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1 Regulations Governing Indian Allotments on the Public Domain 1 (1928)

handle is hein.amindian/rgiapd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR REGULATIONS GOVERNING INDIAN ALLOTMENTS ON THE PUBLIC DOMAIN UNDER SECTION 4 OF THE ACT OF FEBRUARY 8, 1887 (24 STAT. 388), AS AMENDED BY THE ACT OF FEBRUARY 28, 1891 (26 STAT. 794), AND AS FURTHER AMENDED BY THE ACT OF JUNE 25, 1910 (36 STAT. 855) Approved April 15, 1918. Revised February 1, 1928 The fourth section of the general allotment act of February 8, 1887 (24 Stat. 388), amended by the act of February 28, 1891 (26 Stat. 794), was further amended by section 17 of the act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 855, 859), to read as follows: That where any Indian entitled to allotment under existing laws shall make settlement upon any surveyed or unsurveyed lands of the United States not otherwise appropriated, he or she shall be entitled, upon application to the local land office for the district in which the lands are located, to have the same allotted to him or her and to his or her children in manner as pro- vided by law for allotments to Indians residing upon reservations, and such allotments to Indians on the public domain as herein provided shall be made in such areas as the President may deem proper, not to exceed, however, forty acres of irrigable land or eighty acres of nonirrigable agricultural land or one hundred and sixty acres of nonirrigable grazing land to any one Indian; and when such settlement is made upon unsurveyed lands the grant to such Indians shall be adjusted upon the survey of the lands so as to conform thereto, and patent shall be issued to them for such lands in the manner and with the restrictions provided in the act of which this is amendatory. And the fees to which the officers of such local land office would have been entitled had such lands been entered under the general laws for the disposition of the public lands shall be paid to them from any moneys in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, upon a statement of an account in their behalf for such fees by the Commissioner of the General Land Office and a cer- tification of such account to the Secretary of the Treasury by the Secretary of the Interior. CERTIFICATEs Any person desiring to file application for an allotment of land on the public domain under this act must first obtain from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs a certificate in accordance with regulations approved September 23, 1913, showing that he or she is an Indian and entitled to such allotment, which certificate must be attached to the allotment application, blanks for which will be furnished. Application for the certificate must be made on a regular form, 87960-28-1

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