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§1 Commissioner of Indian Affairs

Title 25 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS › § 1

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Title 25, §1

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There shall be in the Department of the Interior a Commissioner of Indian Affairs, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

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Codification R.S. § 462 derived from act July 9, 1832, ch. 174, § 1, 4 Stat. 564. Provisions of this section relating to compensation of the Commissioner were omitted as obsolete. The position is in level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

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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.

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25 U.S.C. § 1

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