2011 US Code
Title 25 - Indians
Chapter 4 - PERFORMANCE BY UNITED STATES OF OBLIGATIONS TO INDIANS (§§ 91 - 166)
Subchapter II - DISBURSEMENT OF MONEYS AND SUPPLIES (§§ 111 - 148)
Section 137 - Supplies distributed to able-bodied males on condition
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, 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. 137 - Supplies distributed to able-bodied males on condition |
Contains | section 137 |
Date | 2011 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 132, §3, 18 Stat. 449. |
Statutes at Large References | 18 Stat. 449 64 Stat. 1262 |
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For the purpose of inducing Indians to labor and become self-supporting, it is provided that, in distributing the supplies and annuities to the Indians for whom the same are appropriated, the agent distributing the same shall require all able-bodied male Indians between the ages of eighteen and forty-five to perform service upon the reservation, for the benefit of themselves or of the tribe, at a reasonable rate, to be fixed by the agent in charge, and to an amount equal in value to the supplies to be delivered; and the allowances provided for such Indians shall be distributed to them only upon condition of the performance of such labor, under such rules and regulations as the agent may prescribe: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior may, by written order, except any particular tribe, or portion of tribe, from the operation of this provision where he deems it proper and expedient.
(Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 132, §3, 18 Stat. 449.)
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.
Indian AgentsThe services of Indian agents have been dispensed with. See note set out under section 64 of this title.
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