§ 229. — Injuries to property by Indians.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC229]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 6--GOVERNMENT OF INDIAN COUNTRY AND RESERVATIONS
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERALLY
Sec. 229. Injuries to property by Indians
If any Indian, belonging to any tribe in amity with the United
States, shall, within the Indian country, take or destroy the property
of any person lawfully within such country, or shall pass from Indian
country into any State or Territory inhabited by citizens of the United
States, and there take, steal, or destroy, any horse, or other property
belonging to any citizen or inhabitant of the United States, such
citizen or inhabitant, his representative, attorney, or agent, may make
application to the proper superintendent, agent, or subagent, who, upon
being furnished with the necessary documents and proofs, shall, under
the direction of the President, make application to the nation or tribe
to which such Indian shall belong, for satisfaction; and if such nation
or tribe shall neglect or refuse to make satisfaction, in a reasonable
time not exceeding twelve months, such superintendent, agent, or
subagent shall make return of his doings to the Commissioner of Indian
Affairs, that such further steps may be taken as shall be proper, in the
opinion of the President, to obtain satisfaction for the injury.
(R.S. Sec. 2156.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 2156 derived from acts June 30, 1834, ch. 161, Sec. 17, 4
Stat. 731; Feb. 28, 1859, ch. 66, Sec. 8, 11 Stat. 401.
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.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 230 of this title.
