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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 593. Exchanges of allotted, restricted, and tribal lands for Chippewa National Forest lands
Exchanges of Indian allotted, restricted, and tribal lands for
lands in the Chippewa National Forest are hereby authorized. In
order to consummate exchanges involving allotted and restricted
Indian lands, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to
accept relinquishments or conveyances of Indian lands, which lands
shall thereupon become a part of the Chippewa National Forest, and
to issue trust patents to the Indians for the lands received by
them in exchange: Provided, That with the consent of the Indians
involved title to the lands received in any such exchange may be
taken in the name of the tribe, in which case the transfer of title
shall be evidenced by an order of the Secretary of Agriculture
transferring the lands to the Secretary of the Interior in trust
for the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe: Provided further, That exchanges
involving tribal lands shall be made only with the consent of the
Indians and shall be evidenced by appropriate orders of transfer
executed by the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the
Interior: And provided further, That the land exchanges authorized
herein shall be made on the basis of lands of equal value, and no
exchange shall be made unless it is first approved by the Secretary
of Agriculture.
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