Title 25 — IndiansRelease 119-73
§113 Mode of disbursements
Title 25 › Chapter CHAPTER 4— - PERFORMANCE BY UNITED STATES OF OBLIGATIONS TO INDIANS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - DISBURSEMENT OF MONEYS AND SUPPLIES › § 113
Summary
The President can require that all treaty-related money payments to Indians or Indian tribes be given in person by the superintendents of Indian affairs, in places that have superintendents, to the people or tribes in their areas. Local agents and interpreters must be there to witness the payments, and everything must follow rules set by the Secretary of the Interior.
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Title 25, §113
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At the discretion of the President all disbursements of moneys, whether for annuities or otherwise, to fulfill treaty stipulations with individual Indians or Indian tribes, shall be made in person by the superintendents of Indian affairs, where superintendencies exist, to all Indians or tribes within the limits of their respective superintendencies, in the presence of the local agents and interpreters, who shall witness the same, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may direct.
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Codification R.S. § 2089 derived from act Mar. 3, 1857, ch. 90, § 1, 11 Stat. 169.
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Transfer of Functions
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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. Transfer of disbursement functions of all Government agencies with certain exceptions to the Fiscal Service, Department of the Treasury, see note set out under section 53 of this title.
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25 U.S.C. § 113
Title 25 — Indians
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73