2021 US Code
Title 25 - Indians
Chapter 4 - Performance by United States of Obligations to Indians
Subchapter II - Disbursement of Moneys and Supplies
Sec. 131 - Advances to disbursing officers

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Citation 25 U.S.C. § 131 (2021)
Section Name §131. Advances to disbursing officers
Section Text

No superintendent of Indian affairs, or Indian agent, or other disbursing officer in such service, shall have advanced to him, on Indian or public account, any money to be disbursed in future, until such superintendent, agent, or officer in such service has settled his accounts of the preceding year, and has satisfactorily shown that all balances in favor of the Government, which may appear to be in his hands, are ready to be paid over on the order of the Secretary of the Interior.

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(R.S. §2092.)


Editorial Notes EDITORIAL NOTES CODIFICATION

R.S. §2092 derived from act June 27, 1846, ch. 34, §1, 9 Stat. 20.


STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES INDIAN AGENTS

The services of Indian agents have been dispensed with. See note set out under section 64 of this title.

SUPERINTENDENT OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

No appropriation for any superintendent of Indian affairs has been made since act Mar. 3, 1877, ch. 101, §1, 19 Stat. 271.


EXECUTIVE DOCUMENTS 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.

Transfer of disbursement functions of all Government agencies with certain exceptions to the Fiscal Service, Treasury Department, see note set out under section 53 of this title.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 25 - INDIANS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 25 - INDIANS
CHAPTER 4 - PERFORMANCE BY UNITED STATES OF OBLIGATIONS TO INDIANS
SUBCHAPTER II - DISBURSEMENT OF MONEYS AND SUPPLIES
Sec. 131 - Advances to disbursing officers
Contains section 131
Date 2021
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 3, 2022
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 9 Stat. 20
19 Stat. 271
64 Stat. 1262
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