25-U.S.C.-504

§504 – Cooperative Associations; Charter; Purposes; Voting Rights

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Title 25 > Chapter 14 > Subchapter VIII > Section 504

Details

• Reference: Section 504
• Legend: §504 – Cooperative Associations; Charter; Purposes; Voting Rights
• USCode Year: 2013

Provision Content

Any ten or more Indians, as determined by the official tribal rolls, or Indian descendants of such enrolled members, or Indians as defined in the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984) [25 U.S.C. 461 et seq.], who reside within the State of Oklahoma in convenient proximity to each other may receive from the Secretary of the Interior a charter as a local cooperative association for any one or more of the following purposes: Credit administration, production, marketing, consumers’ protection, or land management. The provisions of this subchapter, the regulations of the Secretary of the Interior, and the charters of the cooperative associations issued pursuant thereto shall govern such cooperative associations: Provided, That in those matters not covered by this subchapter, regulations, or charters, the laws of the State of Oklahoma, if applicable, shall govern. In any stock or nonstock cooperative association no one member shall have more than one vote, and membership therein shall be open to all Indians residing within the prescribed district.

(June 26, 1936, ch. 831, §4, 49 Stat. 1967.)

References in Text

Act of June 18, 1934, referred to in text, popularly known as the Indian Reorganization Act, is classified generally to subchapter V (§461 et seq.) of this chapter. Provisions of the Act defining Indian appear in section 479 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 461 of this title and Tables.

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25-U.S.C.-500D in the Legal Encyclopedia: Indians

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Subchapter LXXIII – Kickapoo Indians of Kansas and Oklahoma: Distribution of Judgment Fund in the Legal Encyclopedia: Oklahoma

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