Chapter 229. To declare valid the title to certain Indian lands
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CHAP. 229.— An Act To declare valid the title to certain Indian lands. May 9, 1930.[[H. R. 5283](/us/bill/71/hr/5283).][[Public, No. 182](/us/pl/71/182).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That all deedsIndian lands, S. Dak.Purchasers of allotted, conveyed fee title. which purported to convey complete fee title to purchasers of allotted Indian lands situated in the State of South Dakota approved by the Secretary of the Interior prior to June 25, 1910, are hereby declared to convey the entire title to the land therein described, to the same extent as though a fee-simple patent had issued to the purchaser or purchasers therein named and this Act shall operateSubsequent litigation barred. as a complete bar against the United States and against the heirs of any such deceased allottee, whether such heirs appear as grantors in such deed or not, to any action in any court, State or Federal, wherein the title to such lands may be brought into question.
Approved, May 9, 1930.