§ 400a. — Lease for mining purposes of land reserved for agency or school; disposition of proceeds; royalty.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC400a]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 12--LEASE, SALE, OR SURRENDER OF ALLOTTED OR UNALLOTTED LANDS
Sec. 400a. Lease for mining purposes of land reserved for agency
or school; disposition of proceeds; royalty
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized under such rules and
regulations as he may prescribe, to lease at public auction upon not
less than thirty days' public notice for mining purposes land on any
Indian reservation reserved for Indian agency or school purposes, in
accordance with existing law applicable to other lands in such
reservation, and the proceeds arising therefrom shall be deposited in
the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Indians for whose
benefit the lands are reserved subject to appropriation by Congress for
educational work among the Indians or in paying expenses of
administration of agencies: Provided, That a royalty of at least one-
eighth shall be reserved in all leases.
(Apr. 17, 1926, ch. 156, 44 Stat. 300.)
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.
