Title 25 — IndiansRelease 119-73not60
§306a Advances for Support of Old, Disabled, or Indigent Allottees; Lien Against Land
Title 25 › Chapter 7A— PROMOTION OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC WELFARE › § 306a
Summary
Starting May 9, 1938, the Secretary of the Interior can give advance payments to old, disabled, or poor Indian allottees to help support them. These advances count as debts attached to their land until they are paid back. Payments for fiscal year 1939 must come from the appropriations mentioned here; payments for later fiscal years must come from appropriations made specifically for that purpose and follow rules the Secretary sets.
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Title 25, §306a
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On and after May 9, 1938, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion and under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, to make advances to old, disabled, or indigent Indian allottees, for their support, to remain a charge and lien against their land until paid; such advances for the fiscal year 1939 to be made from the appropriations in this paragraph and those for fiscal years thereafter to be made from appropriations specifically available for such purposes.
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This paragraph, referred to in text, means the first undesignated paragraph contained at 52 Stat. 302, and the appropriations for advances for the fiscal year 1939, referred to in text, were contained in such part of the undesignated paragraph which was not classified to the Code.
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25 U.S.C. § 306a
Title 25 — Indians
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60