§ 136. — Commutation of rations and other supplies; payment per capita.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 25USC136]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 4--PERFORMANCE BY UNITED STATES OF OBLIGATIONS TO INDIANS
SUBCHAPTER II--DISBURSEMENT OF MONEYS AND SUPPLIES
Sec. 136. Commutation of rations and other supplies; payment per
capita
When, in the judgment of the Secretary of the Interior, any Indian
tribe, or part thereof, who are receiving rations and clothing and other
supplies under the Act of July 1, 1898, chapter 545, are sufficiently
advanced in civilization to purchase such rations and clothing and other
supplies judiciously, they may commute the same and pay the value
thereof in money per capita to such tribe or part thereof, the manner of
such payment to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior.
(July 1, 1898, ch. 545, Sec. 7, 30 Stat. 596.)
References in Text
Act of July 1, 1898, referred to in text, is act July 1, 1898, ch.
545, 30 Stat. 573, as amended, which enacted sections 32, 136, and 191
of this title and amended section 27 of this title. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
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.
