§ 395. — Leases of allotted lands where allottee is incapacitated.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC395]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 12--LEASE, SALE, OR SURRENDER OF ALLOTTED OR UNALLOTTED LANDS
Sec. 395. Leases of allotted lands where allottee is
incapacitated
Whenever it shall be made to appear to the Secretary of the Interior
that, by reason of age, disability, or inability, any allottee of Indian
lands cannot personally, and with benefit to himself, occupy or improve
his allotment or any part thereof, the same may be leased upon such
terms, regulations, and conditions as shall be prescribed by the
Secretary for a term not exceeding five years, for farming purposes
only.
(May 31, 1900, ch. 598, 31 Stat. 229.)
Codification
Act May 31, 1900, is applicable to ``any allottee of Indian lands''
and authorizes leases ``for a term not exceeding five years, for farming
purposes only'' and supersedes the following prior provisions:
Act June 7, 1897, ch. 3, 30 Stat. 85.
Act June 10, 1896, ch. 398, 29 Stat. 340.
Act Mar. 2, 1895, ch. 188, 28 Stat. 900.
Act Aug. 15, 1894, ch. 290, 28 Stat. 305.
Other Leasing Provisions
Special provisions for leasing allotted lands on certain
reservations named in Utah and in Wyoming, for cultivation under
irrigation, were made by act Apr. 30, 1908, ch. 153, 35 Stat. 95, 97.
Special provisions permitting Indians to whom lands have been
allotted on the Yakima Indian reservation in the State of Washington, to
lease such lands for agricultural purposes for a term not exceeding 5
years, or unimproved lands for a term not exceeding 10 years were made
by acts May 31, 1900, ch. 598, 31 Stat. 246; Mar. 1, 1899, ch. 324, 30
Stat. 941.
