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[CITE: 25USC4]

 
                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
                   CHAPTER 1--BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
 
Sec. 4. Defective record of deeds and papers legalized

    The recording of all deeds and papers prior to July 26, 1892, in the 
office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs is confirmed, approved, and 
legalized; and said record theretofore made shall be deemed, taken, and 
held to be good and valid and shall have all the force and effect and be 
entitled to the same credit as if it had been made in pursuance of and 
in conformity to law. But shall have no effect whatever upon the 
validity or invalidity of the deed or paper so recorded, and shall be no 
evidence of constructive notice to any persons not actually knowing the 
contents.

(July 26, 1892, ch. 256, Sec. 1, 27 Stat. 272.)

                          Transfer of Functions

    For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies 
of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of 
the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, 
Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in 
the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
