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TITLE 25—INDIANS

been given, and the deed so approved returned to
said office.
(July 26, 1892, ch. 256, § 2, 27 Stat. 273.)
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.

§ 6. Seal; authenticated and certified documents;
evidence
The Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall
cause a seal to be made and provided for the said
office, with such device as the President of the
United States shall approve, and copies of any
public documents, records, books, maps, or papers belonging to or on the files of said office,
authenticated by the seal and certified by the
Commissioner thereof, or by such officer as
may, for the time being, be acting as or for such
Commissioner, shall be evidence equally with
the originals thereof.
(July 26, 1892, ch. 256, § 3, 27 Stat. 273.)
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.

§ 7.

Fees for
records

furnishing

certified

copies

of

The Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall have
the custody of said seal, and shall furnish certified copies of any such records, books, maps,
or papers belonging to or on the files of said office, to any person applying therefor who shall
comply with the requirements of said office,
upon the payment by such parties at the rate of
10 cents per hundred words, and $1 for copies of
maps or plats, and the additional sum of 25 cents
for the Commissioner’s certificate of verification, with the seal of said office; and one of the
employees of said office shall be designated by
the Commissioner as the receiving clerk, and
the amounts so received shall, under the direction of the Commissioner, be paid into the
Treasury of the United States; but fees shall not
be demanded for such authenticated copies as
may be required by the officers of any branch of
the Government or by any Indian who shall satisfy the Commissioner by satisfactory legal evidence that he or she is not able, by reason of
poverty, to pay such fees, nor for such unverified
copies as the Commissioner in his discretion
may deem proper to furnish.
(July 26, 1892, ch. 256, § 4, 27 Stat. 273; Pub. L.
92–310, title II, § 229(b), June 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 208.)
AMENDMENTS
1972—Pub. L. 92–310 struck out provisions which required the receiving clerk to give a bond in the sum of
$1,000.

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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.

§ 8. Accounts for claims and disbursements
All accounts and vouchers for claims and disbursements connected with Indian affairs shall
be transmitted to the Commissioner for administrative examination, and by him passed to the
Government Accountability Office for settlement.
(R.S. § 464; June 10, 1921, ch. 18, title III, § 304, 42
Stat. 24; Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), July 7, 2004, 118
Stat. 814.)
CODIFICATION
R.S. § 464 derived from act July 9, 1832, ch. 174, § 3, 4
Stat. 564.
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.
‘‘Government Accountability Office’’ substituted in
text for ‘‘General Accounting Office’’ pursuant to section 8(b) of Pub. L. 108–271, set out as a note under section 702 of Title 31, Money and Finance, which redesignated the General Accounting Office and any references
thereto as the Government Accountability Office. Previously, ‘‘General Accounting Office’’ substituted in
text for ‘‘proper accounting officer of the Department
of the Treasury’’ pursuant to act June 10, 1921, which
transferred all powers and duties of the Comptroller,
six auditors, and certain other employees of the Treasury to the General Accounting Office. See section 701 et
seq. of Title 31.

§ 9. Regulations by President
The President may prescribe such regulations
as he may think fit for carrying into effect the
various provisions of any act relating to Indian
affairs, and for the settlement of the accounts of
Indian affairs.
(R.S. § 465.)
CODIFICATION
R.S. § 465 derived from act June 30, 1834, ch. 162, § 17,
4 Stat. 738.

§ 10. Employee to sign letters
The Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with the
approval of the Secretary of the Interior, may
designate an employee of the Indian Office to
sign letters of that office requiring the signature of the commissioner or assistant commissioner, and all signatures of such employee
while acting under such designation shall have
the same force and effect as if made by said
commissioner or assistant commissioner.
(Mar. 3, 1909, ch. 263, 35 Stat. 783.)
CODIFICATION
Section is from the Indian Department Appropriation
Act, 1910.