---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 374"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
number: "374"
heading: "Attendance of witnesses"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/374"
units:
  - "Chapter 10 — Descent and Distribution; Heirs of Allottee"
---

# §374. Attendance of witnesses


The authority delegated to judges of the United States courts by [section 24 of title 35](/usc/35/24.md) is conferred upon the [Secretary](/usc/25/5130.md?p=1) of the Interior to require the attendance of witnesses at hearings, upon proper showing by any of the parties to determine the heirs of decedents, held in accordance with sections [372](/usc/25/372.md) and [373](/usc/25/373.md) of this title, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe.


## Source credit

(Aug. 1, 1914, ch. 222, § 1, 38 Stat. 586.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

“Section 24 of title 35” substituted in text for “section 56 of title 35” on authority of act July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 792, section 1 of which enacted Title 35, Patents.