§ 500i. — Alienation of reindeer or interests; penalty.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC500i]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
SUBCHAPTER VII--REINDEER INDUSTRY
Sec. 500i. Alienation of reindeer or interests; penalty
Live reindeer in Alaska, and the increase thereof, acquired by the
Secretary of the Interior pursuant to this subchapter, and live reindeer
in Alaska, and the increase thereof, owned by the said natives of Alaska
or corporations, associations, or other organizations of said natives,
however acquired, shall not be sold or transferred, by descent, devise,
or in any other manner whatsoever, to anyone other than the said natives
of Alaska the United States for and on behalf of said natives, or
corporations, associations, or other organizations of said natives,
except with the consent in writing of the Secretary of the Interior or
his duly authorized agent, stating that such consent is given upon the
condition that the reindeer, and any increase thereof, sold or otherwise
transferred with said consent, shall either be butchered in the
Territory of Alaska within thirty days or shipped out of said Territory
and never brought back alive into said Territory. Sales or other
transfers of said reindeer, if made without the consent in writing
herein required, or, although made with said consent, if followed by
failure to comply with the condition therein required, shall be null and
void, and shall not pass any title to or right to possession of any
reindeer or increase thereof. No stock or other interest in any
corporation, association, or other organization of said natives, engaged
in or organized for the purposes of engaging in the reindeer industry or
business, shall be transferred, by descent, devise, or in any other
manner whatsoever, to anyone other than said natives of Alaska, the
United States for and on behalf of said natives, or corporations,
associations, or other organizations of said natives. Any willful
violation of the provisions of this section by any vendee or other
transferee shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $500:
Provided, That no title to any reindeer, or reindeer products, owned by
the United States for and on behalf of the said natives of Alaska, nor
any title to reindeer, or reindeer products, owned by any of said
natives or said corporations, associations, or other organizations of
said natives, nor any stock or other interest in said corporations,
associations, or other organizations of said natives, shall be
transferred by descent, device,\1\ or in any other manner whatsoever,
except pursuant to regulations promulgated by the Secretary of the
Interior for the purposes of preserving the native character of the
reindeer industry or business in Alaska and effectuating the other
purposes of this subchapter: Provided further, That nothing herein
contained shall prevent any native of Alaska who owns reindeer or any
interest therein through stock ownership, or otherwise, in any
corporation or association or other organization owning reindeer, from
transferring his reindeer, or any interest therein, to his children or
other native relatives by gift, sale, devise, or bequest, or prevent the
same from being so transferred or passed by descent.
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\1\ So in original. Probably should be ``devise,''.
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(Sept. 1, 1937, ch. 897, Sec. 10, 50 Stat. 901.)
References in Text
Herein, referred to in text, means act Sept. 1, 1937, which
comprises this subchapter. For complete classification of this Act to
the Code, see Tables.
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 250i of Title 48,
Territories and Insular Possessions.
