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title: "25 U.S.C. § 5105"
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# 25 U.S.C. § 5105 - Title to lands

## Text

Title to lands or any interest therein acquired pursuant to this Act for Indian use shall be taken in the name of the United States of America in trust for the tribe or individual Indian for which acquired.

(Aug. 10, 1939, ch. 662, § 3, 53 Stat. 1351.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

References in TextThis Act, referred to in text, is act Aug. 10, 1939, ch. 662, 53 Stat. 1351, which is classified principally to sections 5104 to 5106 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 463f of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.