2019 US Code
Title 25 - Indians
Chapter 6 - Government of Indian Country and Reservations
Subchapter III - Traders With Indians
Sec. 264 - Trading without license; white persons as clerks
| 25 U.S.C. § 264 (2019) |
| §264. Trading without license; white persons as clerks |
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Any person other than an Indian of the full blood who shall attempt to reside in the Indian country, or on any Indian reservation, as a trader, or to introduce goods, or to trade therein, without such license, shall forfeit all merchandise offered for sale to the Indians or found in his possession, and shall moreover be liable to a penalty of $500: Provided, That this section shall not apply to any person residing among or trading with the Choctaws, Cherokees, Chickasaws, Creeks, or Seminoles, commonly called the Five Civilized Tribes, residing in said Indian country, and belonging to the Union Agency therein: And provided further, That no white person shall be employed as a clerk by any Indian trader, except such as trade with said Five Civilized Tribes, unless first licensed so to do by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, under and in conformity to regulations to be established by the Secretary of the Interior. |
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(R.S. §2133; July 31, 1882, ch. 360, 22 Stat. 179.) |
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CODIFICATION
R.S. §2133 derived from act June 30, 1834, ch. 161, §4, 4 Stat. 729. Act July 31, 1882, inserted "of the full blood" and "or on any Indian reservation" and added the two provisos. 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. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 25 - INDIANS |
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| Title 25 - INDIANS CHAPTER 6 - GOVERNMENT OF INDIAN COUNTRY AND RESERVATIONS SUBCHAPTER III - TRADERS WITH INDIANS Sec. 264 - Trading without license; white persons as clerks |
| section 264 |
| 2019 |
| January 24, 2020 |
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| 4 Stat. 729 22 Stat. 179 64 Stat. 1262 |
