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§133 Rolls of Indians Entitled to Supplies

Title 25 › Chapter 4— PERFORMANCE BY UNITED STATES OF OBLIGATIONS TO INDIANS › Subchapter II— DISBURSEMENT OF MONEYS AND SUPPLIES › § 133

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Each agent with supplies must, at the start of each fiscal year, list the Indians eligible for supplies, including names, the heads of families or lodges, and how many people are in each family. They must give supplies to family heads (not tribal or band leaders) and not give more than one week's supplies in advance.

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 25Indians

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60