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. 158 - Investment of proceeds of lands

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Citation 25 U.S.C. § 158 (2017)
Section Name §158. Investment of proceeds of lands
Section Text

The Secretary of the Interior shall invest in a manner which shall be in his judgment most safe and beneficial for the fund, all moneys that may be received under treaties containing stipulations for the payment to the Indians, annually, of interest upon the proceeds of the lands ceded by them; and he shall make no investment of such moneys, or of any portion, at a lower rate of interest than 5 per centum per annum.

Source Credit

(R.S. §2096.)

Editorial Notes CODIFICATION

R.S. §2096 derived from act Jan. 9, 1837, ch. 1, §4, 5 Stat. 135.

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.

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. 158 - Investment of proceeds of lands
Contains section 158
Date 2017
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 12, 2018
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 5 Stat. 135
64 Stat. 1262
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