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[CITE: 25USC392]

 
                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
  CHAPTER 12--LEASE, SALE, OR SURRENDER OF ALLOTTED OR UNALLOTTED LANDS
 
Sec. 392. Consent to or approval of alienation of allotments by 
        Secretary of the Interior
        
    Whenever, in any law or treaty or in any patent issued to Indian 
allottees for lands in severalty pursuant to such law or treaty, there 
appears a provision to the effect that the lands so allotted cannot be 
alienated without the consent of the President of the United States, the 
Secretary of the Interior shall have full power and authority to consent 
to or approve of the alienation of such allotments, in whole or in part, 
in his discretion, by deed, will, lease, or any other form of 
conveyance, and such consent or approval by the Secretary of the 
Interior on and after September 21, 1922, had in all such cases shall 
have the same force and legal effect as though the consent or approval 
of the President had previously been obtained: Provided, however, That 
the approval by the Secretary of the Interior of wills by Indian 
allottees or their heirs involving lands held under such patents shall 
not operate to remove the restrictions against alienation unless such 
order of approval by said Secretary shall specifically so direct.

(Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 367, Sec. 6, 42 Stat. 995.)
