§ 1464. Agents or attorneys representing claimants before department

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. 1884

   Pub. L. 48–181 § 5 · 23 Stat. 98

   Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 1464

   (July 4, 1884, ch. 181, § 5, 23 Stat. 101.)

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   (July 4, 1884, ch. 181, § 5, 23 Stat. 101.)

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 5. That the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe rules and regulations governing the Secretary of Interior to prescribe rules for government of agents, etc., in prosecution of claims. recognition of agents, attorneys, or other persons representing claimants before his department, and may require of such persons, agents, and attorneys, before, being recognized as representatives of claimants, that they shall show that they are of good moral character and in good repute, possessed of the necessary qualifications to enable them to render such claimants valuable service, and otherwise competent to ad vise and assist such claimants in the presentation of their claims and such Secretary may, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, suspend or exclude from further practice before Ills department any such person, agent or attorney shown to be incompetent, disreputable, or who refuses to comply with the said rules and regulations, or who shall with intent to defraud in any manner deceive, mislead, or threaten any claimant, or prospective claimant, by word, circular, letter, or by advertisement.

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