§ 261. — Power to appoint traders with 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: 25USC261]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 6--GOVERNMENT OF INDIAN COUNTRY AND RESERVATIONS
SUBCHAPTER III--TRADERS WITH INDIANS
Sec. 261. Power to appoint traders with Indians
The Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall have the sole power and
authority to appoint traders to the Indian tribes and to make such rules
and regulations as he may deem just and proper specifying the kind and
quantity of goods and the prices at which such goods shall be sold to
the Indians.
(Aug. 15, 1876, ch. 289, Sec. 5, 19 Stat. 200.)
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.
