1995 U.S. Code
Title 25 - INDIANS
CHAPTER 1 - BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
Sec. 6 - Seal; authenticated and certified documents; evidence
§6. Seal; authenticated and certified documents; evidence
The Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall cause a seal to be made and provided for the said office, with such device as the President of the United States shall approve, and copies of any public documents, records, books, maps, or papers belonging to or on the files of said office, authenticated by the seal and certified by the Commissioner thereof, or by such officer as may, for the time being, be acting as or for such Commissioner, shall be evidence equally with the originals thereof.
(July 26, 1892, ch. 256, §3, 27 Stat. 273.)
Transfer of FunctionsFor 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.
Federal Rules of Civil ProcedureProof of official record, see rule 44, Title 28, Appendix, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.
Effect of rule 44 on this section, see note by Advisory Committee under rule 44.