Title 25 — IndiansRelease 119-73
§133 Rolls of Indians entitled to supplies
Title 25 › Chapter CHAPTER 4— - PERFORMANCE BY UNITED STATES OF OBLIGATIONS TO INDIANS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - DISBURSEMENT OF MONEYS AND SUPPLIES › § 133
Summary
Each agent with supplies must at the start of each fiscal year list the Indians at the agency with names, household heads, and the number in each household. Supplies must be given to household heads, not tribe or band leaders, and only for one week at a time.
Full Legal Text
Title 25, §133
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For the purpose of properly distributing the supplies appropriated for the Indian Service, it is made the duty of each agent in charge of Indians and having supplies to distribute, to make out, at the commencement of each fiscal year, rolls of the Indians entitled to supplies at the agency, with the names of the Indians and of the heads of families or lodges, with the number in each family or lodge, and to give out supplies to the heads of families, and not to the heads of tribes or bands, and not to give out supplies for a greater length of time than one week in advance.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Indian AgentsThe services of Indian agents have been dispensed with. See note set out under section 64 of this title.
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Citation
25 U.S.C. § 133
Title 25 — Indians
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73