INDIAN AFFAIRS: LAWS AND TREATIES

Vol. VII, Laws     (Compiled from February 10, 1939 to January 13, 1971)

Washington : Government Printing Office

PART IV
EXECUTIVE AND DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER
Vol. 22—1957

Montanta—Restoring Lands to Tribal Ownership of Blackfeet Tribe of Indians
Bureau of Indian Affairs—Delegation of Authority
Utah—Withdrawing Lands in Aid of Legislation
Bureau of Indian Affairs—Delegation of Authority With Respect to Operation of U.S.M.S. "North Star"
Bureau of Indian Affairs—Delegation of Authority With Respect to Funds and Fiscal Matters
Property of Certain Tribes, Bands, and Colonies of Indians in Utah and of Individual Members Thereof—     Termination of Federal Authority
Bureau of Indian Affairs—Delegations of Authority With Respect to Lands and Minerals
Utah—Power Site Restoration No. 529; Partially Revoking Executive Order of January 23, 1912, Which      Established Power Site Reserve No. 243
Bureau of Indian Affairs—Delegation of Authority
South Dakota—Restoring Lands to Tribal Ownership of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of Indians
Bureau of Indian Affairs—Delegation of Authority With Respect to Conveyance of Buildings and      Improvements
Arizona—Excluding Lands From Conconino National Forest; Withdrawing Excluded Lands for Use of      Bureau of Indian Affairs
Colorado River Storage Project, California—Order of Revocation
Riverton Project, Wyoming—Amendment to Order of Revocation
Utah—Withdrawing Lands in Aid of Legislation
Bureau of Indian Affairs—Delegations of Authority With Respect to Vocational Training Program
California—Modifying Departmental Order of April 8, 1903, Which Withdrew Lands for Use of Mission      Indians
Montana—Restoring Lands to Tribal Ownership of Blackfeet Tribe of Indians
Indian Probate Proceedings and Escheat of Indian Estates—Delegations of Authority—General
Executive Order 10732—Amendment of Executive Order No. 10250, Providing for the Performance of      Certain Functions of the President by the Secretary of the Interior
Republication of Regulations

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VOLUME 22—1957
September 3, 1957 | [Order 2509, Amdt. 26]

INDIAN PROBATE PROCEEDINGS AND ESCHEAT OF INDIAN ESTATES
Delegations of Authority—General
Section 25

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Order No. 2509, as amended (17 F. R. 6793) is further amended as follows:

1. Section 25 is revised to read as follows:

SEC. 25.

Indian probate proceedings. The Solicitor of the Department of the Interior may exercise all the authority of the Secretary of the Interior with respect to the

(a) Disposition of appeals to the Secretary in proceedings for the determination of heirs or the approval of wills of deceased Indians.

(b) Extension of time or waiver of time limitations with respect to rehearings, reopenings, or appeals in proceedings for the determination of heirs or the approval of wills of deceased Indians.

(c) Disposition of the restricted or trust estates of Indians who have died intestate and without heirs.

2. Section 26 Escheat of Indian estates is revoked.

HATFIELD CHILSON,
Acting Secretary of the Interior.

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