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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 190. Sale of plants or tracts not needed for administrative or allotment purposes
Subject to applicable regulations under the Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended,(!1) the Secretary
of the Interior is authorized in his discretion to sell and convey
by deed or patent, under such terms and conditions as he may
prescribe, at not less than their appraised value, nonreservation
Government tracts or plants or tribal administrative plants or
reserves, or parts thereof, not exceeding forty acres in area and
not exceeding $2,000 in value, not longer needed for Indian
administrative or allotment purposes, and small unallotted tracts
not exceeding forty acres, where a sale will serve the tribal
interests. All sales made under this section shall be at public
auction, to the highest and best bidder.
And the Secretary of the Interior is further authorized, where a
tract to be disposed of under this section or any other Act
authorizing the disposition of tribal lands requires survey as
basis for a deed or patent, to accept from the grantee, in addition
to the purchase price, an amount sufficient to cover the survey
costs.
The net proceeds of sale of any tribal site, plant, or tract
shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the
credit of the Indians owning the same, to be disposed of for their
benefit in accordance with existing law.
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