Title 25 — IndiansRelease 119-73
§356 Allowance of undisputed claims of restricted allottees of Five Civilized Tribes
Title 25 › Chapter CHAPTER 9— - ALLOTMENT OF INDIAN LANDS › § 356
Summary
Undisputed claims to restricted allottees' money and uncontested agricultural or mineral leases (not oil and gas) by the allottee or heirs must be paid, approved, or rejected by Superintendent for Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma. Anyone unhappy may appeal to the Secretary of the Interior within 30 days.
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Title 25, §356
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No undisputed claims to be paid from individual moneys of restricted allottees, or their heirs, or uncontested agricultural and mineral leases (excluding oil and gas leases) made by individual restricted Indian allottees, or their heirs, shall be forwarded to the Secretary of the Interior for approval, but all such undisputed claims or uncontested leases (except oil and gas leases) shall be paid, approved, rejected, or disapproved by the Superintendent for the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma: Provided, however, That any party aggrieved by any decision or order of the Superintendent for the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma may appeal from the same to the Secretary of the Interior within thirty days from the date of said decision or order.
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Editorial Notes
Codification The clause “heretofore required to be approved under existing law by the Secretary of the Interior” after the words “but all such undisputed claims or uncontested leases (except oil and gas leases)” omitted from text as superfluous.
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of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
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25 U.S.C. § 356
Title 25 — Indians
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73