2016 US Code
Title 25 - Indians
Chapter 6 - Government of Indian Country and Reservations
Subchapter II - Traffic in Intoxicating Liquors
Sec. 251 - Setting up distillery

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Citation 25 U.S.C. § 251 (2016)
Section Name §251. Setting up distillery
Section Text

Every person who shall, within the Indian country, set up or continue any distillery for manufacturing ardent spirits, shall be liable to a penalty of $1,000; and the superintendent of Indian affairs, Indian agent, or subagent, within the limits of whose agency any distillery of ardent spirits is set up or continued, shall forthwith destroy and break up the same.

Source Credit

(R.S. §2141.)

Editorial Notes CODIFICATION

R.S. §2141 derived from act June 30, 1834, ch. 161, §21, 4 Stat. 732.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

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.

INDIAN AGENTS

The services of Indian agents have been dispensed with. See note set out under section 64 of this title.

SUPERINTENDENT OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

No appropriation for any superintendent of Indian affairs has been made since act Mar. 3, 1877, ch. 101, §1, 19 Stat. 271.

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 25 - INDIANS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 25 - INDIANS
CHAPTER 6 - GOVERNMENT OF INDIAN COUNTRY AND RESERVATIONS
SUBCHAPTER II - TRAFFIC IN INTOXICATING LIQUORS
Sec. 251 - Setting up distillery
Contains section 251
Date 2016
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 6, 2017
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 4 Stat. 732
19 Stat. 271
64 Stat. 1262
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