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 organization at any station: Provided, That such patent shall provide that when no longer used for mission or school purposes said lands shall revert to the In- dian owners. (Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 367, § 3, 42 Stat. 995.) 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. § 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 hun- dred 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 contin- ued in the occupancy of the several religious so- cieties to which the missionary stations respec- tively belong, and the Secretary of the Interior is directed to have such lands surveyed in com- pact 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 Ter- ritory the general land laws of the United States. (June 6, 1900, ch. 786, § 27, 31 Stat. 330.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This Act, referred to in text, means act June 6, 1900, ch. 786, 31 Stat. 321. For complete classification of Title I of this act to the Code, see Tables. Title III of this act provided for the Alaska Civil Code. CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 356 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions. PRIOR PROVISIONS Similar provisions were contained in act May 17, 1884, ch. 53, § 8, 23 Stat. 26, which provided in part that the Indians or other persons in the district should not be disturbed in the possession of any lands actually in their use or occupation or claimed by them, but re- served for future legislation the terms under which such persons might acquire title. That section con- tained a further provision, similar to the provision con- tained in this section, continuing lands occupied as missionary stations in the occupancy of the several re- ligious societies. 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. ADMISSION OF ALASKA AS STATE Admission of Alaska into the Union was accom- plished Jan. 3, 1959, on issuance of Proc. No. 3269, Jan. 3, 1959, 24 F.R. 81, 73, Stat. c16, as required by sections 1 and 8(c) of Pub. L. 85–508, July 7, 1958, 72 Stat. 339, set out as notes preceding section 21 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions. § 281. Children taking lands in severalty not ex- cluded In the expenditure of money appropriated for any of the purposes of education of Indian chil- dren, those children of Indians who have taken or may take lands in severalty under any exist- ing law shall not, by reason thereof, be excluded from the benefits of such appropriation. (Aug. 15, 1894, ch. 290, § 1, 28 Stat. 311.) § 282. Regulations by Secretary of the Interior to secure attendance at school The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make and enforce such rules and regulations as may be necessary to secure the enrollment and regular attendance of eligible Indian children