Chapter 271. To amend an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the cancellation, under certain conditions, of patents in fee simple to Indians for allotments held in trust by the United States.” February 21, 1931.[[H
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CHAP. 271.— An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the cancellation, under certain conditions, of patents in fee simple to Indians for allotments held in trust by the United States.” February 21, 1931.[[H. R. 15267](/us/bill/71/hr/15267).][[Public, No. 713](/us/pl/71/713).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Act ofIndian allotments.Cancellation of fee simple patents to. February 26, 1927 (44 Stat. 1247), authorizing the Secretary of the Interior, under certain conditions, to cancel patents in fee forVol. 44, p. 1247.
Indian allotments, be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding thereto the following: " “Sec. 2. Where patents in fee have been issued for IndianIssue of trust patents, on unincumbered, etc., lands, authorized. allotments, during the trust period, without application by or consent of the patentees, and such patentees or Indian heirs have sold a part of the land included in the patents, or have mortgaged the lands or any part thereof and such mortgages have been satisfied, such lands remaining undisposed of and without incumbrance by the patentees, or Indian heirs, may be given a trust patent status and the Secretary of the Interior is, on application of the allottee or his or her Indian heirs, hereby authorized, in his discretion, to cancel patents in fee so far as they cover such unsold lands not encumbered by mortgage, and to cause new trust patents to be issued therefor, to tlie allottees or their Indian heirs, of the form and legal effect as provided by the Act of February 8, 1887 (24 Stat. 388), and the amendments thereto, such patents to be effective from the dateEffective date. of the original trust patents, and the land shall be subject to any extensions of the trust made by Executive order on other allotments of members of the same tribe, and such lands shall have the same status as though such fee patents had never been issued: *Provided*,*Proviso*.When net applicable.
That this Act shall not apply where any such lands have been sold1206for unpaid taxes assessed after the date of a mortgage or deed executed by the patentee or his heirs, or sold in execution of a judgment for debt incurred after date of such mortgage or deed, and the period of redemption has expired.” " Approved, February 21, 1931.
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To amend an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the cancellation, under certain conditions, of patents in fee simple to Indians for allotments held in trust by the United States.” February 21, 1931.[[H
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