Advances for support of old, disabled, or indigent allottees; lien against land

25 U.S.C. § 306a

• Title: 25 — Indians
• Chapter: 7A — PROMOTION OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC WELFARE

Text

On and after May 9, 1938, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion and under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, to make advances to old, disabled, or indigent Indian allottees, for their support, to remain a charge and lien against their land until paid; such advances for the fiscal year 1939 to be made from the appropriations in this paragraph and those for fiscal years thereafter to be made from appropriations specifically available for such purposes.

History

(May 9, 1938, ch. 187, §1, 52 Stat. 302.)

Editorial Notes

Editorial Notes

References in Text
This paragraph, referred to in text, means the first undesignated paragraph contained at 52 Stat. 302, and the appropriations for advances for the fiscal year 1939, referred to in text, were contained in such part of the undesignated paragraph which was not classified to the Code.