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[CITE: 25USC405]

 
                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
  CHAPTER 12--LEASE, SALE, OR SURRENDER OF ALLOTTED OR UNALLOTTED LANDS
 
Sec. 405. Sale of allotment of noncompetent Indian

    Any noncompetent Indian to whom a patent containing restrictions 
against alienation has been issued for an allotment of land in 
severalty, under any law or treaty, or who may have an interest in any 
allotment by inheritance, may sell or convey all or any part of such 
allotment or such inherited interest on such terms and conditions and 
under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may 
prescribe, and the proceeds derived therefrom shall be used for the 
benefit of the allottee or heir so disposing of his land or interest, 
under the supervision of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs; and any 
conveyance made hereunder and approved by the Secretary of the Interior 
shall convey full title to the land or interest so sold, the same as if 
fee-simple patent had been issued to the allottee.

(Mar. 1, 1907, ch. 2285, 34 Stat. 1018.)

                          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.
