2019 US Code
Title 25 - Indians
Chapter 6 - Government of Indian Country and Reservations
Subchapter III - Traders With Indians
Sec. 261 - Power to appoint traders with Indians

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Citation 25 U.S.C. § 261 (2019)
Section Name §261. Power to appoint traders with Indians
Section Text

The Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall have the sole power and authority to appoint traders to the Indian tribes and to make such rules and regulations as he may deem just and proper specifying the kind and quantity of goods and the prices at which such goods shall be sold to the Indians.

Source Credit

(Aug. 15, 1876, ch. 289, §5, 19 Stat. 200.)

Editorial Notes 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, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, 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 III - TRADERS WITH INDIANS
Sec. 261 - Power to appoint traders with Indians
Contains section 261
Date 2019
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 24, 2020
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 19 Stat. 200
64 Stat. 1262
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