Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-102
§25 Superintendent for Five Civilized Tribes
Title 25 › CHAPTER 2 — OFFICERS OF INDIAN AFFAIRS › § 25
Summary
September 1, 1914 ends the offices of Commissioner for the Five Civilized Tribes and Union Agency superintendent. The President, with Senate consent, must appoint one Superintendent in Oklahoma at $5,000 per year to assume their duties and, with Secretary of the Interior approval, reorganize and remove unnecessary clerks.
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Title 25, §25
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The offices of the Commissioner of the Five Civilized Tribes and superintendent of Union Agency, in Oklahoma, are abolished as of September 1, 1914, and in lieu thereof there shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a Superintendent for the Five Civilized Tribes, with his office located in the State of Oklahoma, at a salary of $5,000 per annum, and said superintendent shall exercise the authority and perform the duties exercised prior to September 1, 1914, by the Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes and the superintendent of the Union Agency, with authority to reorganize the department and to eliminate all unnecessary clerks, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior.
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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. § 25
Title 25, Indians
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Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102