§ 131. — Advances to disbursing officers.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 25USC131]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 4--PERFORMANCE BY UNITED STATES OF OBLIGATIONS TO INDIANS
SUBCHAPTER II--DISBURSEMENT OF MONEYS AND SUPPLIES
Sec. 131. Advances to disbursing officers
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.
(R.S. Sec. 2092.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 2092 derived from act June 27, 1846, ch. 34, Sec. 1, 9
Stat. 20.
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,
Secs. 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.
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 affairs has been
made since act Mar. 3, 1877, ch. 101, Sec. 1, 19 Stat. 271.
