Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-102
§192 Sale by Agents of Cattle or Horses Not Required
Title 25 › CHAPTER 5 — PROTECTION OF INDIANS › § 192
Summary
A tribe's agent in Indian country may sell tribal livestock not needed for use under rules from the Secretary of the Interior, but not if it would interfere with Army orders on troop movement or subsistence.
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Title 25, §192
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The agent of each tribe of Indians, lawfully residing in the Indian country, is authorized to sell for the benefit of such Indians any cattle, horses, or other livestock belonging to the Indians, and not required for their use and subsistence, under such regulations as shall be established by the Secretary of the Interior. But no such sale shall be made so as to interfere with the execution of any order lawfully issued by the Secretary of the Army, connected with the movement or subsistence of troops.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification R.S. § 2127 derived from act Mar. 3, 1865, ch. 127, § 9, 13 Stat. 563.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of act
July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. section 205(a) of act
July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted “Title 10, Armed Forces” which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Army. Indian AgentsThe services of Indian agents have been dispensed with. See note set out under section 64 of this title.
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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Citation
25 U.S.C. § 192
Title 25, Indians
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102