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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 379. Sale of allotted lands by heirs
The adult heirs of any deceased Indian to whom a trust or other
patent containing restrictions upon alienation has been or shall be
issued for lands allotted to him may sell and convey the lands
inherited from such decedent, but in case of minor heirs their
interests shall be sold only by a guardian duly appointed by the
proper court upon the order of such court, made upon petition filed
by the guardian, but all such conveyances shall be subject to the
approval of the Secretary of the Interior, and when so approved
shall convey a full title to the purchaser, the same as if a final
patent without restriction upon the alienation had been issued to
the allottee. All allotted land so alienated by the heirs of an
Indian allottee and all land so patented to a white allottee shall
thereupon be subject to taxation under the laws of the State or
Territory where the same is situate: Provided, That the sale herein
provided for shall not apply to the homestead during the life of
the father, mother or the minority of any child or children.
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