2017 US Code
Title 25 - Indians
Chapter 4 - Performance by United States of Obligations to Indians
Subchapter III - Deposit, Care, and Investment of Indian Moneys
Sec. 151 - Deposits in bank by disbursing agents

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Citation 25 U.S.C. § 151 (2017)
Section Name §151. Deposits in bank by disbursing agents
Section Text

Any United States Indian agent, superintendent, or other disbursing agent of the Indian Service may deposit Indian moneys, individual or tribal, coming into his hands as custodian, in such national bank or banks as he may select: Provided, That the bank or banks so selected by him shall first execute to said disbursing agent a bond, with approved surety, in such an amount as will properly safeguard the funds to be deposited. Such bond shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior.

Source Credit

(Apr. 30, 1908, ch. 153, 35 Stat. 73; June 25, 1910, ch. 431, §1, 36 Stat. 855; Mar. 3, 1928, ch. 122, 45 Stat. 161; Apr. 30, 1934, ch. 169, 48 Stat. 648.)

Editorial Notes CODIFICATION

This section is also set out in the last two provisos of section 372 of this title.

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.

Transfer of disbursement functions of all Government agencies with certain exceptions to the Fiscal Service, Treasury Department, see note set out under section 53 of this title.

INDIAN AGENTS

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

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 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. 151 - Deposits in bank by disbursing agents
Contains section 151
Date 2017
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 12, 2018
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 35 Stat. 73
36 Stat. 855
45 Stat. 161
48 Stat. 648
64 Stat. 1262
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