Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 25 : Section 408


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 408. Surrender of allotments by relinquishment for benefit of children

      In any case where an Indian has an allotment of land, or any
    right, title, or interest in such an allotment, the Secretary of
    the Interior, in his discretion, may permit such Indian to
    surrender such allotment, or any right, title, or interest therein,
    by such formal relinquishment as may be prescribed by the Secretary
    of the Interior, for the benefit of any of his or her children to
    whom no allotment of land shall have been made; and thereupon the
    Secretary of the Interior shall cause the estate so relinquished to
    be allotted to such child or children subject to all conditions
    which attached to it before such relinquishment.



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