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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 500i. Alienation of reindeer or interests; penalty
Live reindeer in Alaska, and the increase thereof, acquired by
the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to this subchapter, and live
reindeer in Alaska, and the increase thereof, owned by the said
natives of Alaska or corporations, associations, or other
organizations of said natives, however acquired, shall not be sold
or transferred, by descent, devise, or in any other manner
whatsoever, to anyone other than the said natives of Alaska the
United States for and on behalf of said natives, or corporations,
associations, or other organizations of said natives, except with
the consent in writing of the Secretary of the Interior or his duly
authorized agent, stating that such consent is given upon the
condition that the reindeer, and any increase thereof, sold or
otherwise transferred with said consent, shall either be butchered
in the Territory of Alaska within thirty days or shipped out of
said Territory and never brought back alive into said Territory.
Sales or other transfers of said reindeer, if made without the
consent in writing herein required, or, although made with said
consent, if followed by failure to comply with the condition
therein required, shall be null and void, and shall not pass any
title to or right to possession of any reindeer or increase
thereof. No stock or other interest in any corporation,
association, or other organization of said natives, engaged in or
organized for the purposes of engaging in the reindeer industry or
business, shall be transferred, by descent, devise, or in any other
manner whatsoever, to anyone other than said natives of Alaska, the
United States for and on behalf of said natives, or corporations,
associations, or other organizations of said natives. Any willful
violation of the provisions of this section by any vendee or other
transferee shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $500:
Provided, That no title to any reindeer, or reindeer products,
owned by the United States for and on behalf of the said natives of
Alaska, nor any title to reindeer, or reindeer products, owned by
any of said natives or said corporations, associations, or other
organizations of said natives, nor any stock or other interest in
said corporations, associations, or other organizations of said
natives, shall be transferred by descent, device,(!1) or in any
other manner whatsoever, except pursuant to regulations promulgated
by the Secretary of the Interior for the purposes of preserving the
native character of the reindeer industry or business in Alaska and
effectuating the other purposes of this subchapter: Provided
further, That nothing herein contained shall prevent any native of
Alaska who owns reindeer or any interest therein through stock
ownership, or otherwise, in any corporation or association or other
organization owning reindeer, from transferring his reindeer, or
any interest therein, to his children or other native relatives by
gift, sale, devise, or bequest, or prevent the same from being so
transferred or passed by descent.
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