Title 25 — Indians
Chapter 10 — Descent and Distribution; Heirs of Allottee
§ 376. Oaths in investigations
Statutory text
After , any officer or employee appointed or designated by the Secretary of the Interior or the Commissioner of Indian Affairs as special examiner in heirship cases shall be authorized to administer oaths in investigations committed to him: Provided further, That the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the Osage Indians nor to the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians in 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.
Pub. L. 63–222 § 1 · 38 Stat. 582
Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 376
(Aug. 1, 1914, ch. 222, § 1, 38 Stat. 586.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Aug. 1, 1914, ch. 222, § 1, 38 Stat. 586.)
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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
(Aug. 1, 1914, ch. 222, § 1, 38 Stat. 586.)