25 U.S.C. § 403a
Lease of lands on Port Madison and Snohomish or Tulalip Indian Reservations in Washington
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any Indian lands on the Port Madison and Snohomish or Tulalip Indian Reservations in the State of Washington, may be leased by the Indians with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, and upon such terms and conditions as he may prescribe, for a term not exceeding twenty-five years: Provided, however, That such leases may provide for renewal for an additional term not exceeding twenty-five years, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1967–1975 · leading case: Snohomish Cnty. v. Seattle Disposal Co., 425 P.2d 22 (Wash. 1967).
Snohomish Cnty. v. Seattle Disposal Co., 425 P.2d 22 (Wash. 1967). “290 , 25 U.S.C. § 403a 1, at the judicial sale in the partition action of Snohomish County Superior Court civil cause No.”
Snohomish Cnty. v. Seattle Disposal Co., 389 U.S. 1016 (1968). “In the case before us the Washington Supreme Court held that the Tulalip Tribes’ lands in issue were either held in trust or subject to a restraint against alienation imposed by 25 U. S. C. §§ 403a and 403a-2, which limit the length of leases made by the Tulalip Tribes and…”
Chief Seattle Props., Inc. v. Kitsap Cnty., 541 P.2d 699 (Wash. 1975). “The Suquamish Indian tribe was able to lease the land pursuant to 25 U.S.C. § 403a (1964), because the land was reserved to the Indian tribe from the conveyance of the fee to the United States of America, pursuant to the Treaty of Point Elliott (1855).”
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