§ 6. Seal; authenticated and certified documents; evidence

Statutory text

The Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall cause a seal to be made and provided for the said office, with such device as the President of the United States shall approve, and copies of any public documents, records, books, maps, or papers belonging to or on the files of said office, authenticated by the seal and certified by the Commissioner thereof, or by such officer as may, for the time being, be acting as or for such Commissioner, shall be evidence equally with the originals thereof.

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.

1892
Pub. L. 52–256 § 3 · 27 Stat. 272
Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 6
(July 26, 1892, ch. 256, § 3, 27 Stat. 273.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(July 26, 1892, ch. 256, § 3, 27 Stat. 273.)
Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 3. That the Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall cause a seal Seal to be made. to be made and provided for the said office, with such device as the President of the United States shall approve, and copies of any public documents, records, books, maps, or papers belonging to or on the files of said office, authenticated by the seal and certified by the Commissioner Certifications. thereof, or by such officer as may, for the time being, be acting as or for such Commissioner, shall be evidence equally with the originals thereof.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

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.

Credits

(July 26, 1892, ch. 256, § 3, 27 Stat. 273.)