§ 151. Deposits in bank by disbursing agents

Statutory 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.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1908
Pub. L. 60–153 · 35 Stat. 70
Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 151
Apr. 30, 1908, ch. 153, 35 Stat. 73
Source evidence
Code source credit
Apr. 30, 1908, ch. 153, 35 Stat. 73

0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Codification

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

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Indian Agents

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

Executive Documents

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.

Credits

1908–1934 · 4 acts

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

Show as published

(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.)