25 U.S.C. § 356

Allowance of undisputed claims of restricted allottees of Five Civilized Tribes

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No undisputed claims to be paid from individual moneys of restricted allottees, or their heirs, or uncontested agricultural and mineral leases (excluding oil and gas leases) made by individual restricted Indian allottees, or their heirs, shall be forwarded to the Secretary of the Interior for approval, but all such undisputed claims or uncontested leases (except oil and gas leases) shall be paid, approved, rejected, or disapproved by the Superintendent for the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma: Provided, however, That any party aggrieved by any decision or order of the Superintendent for the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma may appeal from the same to the Secretary of the Interior within thirty days from the date of said decision or order.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1927–1967 · leading case: Texas Oil and Gas Corp. v. Phillips Petroleum Co.
Texas Oil and Gas Corp. v. Phillips Petroleum Co. (1967) okwd “They are also founded on authority of 25 U.S.C. §§ 356 , 397, 398, 396d dealing with the leasing of Indian lands for oil and gas purposes, 30 U.”
House v. United States (1944) ca10 “Section 18 of the Act, 25 U.S.C.A. § 356 , as far as material, provides: “That hereafter no undisputed claims to be paid from individual moneys of restricted allottees, or their heirs * * * shall be forwarded to the Secretary of the Interior for approval, but all such undisputed…”
United States v. Haddock (1927) ca8 “§ 4234c; 25 USCA § 356]), it is provided that all leases (except oil and gas) made by Indian allottees of the Eive Civilized Tribes and previously required to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior shall thereafter be approved by the Superintendent for the Five Civilized…”
United States v. Watashe (1939) ca10 “408 , 426, 25 U.S.C.A. § 356 , expressly provides that undisputed claims to be paid from individual moneys of restricted allottees or their heirs, and uncontested agricultural and mineral leases, excluding oil and gas leases, “heretofore required to be approved under the…”
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