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[CITE: 25USC505]

 
                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
                        CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
 
       SUBCHAPTER VIII--INDIANS IN OKLAHOMA: PROMOTION OF WELFARE
 
Sec. 505. Amendment or revocation of charters; suits by and 
        against associations
        
    The charters of any cooperative association organized pursuant to 
section 504 of this title shall not be amended or revoked by the 
Secretary except after a majority vote of the membership. Such 
cooperative associations may sue and be sued in any court of the State 
of Oklahoma or of the United States having jurisdiction of the cause of 
action, but a certified copy of all papers filed in any action against a 
cooperative association in a court of Oklahoma shall be served upon the 
Secretary of the Interior, or upon an employee duly authorized by him to 
receive such service. Within thirty days after such service or within 
such extended time as the trial court may permit, the Secretary of the 
Interior may intervene in such action or may remove such action to the 
United States district court.

(June 26, 1936, ch. 831, Sec. 5, 49 Stat. 1968; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 
Sec. 29, 62 Stat. 991.)


                               Amendments

    1948--Act June 25, 1948, struck out provisions relating to procedure 
for removal. See sections 1441 to 1450 of Title 28, Judiciary and 
Judicial Procedure.


                    Effective Date of 1948 Amendment

    Section 38 of act June 25, 1948, provided that the amendment made by 
that act is effective Sept. 1, 1948.
