§ 408. — Surrender of allotments by relinquishment for benefit of children.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC408]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 12--LEASE, SALE, OR SURRENDER OF ALLOTTED OR UNALLOTTED LANDS
Sec. 408. Surrender of allotments by relinquishment for benefit
of children
In any case where an Indian has an allotment of land, or any right,
title, or interest in such an allotment, the Secretary of the Interior,
in his discretion, may permit such Indian to surrender such allotment,
or any right, title, or interest therein, by such formal relinquishment
as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, for the benefit
of any of his or her children to whom no allotment of land shall have
been made; and thereupon the Secretary of the Interior shall cause the
estate so relinquished to be allotted to such child or children subject
to all conditions which attached to it before such relinquishment.
(June 25, 1910, ch. 431, Sec. 3, 36 Stat. 856.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 353, 406, 564h, 697, 747 of
this title; title 43 section 1617.