Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-102
§40 Limits of Superintendencies, Agencies, and Subagencies
Title 25 › CHAPTER 2 — OFFICERS OF INDIAN AFFAIRS › § 40
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior must decide the limits for each superintendency, agency, and subagency, and may do that by using tribal boundaries or by using geographic lines.
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Title 25, §40
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The limits of each superintendency, agency, and subagency shall be established by the Secretary of the Interior, either by tribes or geographical boundaries.
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Editorial Notes
Codification R.S. § 2066 derived from acts June 30, 1834, ch. 162, § 7, 4 Stat. 736; Mar. 3, 1847, ch. 66, § 1, 9 Stat. 203.
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Transfer of Functions
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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. § 40
Title 25, Indians
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102