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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 334. Allotments to Indians not residing on reservations
Where any Indian not residing upon a reservation, or for whose
tribe no reservation has been provided by treaty, act of Congress,
or executive order, shall make settlement upon any surveyed or
unsurveyed lands of the United States not otherwise appropriated,
he or she shall be entitled, upon application to the local land
office for the district in which the lands are located, to have the
same allotted to him or her, and to his or her children, in
quantities and manner as provided in this act for Indians residing
upon reservations; and when such settlement is made upon unsurveyed
lands the grant to such Indians shall be adjusted upon the survey
of the lands so as to conform thereto; and patents shall be issued
to them for such lands in the manner and with the restrictions as
provided in sections 348 and 349 of this title. And the fees to
which the officers of such local land office would have been
entitled had such lands been entered under the general laws for the
disposition of the public lands shall be paid to them, from any
moneys in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise
appropriated, upon a statement of an account in their behalf for
such fees by the Secretary of the Interior or such officer as he
may designate, and a certification of such account to the Secretary
of the Treasury by the Secretary of the Interior.
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