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25 U.S.C. § 131 — Advances to disbursing officers
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No superintendent of Indian affairs, or Indian agent, or other disbursing officer in such service, shall have advanced to him, on Indian or public account, any money to be disbursed in future, until such superintendent, agent, or officer in such service has settled his accounts of the preceding year, and has satisfactorily shown that all balances in favor of the Government, which may appear to be in his hands, are ready to be paid over on the order of the Secretary of the Interior.
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No superintendent of Indian affairs, or Indian agent, or other disbursing officer in such service, shall have advanced to him, on Indian or public account, any money to be disbursed in future, until such superintendent, agent, or officer in such service has settled his accounts of the preceding year, and has satisfactorily shown that all balances in favor of the Government, which may appear to be in his hands, are ready to be paid over on the order of the Secretary of the Interior.
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Any disbursing agent of the Indian Service, with the approval of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, may authorize a clerk employed in his office to act in his place and discharge all the duties devolved upon him by law or regulations during such time as he may be unable to perform the duties of his position because of absence, physical disability, or other disqualifying circumstances: Provided, That such clerk, while acting for his principal, shall be subject to all the liabilities and penalties prescribed by law for official misconduct of disbursing agents.
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It shall be the duty of the President to dispense with the services of such Indian agents and superintendents as may be practicable; and where it is practicable he shall require the same person to perform the duties of two agencies or superintendencies for one salary.
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TITLE 25—INDIANS
§ 130
§ 130. Repealed. Pub. L. 117–317, § 2(5), Dec. 27,
2022, 136 Stat. 4419
Section, R.S. § 2087, withheld annuities, money, and
goods from Indians based on being under the influence
of or having access to intoxicating liquor.
§ 131. Advances to disbursing officers
No superintendent of Indian affairs, or Indian
agent, or other disbursing officer in such serv-
ice, shall have advanced to him, on Indian or
public account, any money to be disbursed in fu-
ture, until such superintendent, agent, or officer
in such service has settled his accounts of the
preceding year, and has satisfactorily shown
that all balances in favor of the Government,
which may appear to be in his hands, are ready
to be paid over on the order of the Secretary of
the Interior.
(R.S. § 2092.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
R.S. § 2092 derived from act June 27, 1846, ch. 34, § 1, 9
Stat. 20.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
INDIAN AGENTS
The services of Indian agents have been dispensed
with. See note set out under section 64 of this title.
SUPERINTENDENT OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
No appropriation for any superintendent of Indian af-
fairs has been made since act Mar. 3, 1877, ch. 101, § 1,
19 Stat. 271.
Executive Documents
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees,
and agencies of Department of the Interior, with cer-
tain 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.
Transfer of disbursement functions of all Government
agencies with certain exceptions to the Fiscal Service,
Treasury Department, see note set out under section 53
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