2021 US Code
Title 25 - Indians
Chapter 7 - Education of Indians
Sec. 271 - Employment of instructors for Indians

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Citation 25 U.S.C. § 271 (2021)
Section Name §271. Employment of instructors for Indians
Section Text

The President may, in every case where he shall judge improvement in the habits and condition of such Indians practicable, and that the means of instruction can be introduced with their own consent, employ capable persons of good moral character to instruct them in the mode of agriculture suited to their situation; and for teaching their children in reading, writing, and arithmetic, and performing such other duties as may be enjoined according to such instructions and rules as the President may give and prescribe for the regulation of their conduct, in the discharge of their duties. A report of the proceedings adopted in the execution of this provision shall be annually laid before Congress.

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(R.S. §2071.)


Editorial Notes EDITORIAL NOTES CODIFICATION

R.S. §2071 derived from act Mar. 3, 1819, ch. 85, 3 Stat. 516.

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 7 - EDUCATION OF INDIANS
Sec. 271 - Employment of instructors for Indians
Contains section 271
Date 2021
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 3, 2022
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 3 Stat. 516
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