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Title 25 — Indians

Chapter 2 — Officers of Indian Affairs

§ 66. Duties of agency devolved on superintendent of Indian school

Statutory text

The Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, may devolve the duties of Indian agency or part thereof upon the superintendent of the Indian school located at such agency or part thereof whenever in his judgment such superintendent can properly perform the duties of such agency.

The pay of any superintendent who performs agency duties in addition to those of his superintendency may be increased by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in his discretion, to an extent not exceeding $300 per annum.

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. § 66

    Mar. 1, 1907, ch. 2285, 34 Stat. 1020

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Mar. 1, 1907, ch. 2285, 34 Stat. 1020

  2. Pub. L. 92–310 title II § 229(d) · 86 Stat. 201

    Struck · 25 U.S.C. § 66

    Pub. L. 92–310 struck out provisions which required the superintendent of the Indian school to give a bond as other Indian agents

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 92–310 struck out provisions which required the superintendent of the Indian school to give a bond as other Indian agents.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (d) Title II of the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, and for other purposes, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight”, approved March 1, 1907 (34 Stat. 1020; 25 U.S.C. 66), is amended by striking out in the first paragraph under the heading “Indian Agents—Proviso” the following: “And the superintendent upon whom such duties devolve shall give bond as other Indian agents.”

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

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1972—Pub. L. 92–310 struck out provisions which required the superintendent of the Indian school to give a bond as other Indian agents.

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

1907–1972 · 2 acts
  1. 1907Mar. 1, 1907, ch. 2285, 34 Stat. 1020
  2. 1972Pub. L. 92–310, title II, § 229(d), , 86 Stat. 208.
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(Mar. 1, 1907, ch. 2285, 34 Stat. 1020; Pub. L. 92–310, title II, § 229(d), , 86 Stat. 208.)

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