Title 25 — Indians
Chapter 2 — Officers of Indian Affairs
§ 63. Consolidation of agencies
Statutory text
The President may, in his discretion, consolidate two or more agencies into one, and where Indians are located on reservations created by Executive order he may, with the consent of the tribes to be affected thereby, expressed in the usual manner, consolidate one or more tribes, and abolish such agencies as are thereby rendered unnecessary.
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. 47–163 § 6 · 22 Stat. 68
Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 63
May 17, 1882, ch. 163, § 6, 22 Stat. 88
Source evidence
Code source credit
May 17, 1882, ch. 163, § 6, 22 Stat. 88Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. Six.— That the President may, in his discretion, consolidate two Consolidation of agencies, and Indian tribes. or more agencies into one, and where Indians are located on reservations created by executive order be may, with the consent of the tribes to be affected thereby, expressed in the usual manner, consolidate one or Abolition of agencies. more tribes, and abolish such agencies as are thereby rendered unnecessary; and preference shall at all times, as far as practicable, be given to Indians in the employment of clerical, mechanical, and other help on reservations and about agencies.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Executive Documents
Delegation of Functions
For delegation to Secretary of the Interior of authority vested in President by this section, see Ex. Ord. No. 10250, , 16 F.R. 5385, set out as a note under section 301 of Title 3, The President.
Credits
1882–1884 · 2 acts
- 1882May 17, 1882, ch. 163, § 6, 22 Stat. 88
- 1884July 4, 1884, ch. 180, § 6, 23 Stat. 97.
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(May 17, 1882, ch. 163, § 6, 22 Stat. 88; July 4, 1884, ch. 180, § 6, 23 Stat. 97.)