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title: "25 U.S.C. § 344a"
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# 25 U.S.C. § 344a - Repealed. Act Nov. 24, 1942, ch. 640, § 4, 56 Stat. 1022

## Notes

Section, act June 25, 1910, ch. 431, § 12, 36 Stat. 858, authorized Secretary of the Interior to investigate the allotment in the name of a deceased Indian and to recommend to Congress the cancellation of such Indian’s patent if he died without heirs.