Executive Order 9920

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Executive Order 9920 by President of the United States Extension of Trust Periods on Indian Lands Expiring During the Calendar Year 1948

Executive Order 9921→

Signed by President  Harry S. Truman  January 8, 1948

Federal Register  page & date: 13 FR 143, January 10, 1948

See the Notes section for a list of Executive Orders affected by or related to the issuance of this Executive Order.

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 5 of the act of February 8, 1887, 24 Stat. 388, 389, by the act of June 21, 1906, 34 Stat. 325, 326, and by the act of March 2, 1917, 39 Stat. 969, 976, and other applicable provisions of law, it is hereby ordered that the periods of trust or other restrictions against allegation contained in any patent applying to Indian lands, whether of a tribal or individual status, which, unless extended, will expire during the calendar year 1948, be, and they are hereby, extended for a further period of twenty-five years from the date on which any such trust would otherwise expire.

This order is not intended to apply to any case in which Congress has specifically reserved to itself authority to extend the period of trust on tribal or individual Indian lands.

This order shall become effective as of January 1, 1948.

Harry S. Truman 

The White House,

January 8, 1948.

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