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net proceeds shall be placed in the Treasury of

the United States to the credit of the respective

tribes of Indians.

(Mar. 2, 1917, ch. 146, §1, 39 Stat. 973; Oct. 31, 1951,

ch. 654, §2(17), 65 Stat. 707.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The Federal Property and Administrative Services

Act of 1949, as amended, referred to in text, is act June

30, 1949, ch. 288, 63 Stat. 377, as amended. Provisions of

the Act relating to disposal of Government property

are classified to chapter 10 (§471 et seq.) of Title 40,

Public Buildings, Property, and Works. For complete

classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title

note set out under section 471 of Title 40, and Tables.

AMENDMENTS

1951—Act Oct. 31, 1951, inserted reference to applicable regulations of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, at beginning

of section; struck out ‘‘net’’ before ‘‘proceeds’’ in clause

immediately following first semicolon; and, in proviso,

substituted ‘‘the net proceeds’’ for ‘‘such proceeds’’.

CROSS REFERENCES

Proceeds from transfer, sale, etc., of property, see

section 485 of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and

Works.

§ 293a. Conveyance of school properties to local

school districts or public agencies

The Secretary of the Interior, or his authorized representative, is authorized to convey to

State or local governmental agencies or to local

school authorities all the right, title, and interest of the United States in any land and improvements thereon and personal property used

in connection therewith heretofore or hereafter

used for Federal Indian school purposes and no

longer needed for such purposes: Provided, That

the consent of the beneficial owner shall be obtained before the conveyance of title to land

held by the United States in trust for an individual Indian or Indian tribe: Provided further, That

no more than fifty acres of land shall be transferred under the terms of this section in connection with any single school property conveyed

to State or local governmental agencies or to

local school authorities. Any conveyance under

this section shall reserve all mineral deposits in

the land and the right to prospect for and remove such deposits under rules and regulations

prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, shall

require the property to be used for school or

other public purposes, and shall require the

property to be available to Indians and non-Indians on the same terms unless otherwise approved by the Secretary of the Interior. If at any

time the Secretary of the Interior determines

that the grantee of any such lands, improvements, and personal property has failed to observe the provisions of the transfer agreement

and that the failure has continued for at least

one year, he may declare a forfeiture of the conveyance and the title conveyed shall thereupon

revert to the United States. Such determination

by the Secretary of the Interior shall be final. If

the grantee of such land fails for a period of one

year to observe the provisions of the transfer

agreement and the Secretary of the Interior

fails to declare a forfeiture of the conveyance,

the former beneficial owner, if an individual Indian or an Indian tribe, may petition the United

States District Court for the district where the

land is located to declare a forfeiture of the conveyance and to vest the title in the United

States, in the same trust status as previously

existed.

(June 4, 1953, ch. 98, 67 Stat. 41; Pub. L. 85–31,

May 16, 1957, 71 Stat. 29; Pub. L. 87–417, Mar. 16,

1962, 76 Stat. 33.)

AMENDMENTS

1962—Pub. L. 87–417 increased land conveyance limitation from twenty to fifty acres.

1957—Pub. L. 85–31 inserted last sentence allowing the

former beneficial owner, if an Indian or Indian tribe, to

petition for declaration of forfeiture of conveyance

where grantee has failed for period of one year to observe provisions of transfer agreement and Secretary

has not declared forfeiture.

§ 293b. Conveyance of abandoned school properties in Alaska to local town or city officials

or school authorities; reservation of rights

and claims by United States and use conditions; violations and forfeiture of grant; determinations; reversion to United States

The Secretary of the Interior be, and he is

hereby, directed to convey to local town or city

officials or to school authorities in the Territory of Alaska, all the right, title, and interest

of the United States in and to any parcel or

tract of land and the improvements thereon for

school or other public purposes whenever he

shall determine that such land and improvements are no longer required by the Alaska Native Service for school purposes: Provided, That

any conveyance made pursuant to this section

shall be subject to all valid existing rights and

claims, shall reserve to the United States all

mineral deposits in the lands and the right to

prospect for and remove the deposits under such

rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, and shall provide that the

lands and improvements conveyed shall be used

for school or other public purposes only and that

the school facilities maintained thereon or

therein shall be available to all of the native

children of the town, city, or other school district concerned on the same terms as to other

children of such town, city, or district. The Secretary of the Interior, if at any time he determines that the grantee of any such lands and

improvements has violated or failed to observe

the foregoing provisions and that such violation

or failure has continued for a period of at least

one year, may declare a forfeiture of the grant.

Such determination by the Secretary shall be

final, and thereupon the lands and improvements covered thereby shall revert to the

United States and become a part of the public

domain subject to administration and disposal

under the public land laws.

(Aug. 23, 1950, ch. 778, 64 Stat. 470.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The public land laws, referred to in text, are classified generally to Title 43, Public Lands.

ADMISSION OF ALASKA AS STATE

Admission of Alaska into the Union was accomplished Jan. 3, 1959, on issuance of Proc. No. 3269, Jan.