§1545 — Title 25 Indians | U.S. Code

Summary

The Commissioner may accept cash when individual Indians or Indian tribes/groups repay livestock loans to the United States, and may sell or re-lend livestock returned as repayment. Since May 24, 1950, the cash value must use local market prices and be set by a three-member committee: one chosen by the agency superintendent, one by the tribal council chair, and one chosen by those two.

Title 25, §1545

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All acceptances of cash settlements by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for livestock lent by the United States to any individual Indian, or to any tribe, association, corporation, or other group of Indians, and all sales and relending of livestock repaid in kind to the United States on account of such loans are authorized and ratified: Provided, That on and after May 24, 1950, the value of such livestock for the purposes of any such cash settlement shall be based on prevailing market prices in the area and shall be ascertained by a committee composed of three members, one of whom shall be selected by the superintendent of the particular agency, one of whom shall be selected by the chairman of the tribal council, and one of whom shall be selected by the other two members.

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of act May 24, 1950, ch. 197, and not as part of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 which comprises this chapter. Section was formerly classified to section 442 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

§1545 Livestock Loans; Cash Settlements

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Title 25, §1545

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