§ 277. — Former Apache military post established as Theodore Roosevelt Indian School.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC277]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 7--EDUCATION OF INDIANS
Sec. 277. Former Apache military post established as Theodore
Roosevelt Indian School
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to establish and
maintain the former Fort Apache military post as an Indian boarding
school for the purpose of carrying out treaty obligations, to be known
as the Theodore Roosevelt Indian School: Provided, That the Fort Apache
military post, and land appurtenant thereto, shall remain in the
possession and custody of the Secretary of the Interior so long as they
shall be required for Indian school purposes.
(Jan. 24, 1923, ch. 42, 42 Stat. 1187.)
Transfer of Functions
For 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,
Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in
the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Lands Held in Trust for White Mountain Apache Tribe
Pub. L. 86-392, Mar. 18, 1960, 74 Stat. 8, provided: ``That all
right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the lands,
together with the improvements thereon, included in the former Fort
Apache Military Reservation, created by Executive order of February 1,
1877, and subsequently set aside by the Act of January 24, 1923 (42
Stat. 1187) [this section], as a site for the Theodore Roosevelt School,
located within the boundaries of the Fort Apache Indian Reservation,
Arizona, are hereby declared to be held by the United States in trust
for the White Mountain Apache Tribe, subject to the right of the
Secretary of the Interior to use any part of the land and improvements
for administrative or school purposes for as long as they are needed for
that purpose.''
