25 U.S.C. § 151 — Deposits in bank by disbursing agents

Page 41 TITLE 25—INDIANS § 155 1 See References in Text note below. (Pub. L. 117–58, div. G, title I, § 70101, Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 1250.) SUBCHAPTER III—DEPOSIT, CARE, AND INVESTMENT OF INDIAN MONEYS § 151. Deposits in bank by disbursing agents Any United States Indian agent, super- intendent, or other disbursing agent of the In- dian Service may deposit Indian moneys, indi- vidual or tribal, coming into his hands as custo- dian, in such national bank or banks as he may select: Provided, That the bank or banks so se- lected by him shall first execute to said dis- bursing agent a bond, with approved surety, in such an amount as will properly safeguard the funds to be deposited. Such bond shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior. (Apr. 30, 1908, ch. 153, 35 Stat. 73; June 25, 1910, ch. 431, § 1, 36 Stat. 855; Mar. 3, 1928, ch. 122, 45 Stat. 161; Apr. 30, 1934, ch. 169, 48 Stat. 648.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION This section is also set out in the last two provisos of section 372 of this title. 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. 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. § 152. Proceeds of sales of Indian lands All moneys received from the sales of lands that have been, or may be, ceded to the United States by Indian tribes, by treaties providing for the investment or payment to the Indians, par- ties thereto, of the proceeds of the lands ceded by them, respectively, after deducting the ex- penses of survey and sale, any sums stipulated to be advanced, and the expenses of fulfilling any engagements contained therein, shall be paid into the Treasury in the same manner that moneys received from the sales of public lands are paid into the Treasury. (R.S. § 2093.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION R.S. § 2093 derived from act Jan. 9, 1837, ch. 1, § 1, 5 Stat. 135. § 153. Appropriation to carry out treaties All sums that are or may be required to be paid, and all moneys that are or may be required to be invested by the treaties mentioned in sec- tion 152 of this title are appropriated in con- formity to them, and shall be drawn from the Treasury as other public moneys are drawn therefrom, under such instructions as may from time to time be given by the President. (R.S. § 2094.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION R.S. § 2094 derived from act Jan. 9, 1837, ch. 1, § 2, 5 Stat. 135. § 154. Proceeds of sales of lands not subject to certain deductions No part of the expenses of the public lands service shall be deducted from the proceeds of Indian lands sold through the Bureau of Land Management, except as authorized by the treaty or agreement providing for the disposition of the lands. (July 4, 1884, ch. 180, § 10, 23 Stat. 98; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.) 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. ‘‘Bureau of Land Management’’ substituted in text for ‘‘General Land Office’’ pursuant to section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, which established the Bureau and transferred thereto the functions of the General Land Office. § 155. Disposal of miscellaneous revenues from Indian reservations, etc. All miscellaneous revenues derived from In- dian reservations, agencies, and schools, except those of the Five Civilized Tribes and not the re- sult of the labor of any member of such tribe, which are not required by existing law to be oth- erwise disposed of, shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States under the caption ‘‘Indian moneys, proceeds of labor’’, and are made available for expenditure, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, for the benefit of the Indian tribes, agencies, and schools on whose behalf they are collected, subject, how- ever, to the limitations as to tribal funds, im- posed by sections 123 and 142 1 of this title. (Mar. 3, 1883, ch. 141, § 2, 22 Stat. 590; Mar. 2, 1887, ch. 320, 24 Stat. 463; May 17, 1926, ch. 309, § 1, 44 Stat. 560; May 29, 1928, ch. 901, § 1(68), 45 Stat. 991.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT Section 142 of this title, referred to in text, was re- pealed by act May 29, 1928, ch. 901, § 1(87), 45 Stat. 992.