25-U.S.C.-261

§261 – Power to Appoint Traders With Indians

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Title 25 > Chapter 6 > Subchapter III > Section 261

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• Reference: Section 261
• Legend: §261 – Power to Appoint Traders With Indians
• USCode Year: 2013

Provision Content

The Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall have the sole power and authority to appoint traders to the Indian tribes and to make such rules and regulations as he may deem just and proper specifying the kind and quantity of goods and the prices at which such goods shall be sold to the Indians.

(Aug. 15, 1876, ch. 289, §5, 19 Stat. 200.)

Transfer of Functions

For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

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25-U.S.C.-212 in the Legal Encyclopedia: Indians

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