title 43. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

Sections 161 and 162 of title 43, referred to in text, were repealed by Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, §702, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2787.

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 1197 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.

¹ See References in Text note below.

§427. Transferred

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section, act Feb. 9, 1903, ch. 531, 32 Stat. 820, which extended town-site laws to ceded lands in Minnesota, was transferred to section 731 of Title 43, Public Lands.