1995 U.S. Code
Title 25 - INDIANS
CHAPTER 4 - PERFORMANCE BY UNITED STATES OF OBLIGATIONS TO INDIANS
SUBCHAPTER I - PURCHASE OF SUPPLIES
Sec. 96 - Copies of contracts furnished to General Accounting Office before payment

Copies of all contracts made by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, or any other officer of the Government for the Indian Service, shall be furnished to the General Accounting Office before any payment shall be made thereon.

(Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 132, §7, 18 Stat. 450; July 31, 1894, ch. 174, §§3, 7, 28 Stat. 205, 206; June 10, 1921, ch. 18, title III, §304, 42 Stat. 24.)

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.

“General Accounting Office” substituted in text for “Second Auditor of the Treasury” pursuant to act June 10, 1921, which transferred powers and duties of Comptroller, six auditors, and certain other employees of the Treasury to General Accounting Office. See section 701 et seq. of Title 31, Money and Finance.