Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-102
§152 Proceeds of Sales of Indian Lands
Title 25 › CHAPTER 4 — PERFORMANCE BY UNITED STATES OF OBLIGATIONS TO INDIANS › SUBCHAPTER III — DEPOSIT, CARE, AND INVESTMENT OF INDIAN MONEYS › § 152
Summary
Money from selling lands that tribes gave to the United States under treaties must go into the U.S. Treasury. First subtract the costs of surveying and selling the land, any sums agreed to be advanced, and costs to carry out treaty promises. After those deductions, deposit the remainder into the Treasury the same way money from public land sales is handled.
Full Legal Text
Title 25, §152
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All moneys received from the sales of lands that have been, or may be, ceded to the United States by Indian tribes, by treaties providing for the investment or payment to the Indians, parties thereto, of the proceeds of the lands ceded by them, respectively, after deducting the expenses of survey and sale, any sums stipulated to be advanced, and the expenses of fulfilling any engagements contained therein, shall be paid into the Treasury in the same manner that moneys received from the sales of public lands are paid into the Treasury.
Legislative History
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Editorial Notes
Codification R.S. § 2093 derived from act Jan. 9, 1837, ch. 1, § 1, 5 Stat. 135.
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25 U.S.C. § 152
Title 25, Indians
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102