§ 86. — Encumbrances on lands allotted to applicants for enrollment in Five Civilized Tribes; use of interest on tribal funds.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 25USC86]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 3--AGREEMENTS WITH INDIANS
SUBCHAPTER II--CONTRACTS WITH INDIANS
Sec. 86. Encumbrances on lands allotted to applicants for
enrollment in Five Civilized Tribes; use of interest on tribal
funds
Land allotted to any applicant for enrollment as a citizen in the
Five Civilized Tribes whether an Indian or freedman, shall not be
affected or encumbered by any deed, debt, or obligation of any character
contracted prior to the time at which said land may be alienated under
the laws of the United States: Provided further, That the interest
accruing from tribal funds and deposited in banks in the State of
Oklahoma may be used as authorized by the Act of March third, nineteen
hundred and eleven, under the direction of the Secretary of the
Interior, to defray the expense of per capita payments authorized by
Congress.
(Aug. 1, 1914, ch. 222, Sec. 17, 38 Stat. 601; June 25, 1948, ch. 645,
Sec. 3, 62 Stat. 859.)
References in Text
Act of March third, nineteen hundred and eleven, referred to in
text, is act Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 210, 36 Stat. 1060, as amended, which,
insofar as classified to the Code, enacted sections 11, 118, 143, 156,
300, and 301 of this title. For classification of this Act to the Code,
see Tables.
Amendments
1948--Act June 25, 1948, struck out provisions relating to
prohibiting contracts for compensation for services in relation to
enrollment in the Five Civilized Tribes.
Effective Date of 1948 Amendment
Amendment by act June 25, 1948 effective Sept. 1, 1948.
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.
