Whenever the issue of food, clothing, or supplies of any kind to Indians is provided for, it shall be the duty of the agent or commissioner issuing the same, at such issue thereof, whether it be both of food and clothing, or either of them, or of any kind of supplies, to report to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs the number of Indians present and actually receiving the same.
(R.S. § 2109.)
Editorial Notes
Codification
R.S. § 2109 derived from act Feb. 14, 1873, ch. 138, § 7, 17 Stat. 463, 464.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Indian AgentsThe 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 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.