§ 788g. — Heirs of deceased enrollees.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC788g]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
SUBCHAPTER XXXIV--CREEK NATION OF INDIANS
Sec. 788g. Heirs of deceased enrollees
The Secretary shall distribute a share payable to a living enrollee
directly to such enrollee or in such manner as is deemed by the
Secretary to be in the enrollee's best interest and the per capita share
of a deceased enrollee shall be paid to his heirs or legatees upon proof
of death and inheritance satisfactory to the Secretary, whose findings
upon such proof shall be final and conclusive. Sums payable to enrollees
or their heirs or legatees who are less than twenty-one years of age or
who are under legal disability shall be paid to the persons whom the
Secretary of the Interior determines will best protect their interests.
(Pub. L. 90-506, Sec. 3, Sept. 21, 1968, 82 Stat. 859.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 788f, 788h of this title.
