Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-102
§98 Purchase of Supplies Without Authority
Title 25 › CHAPTER 4 — PERFORMANCE BY UNITED STATES OF OBLIGATIONS TO INDIANS › SUBCHAPTER I — PURCHASE OF SUPPLIES › § 98
Summary
Don't pay unauthorized Indian supply claims from Office or Indian funds.
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Title 25, §98
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No claims for supplies for Indians, purchased without authority of law, shall be paid out of any appropriation for expenses of the Office of Indian Affairs, or for Indians.
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Codification R.S. § 2085 derived from act July 15, 1870, ch. 296, § 2, 16 Stat. 360.
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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. § 98
Title 25, Indians
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102