No lease of the lands of the Catawba Indians, whether for life or lives or term of years, shall be held or deemed as valid and good in law unless it be signed and sealed by at least four of the head men or chiefs of the Catawba Indians.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 57-152; 1952 Code Section 57-152; 1942 Code Section 8690; 1932 Code Section 8690; Civ. C. '22 Section 5212; Civ. C. '12 Section 3449; Civ. C. '02 Section 2363; G. S. 1771; R. S. 1882; 1808 (5) 576; 1854 (12) 324.