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[CITE: 25USC500a]

 
                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
                        CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
 
                    SUBCHAPTER VII--REINDEER INDUSTRY
 
Sec. 500a. Acquisition of reindeer and other property

    The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed, to 
acquire, in the name of the United States, by purchase or other lawful 
means, including exercise of the power of eminent domain, for and on 
behalf of the Eskimos and other natives of Alaska, reindeer, reindeer-
range equipment, abattoirs, cold-storage plants, warehouses, and other 
property, real or personal, the acquisition of which he determines to be 
necessary to the effectuation of the purposes of this subchapter. Any 
condemnation proceedings undertaken by virtue of the authority granted 
in this section shall conform, as nearly as may be, to the procedure 
provided for the condemnation of real estate by sections 257 and 258 \1\ 
of title 40, or to that provided by sections 258a to 258e-1 of title 40: 
Provided, That nothing herein contained shall authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to consolidate native-owned herds of reindeer with herds 
owned by others than natives prior to the purchase or acquisition of 
such herds of others than natives.
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    \1\ See References in Text note below.
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(Sept. 1, 1937, ch. 897, Sec. 2, 50 Stat. 900.)

                       References in Text

    Section 258 of title 40, referred to in text, was omitted from the 
Code. See rule 71A, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, set out in the 
Appendix to Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

                          Codification

    Section was formerly classified to section 250a of Title 48, 
Territories and Insular Possessions.
