Chapter 413. Relating to the adoption of minors by the Crow Indiana of Montana
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CHAP. 413.— An Act Relating to the adoption of minors by the Crow Indiana of Montana. March 3, 1931.[[S. 6098](/us/bill/71/s/6098).][[Public, No. 800](/us/pl/71/800).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Crow Indians, Mont.Proceeding required for recognition of adopted heirs of deceased members. That hereafter no person shall be recognized as an adopted heir of a deceased Indian of the Crow Tribe of Indians of Montana unless said adoption shall have been by a judgment or decree of a State court, or by a written adoption approved by the superintendent of the Crow Indian Agency 1495and duly recorded in a book kept by him for such purpose: *Provided*, *Proviso.*Adoptions not affected.That adoption by Indian custom made prior to the date of approval hereof involving probate proceedings now in process of consummation, shall not be affected by this Act.
Approved, March 3, 1931.