Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-102
§374 Attendance of Witnesses
Title 25 › CHAPTER 10 — DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION; HEIRS OF ALLOTTEE › § 374
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior can require witnesses to attend hearings to decide who the heirs are under sections 372 and 373 if a party shows good reason. He must follow rules he sets for doing this.
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Title 25, §374
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The authority delegated to judges of the United States courts by section 24 of title 35 is conferred upon the Secretary of the Interior to require the attendance of witnesses at hearings, upon proper showing by any of the parties to determine the heirs of decedents, held in accordance with section 372 and 373 of this title, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe.
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Codification “Section 24 of title 35” substituted in text for “section 56 of title 35” on authority of act July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 792, section 1 of which enacted Title 35, Patents.
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25 U.S.C. § 374
Title 25, Indians
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102