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Title 25 — Indians

Chapter 5 — Protection of Indians

§ 199. Access to records of Five Civilized Tribes

Statutory text

The Secretary of the Interior, or his accredited representative, shall at all times have access to any books and records of the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Creek, and Seminole Tribes, whether in possession of any of the officers of either of said tribes or any officer or custodian thereof, of the State of Oklahoma.

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.

  1. Pub. L. 59–2285 · 34 Stat. 1015

    Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 199

    (Mar. 1, 1907, ch. 2285, 34 Stat. 1027.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Mar. 1, 1907, ch. 2285, 34 Stat. 1027.)

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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. , 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Credits

(Mar. 1, 1907, ch. 2285, 34 Stat. 1027.)

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