Title 25 — IndiansRelease 119-73not60
§136 Commutation of Rations and Other Supplies; Payment Per Capita
Title 25 › Chapter 4— PERFORMANCE BY UNITED STATES OF OBLIGATIONS TO INDIANS › Subchapter II— DISBURSEMENT OF MONEYS AND SUPPLIES › § 136
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior may let an Indian tribe or part of a tribe that now gets rations, clothing, and other supplies under the Act of July 1, 1898 (chapter 545) take the cash value of those items instead. The payment must be made per person, and the Secretary decides how the money will be paid.
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Title 25, §136
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When, in the judgment of the Secretary of the Interior, any Indian tribe, or part thereof, who are receiving rations and clothing and other supplies under the Act of July 1, 1898, chapter 545, are sufficiently advanced in civilization to purchase such rations and clothing and other supplies judiciously, they may commute the same and pay the value thereof in money per capita to such tribe or part thereof, the manner of such payment to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior.
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Act of
July 1, 1898, referred to in text, is act
July 1, 1898, ch. 545, 30 Stat. 573, which enacted section 32, 136, and 191 of this title and amended section 27 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
For
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.
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25 U.S.C. § 136
Title 25 — Indians
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Apr 5, 2026
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