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25 U.S.C. § 280a — Land in Alaska for schools or missions; general land laws

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25 U.S.C. § 280a — Land in Alaska for schools or missions; general land laws

The Indians or persons conducting schools or missions in the Territory of Alaska shall not be disturbed in the possession of any lands actually in their use or occupation on June 6, 1900, and the land, at any station not exceeding six hundred and forty acres, occupied on said date as missionary stations among the Indian tribes in the section, with the improvements thereon erected by or for such societies, shall be continued in the occupancy of the several religious societies to which the missionary stations respectively belong, and the Secretary of the Interior is directed to have such lands surveyed in compact form as nearly as practicable and patents issued for the same to the several societies to which they belong; but nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to put in force in the Territory the general land laws of the United States.

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30 U.S.C. § 49a — Mining laws of United States extended to Alaska; exploration and mining for precious metals; regulations; conflict of laws; permits; dumping tailings; pumping from sea; reservation of roadway; title to land below line of high tide or high-water mark; transfer of title to future State

The laws of the United States relating to mining claims, mineral locations, and rights incident thereto are extended to the Territory of Alaska: Provided, That, subject only to the laws enacted by Congress for the protection and preservation of the navigable waters of the United States, and to the laws for the protection of fish and game, and subject also to such general rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe for the preservation of order and the prevention of injury to the fish and game, all land below the line of ordinary high tide on tidal waters and all land below the line of ordinary high-water mark on nontidal water navigable in fact, within the jurisdiction of the United States, shall be subject to exploration and mining for gold and other precious metals, and in the Chilkat River, and its tributaries, within two and three-tenths miles of United States survey numbered 991 for all metals, by citizens of the United States, or persons who have legally declared their intentions to become such, under such reasonable rules and regulations as the miners in organized mining districts may have heretofore made or may hereafter make governing the temporary possession thereof for exploration and mining purposes until otherwise provided by law: Provided further, That the rules and regulations established by the miners shall not be in conflict with the mining laws of the United States; and no exclusive permit shall be granted by the Secretary of the Interior authorizing any person or persons, corporation, or company to excavate or mine under any of said waters, and if such exclusive permit has been granted it is revoked and declared null and void. The rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior under this section shall not, h

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48 U.S.C. § 353a to 362 — Transferred

### Statutory Notes #### Codification Section 353a, act May 31, 1938, ch. 304, 52 Stat. 593, which authorized Secretary of the Interior to reserve tracts in Alaska for school, hospitals, etc. for the Indians, Eskimos, and Aleuts of Alaska, was transferred to [section 497 of Title 25](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section497&num=0&edition=prelim), Indians, and was subsequently repealed by Pub. L. 94–579, § 704(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2792. Section 354, act Mar. 4, 1915, ch. 181, § 2, 38 Stat. 1215, which set aside a site for an agricultural college and school of mines, is set out as note under [section 852 of Title 43](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section852&num=0&edition=prelim), Public Lands. Section 354a, acts Jan. 21, 1929, ch. 92, §§ 1–7, 45 Stat. 1091–1093; July 12, 1960, Pub. L. 86–620, 74 Stat. 408, which made additional grants for an agricultural college and school of mines and imposed certain conditions and limitations, is set out as a note under [section 852 of Title 43](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section852&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 355, act Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, § 11, 26 Stat. 1099, which permitted lands to be entered for town-site purposes and set out the requirements for the proper execution of the trust created thereby, was transferred to [section 732 of Title 43](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section732&num=0&edition=prelim), and was subsequently repealed by Pub. L. 94–579, § 703(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2789. Section 355a, act May 25, 1926, ch. 379, § 1, 44 Stat. 629, which authorized town-site trustee to issue a deed setting aside lands on survey of town site for Indian or Eski

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25 U.S.C. § 280a — Land in Alaska for schools or missions;

Page 60 TITLE 25—INDIANS § 279 ing, but no scholarship aid provided for an In- dian student shall require him to attend an in- stitution or school that is not of his own free choice, and such aid shall be, to the extent con- sistent with sound administration, extended to the student individually rather than to the in- stitution or school. (Pub. L. 90–280, § 2, Mar. 30, 1968, 82 Stat. 71.) § 279. Rations to mission schools Mission schools on an Indian reservation may, under rules and regulations prescribed by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, receive for such Indian children duly enrolled therein, the ra- tions of food and clothing to which said children would be entitled under treaty stipulations if such children were living with their parents. (June 21, 1906, ch. 3504, 34 Stat. 326.) Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with cer- tain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. § 280. Patents of lands to missionary boards of re- ligious organizations The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to issue a patent to the duly authorized missionary board, or other proper authority, of any religious organization engaged in mission or school work on any Indian reservation for such lands thereon as were prior to September 21, 1922, set apart to and were on that date being ac- tually and beneficially used and occupied by such organization solely for mission or school purposes, the area so patented to not exceed one hundred and sixty acres to any one

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