§ 137. — Supplies distributed to ablebodied males on condition.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC137]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 4--PERFORMANCE BY UNITED STATES OF OBLIGATIONS TO INDIANS
SUBCHAPTER II--DISBURSEMENT OF MONEYS AND SUPPLIES
Sec. 137. Supplies distributed to able-bodied males on condition
For the purpose of inducing Indians to labor and become self-
supporting, it is provided that, in distributing the supplies and
annuities to the Indians for whom the same are appropriated, the agent
distributing the same shall require all able-bodied male Indians between
the ages of eighteen and forty-five to perform service upon the
reservation, for the benefit of themselves or of the tribe, at a
reasonable rate, to be fixed by the agent in charge, and to an amount
equal in value to the supplies to be delivered; and the allowances
provided for such Indians shall be distributed to them only upon
condition of the performance of such labor, under such rules and
regulations as the agent may prescribe: Provided, That the Secretary of
the Interior may, by written order, except any particular tribe, or
portion of tribe, from the operation of this provision where he deems it
proper and expedient.
(Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 132, Sec. 3, 18 Stat. 449.)
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.
Indian Agents
The services of Indian agents have been dispensed with. See note set
out under section 64 of this title.
