2011 US Code
Title 25 - Indians
Chapter 4 - PERFORMANCE BY UNITED STATES OF OBLIGATIONS TO INDIANS (§§ 91 - 166)
Subchapter III - DEPOSIT, CARE, AND INVESTMENT OF INDIAN MONEYS (§§ 151 - 166)
Section 159 - Moneys due incompetents or orphans
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 III - DEPOSIT, CARE, AND INVESTMENT OF INDIAN MONEYS Sec. 159 - Moneys due incompetents or orphans |
Contains | section 159 |
Date | 2011 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | R.S. §2108. |
Statutes at Large References | 12 Stat. 529 64 Stat. 1262 |
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The Secretary of the Interior is directed to cause settlements to be made with all persons appointed by the Indian councils to receive moneys due to incompetent or orphan Indians, and to require all moneys found to be due to such incompetent or orphan Indians to be returned to the Treasury; and all moneys so returned shall bear interest at the rate of 6 per centum per annum, until paid by order of the Secretary of the Interior to those entitled to the same. No money shall be paid to any person appointed by any Indian council to receive moneys due to incompetent or orphan Indians, but the same shall remain in the Treasury of the United States until ordered to be paid by the Secretary to those entitled to receive the same, and shall bear 6 per centum interest until so paid.
(R.S. §2108.)
CodificationR.S. §2108 derived from act July 5, 1862, ch. 135, §6, 12 Stat. 529.
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.
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