25 U.S.C. § 133 — Rolls of Indians entitled to supplies

Page 38 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 Repealed.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 of this title. § 132. Mode of distribution of goods Whenever goods and merchandise are delivered to the chiefs of a tribe, for the tribe, such goods and merchandise shall be turned over by the agent or superintendent of such tribe to the chiefs in bulk, and in the original package, as nearly as practicable, and in the presence of the headmen of the tribe, if practicable, to be dis- tributed to the tribe by the chiefs in such man- ner as the chiefs may deem best, in the presence of the agent or superintendent. (R.S. § 2090.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION R.S. § 2090 derived from act Apr. 10, 1869, ch. 16, § 2, 16 Stat. 39. 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. § 133. Rolls of Indians entitled to supplies For the purpose of properly distributing the supplies appropriated for the Indian Service, it is made the duty of each agent in charge of Indi- ans and having supplies to distribute, to make out, at the commencement of each fiscal year, rolls of the Indians entitled to supplies at the agency, with the names of the Indians and of the heads of families or lodges, with the number in each family or lodge, and to give out supplies to the heads of families, and not to the heads of tribes or bands, and not to give out supplies for a greater length of time than one week in ad- vance. (Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 132, § 4, 18 Stat. 449.) 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. § 134. Appropriations for supplies available im- mediately; time for distribution So much of the appropriations of any annual Indian Appropriation Act as may be required to pay for goods and supplies, for expenses incident to their purchase, and for transportation of the same, for the fiscal year for which such appro- priations are made, shall be immediately avail- able, upon the approval of such Act, but no such goods or supplies shall be distributed or deliv- ered to any of said Indians prior to the begin- ning of such fiscal year. (Mar. 1, 1907, ch. 2285, 34 Stat. 1016.) § 135. Supplies distributed so as to prevent defi- ciencies It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the In- terior, and the officers charged by law with the distribution of supplies to the Indians, under ap- propriations made by law, to distribute them and pay them out to the Indians entitled to them, in such proper proportions as that the amount of appropriation made for the current year shall not be expended before the end of such current year, so as to prevent deficiencies; and no expenditure shall be made or liability in- curred on the part of the Government on ac- count of the Indian Service for any fiscal year (unless in compliance with existing law) beyond the amount of money previously appropriated for said service during such year. (Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 132, § 6, 18 Stat. 450.) 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.