§ 82a. — Contracts for payment of money permitted certain tribes; payment for legal services.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC82a]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 3--AGREEMENTS WITH INDIANS
SUBCHAPTER II--CONTRACTS WITH INDIANS
Sec. 82a. Contracts for payment of money permitted certain
tribes; payment for legal services
Contracts involving the payment or expenditure of any money or
affecting any property belonging to the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee,
Creek, or Seminole Tribes of Indians, including contracts for
professional legal services, may be made by said tribes, with the
approval of the Secretary of the Interior, or his authorized
representative, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the
Interior may prescribe: Provided, That the provisions of this section
shall not apply to contracts for professional legal services involving
the prosecution of claims against the United States.
(July 3, 1952, ch. 549, Sec. 1, 66 Stat. 323.)
Contracts Involving Choctaw and Chickasaw Tribes
Section 2 of act July 3, 1952, provided: ``That the second proviso
in section 28 of the Act of April 26, 1906, ch. 1876 (34 Stat. 148) [not
classified to the Code], and the provisions contained in the fifth
paragraph of section 17 of the Act of March 3, 1911, ch. 210 (36 Stat.
1070) [not classified to the Code], dealing with contracts made by the
Choctaw and Chickasaw Tribes of Indians for professional legal services
of attorneys, are hereby repealed.''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 450l, 458cc, 458aaa-10 of
this title.
