25 U.S.C. § 297 — Repealed. Pub. L. 99–228, § 3(3), Dec. 28,

Page 64 TITLE 25—INDIANS § 294 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.) Executive Documents 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. § 294. Sale of certain abandoned buildings on lands belonging to Indian tribes The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to sell and convey at public sale, to the highest bidder, under such regulations and under such terms and conditions as he may prescribe, at not less than the appraised value thereof, any aban- doned day or boarding school plant, or any aban- doned agency buildings, situated on lands be- longing to any Indian tribe and not longer need- ed for Indian or administrative purposes, and to sell therewith not to exceed one hundred and sixty acres of land on which such plant or build- ings may stand. Title to all lands disposed of under the provisions of this section shall pass to the purchaser by deed or by patent in fee, with such reservations or conditions as the said Sec- retary may deem just and proper, no purchaser to acquire more than one hundred and sixty acres in any one tract: Provided, That the pro- ceeds of all such sales shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Indians to whom said lands belong, to be dis- posed of in accordance with existing law. (Feb. 14, 1920, ch. 75, § 1, 41 Stat. 415.) § 295. Supervision of expenditure of appropria- tions for school purposes All expenditure of money herein or after April 30, 1908, appropriated for school purposes among the Indians, shall be at all times under the su- pervision and direction of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and in all respects in conformity with such conditions, rules, and regulations as to the conduct and methods of instruction and expenditure of money as may be from time to time prescribed by him, subject to the super- vision of the Secretary of the Interior. (Apr. 30, 1908, ch. 153, 35 Stat. 72.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Act Apr. 30, 1908, embodied restrictions as to the amount which might be expended for the annual sup- port and education of any one pupil and specified the method for determining the number of pupils in any school entitled to the per capita allowance provided for by the act. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries SCHOOL AND EMPLOYMENT TRANSPORTATION Separate appropriations for collection and transpor- tation of pupils to and from Indian schools, etc., with a proviso that a specified part of the amount so appro- priated may be used in placing Indian youths in em- ployment in industrial pursuits were made by the fol- lowing appropriation acts: Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 462, 43 Stat. 1155. May 24, 1922, ch. 199, 42 Stat. 562. 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. § 296. Repealed. Mar. 2, 1929, ch. 576, 45 Stat. 1534 Section, acts Apr. 30, 1908, ch. 153, 35 Stat. 72; June 30, 1919, ch. 4, § 1, 41 Stat. 6; Feb. 21, 1925, ch. 280, 43 Stat. 958, placed a limitation on per capita expenditure for school purposes. § 297. Repealed. Pub. L. 99–228, § 3(3), Dec. 28, 1985, 99 Stat. 1748 Section, act May 25, 1918, ch. 86, § 1, 40 Stat. 564, pro- vided for expenditures for education of children with less than one-fourth Indian blood. See section 2007 of this title. § 298. Omitted Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section, act July 4, 1884, ch. 180, § 9, 23 Stat. 98, which required Indian agents to submit a census of the Indi- ans at the agency in their annual report, was omitted as obsolete since there have been no Indian agents since 1908. See note set out under section 64 of this title. §§ 299 to 301. Repealed. May 29, 1928, ch. 901, § 1, 45 Stat. 990, 991 Section 299, act Mar. 2, 1887, ch. 320, § 1, 24 Stat. 465, related to report of expenditures of Indian education fund. Section 300, act Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 210, § 1, 36 Stat. 1060, related to report of expenditures of Indian school and agency. Section 301, act Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 210, § 1, 36 Stat. 1061, related to appropriations for experiments on Indian schools or agency farms. § 302. Repealed. Pub. L. 117–317, § 2(11), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4420 Section, act June 21, 1906, ch. 3504, 34 Stat. 328, re- lated to designation of Indian Reform Schools, appro- priations, and parental consent. § 303. Omitted Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section, act Oct. 12, 1949, ch. 680, title I, 63 Stat. 776, which related to education loans to worthy youths, was from Department of the Interior Appropriation Act, 1950, and was not repeated in Department of the Inte- rior Appropriation Act, 1951, act Sept. 6, 1950, ch. 896, ch. VII, title I, 64 Stat. 679. § 304. South Dakota Indians; State course of study On and after July 1, 1950, the course of study taught in any school operated and maintained