25 U.S.C. § 337 : US Code - Section 337: Allotments in national forests

Search 25 U.S.C. § 337 : US Code - Section 337: Allotments in national forests

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion,
to make allotments within the national forests in conformity with
the general allotment laws, to any Indian occupying, living on, or
having improvements on land included within any such national
forest who is not entitled to an allotment on any existing Indian
reservation, or for whose tribe no reservation has been provided,
or whose reservation was not sufficient to afford an allotment to
each member thereof. All applications for allotments under the
provisions of this section shall be submitted to the Secretary of
Agriculture who shall determine whether the lands applied for are
more valuable for agricultural or grazing purposes than for the
timber found thereon; and if it be found that the lands applied for
are more valuable for agricultural or grazing purposes, then the
Secretary of the Interior shall cause allotment to be made as
herein provided.