§ 5. — Record of deeds by Indians requiring approval.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC5]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 1--BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
Sec. 5. Record of deeds by Indians requiring approval
The Commissioner of Indian Affairs is hereby empowered and directed
to continue to make and keep a record of every deed executed by any
Indian, his heirs, representatives, or assigns, which may require the
approval of the President of the United States or of the Secretary of
the Interior, whenever such approval shall have been given, and the deed
so approved returned to said office.
(July 26, 1892, ch. 256, Sec. 2, 27 Stat. 273.)
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.
