§ 53. Disbursing officers; acting clerks

Statutory text

Any disbursing agent of the Indian Service, with the approval of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, may authorize a clerk employed in his office to act in his place and discharge all the duties devolved upon him by law or regulations during such time as he may be unable to perform the duties of his position because of absence, physical disability, or other disqualifying circumstances: Provided, That such clerk, while acting for his principal, shall be subject to all the liabilities and penalties prescribed by law for official misconduct of disbursing agents.

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.

1920
Pub. L. 66–75 § 1 · 41 Stat. 292
Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 53
Feb. 14, 1920, ch. 75, § 1, 41 Stat. 414
Source evidence
Code source credit
Feb. 14, 1920, ch. 75, § 1, 41 Stat. 414
1972
Pub. L. 92–310 title II § 229(f) · 86 Stat. 201
Struck · 25 U.S.C. § 53
Pub. L. 92–310 struck out provisions which related to official bond of disbursing agent
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 92–310 struck out provisions which related to official bond of disbursing agent.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(f) The proviso in the second paragraph under the center heading “Advertisement for Sale of Indian Lands (Reimbursable)” in the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, and for other purposes, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921”, approved February 14, 1920 (41 Stat. 414; 25 U.S.C. 53), is amended— (1) by striking out “the official bond given by the disbursing agent to the United States shall be held to cover and apply to the acts of the employee authorized to act in his place, who shall give bond to the disbursing agent in such sums as the latter may require, and with respect to any and all acts performed by him while acting for his principal, shall be subject to all the liabilities and penalties prescribed by law for official misconduct of disbursing agents”; and (2) by inserting in lieu thereof “such clerk, while acting for his principal, shall be subject to all the liabilities and penalties prescribed by law for official misconduct of disbursing agents.”,

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1972—Pub. L. 92–310 struck out provisions which related to official bond of disbursing agent.

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.

Disbursement functions of all Government agencies, except Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force and the Panama Canal, transferred to Division of Disbursements, Department of the Treasury, by Ex. Ord. No. 6166, § 4, June 10, 1933, and Ex. Ord. No. 6728, May 29, 1934. Division subsequently consolidated with other agencies into Fiscal Service in Department of the Treasury by Reorg. Plan No. III of 1940, § 1(a)(1), eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2107, 54 Stat. 1231. See section 306 of Title 31, Money and Finance.

Credits

1920–1972 · 2 acts

1920Feb. 14, 1920, ch. 75, § 1, 41 Stat. 414
1972Pub. L. 92–310, title II, § 229(f), June 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 209.

Show as published

(Feb. 14, 1920, ch. 75, § 1, 41 Stat. 414; Pub. L. 92–310, title II, § 229(f), June 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 209.)