§ 344. — Cancellation of allotment of unsuitable land.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC344]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 9--ALLOTMENT OF INDIAN LANDS
Sec. 344. Cancellation of allotment of unsuitable land
If any Indian of a tribe whose surplus lands have been ceded or
opened to disposal has received an allotment embracing lands unsuitable
for allotment purposes, such allotment may be canceled and other
unappropriated, unoccupied, and unreserved land of equal area, within
the ceded portions of the reservation upon which such Indian belongs,
allotted to him upon the same terms and with the same restrictions as
the original allotment, and lands described in any such canceled
allotment shall be disposed of as other ceded lands of such reservation.
This provision shall not apply to the lands formerly comprising Indian
Territory. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to prescribe
rules and regulations to carry this law into effect.
(Mar. 3, 1909, ch. 263, 35 Stat. 784.)
