§ 264. — Trading without license; white persons as clerks.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC264]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 6--GOVERNMENT OF INDIAN COUNTRY AND RESERVATIONS
SUBCHAPTER III--TRADERS WITH INDIANS
Sec. 264. Trading without license; white persons as clerks
Any person other than an Indian of the full blood who shall attempt
to reside in the Indian country, or on any Indian reservation, as a
trader, or to introduce goods, or to trade therein, without such
license, shall forfeit all merchandise offered for sale to the Indians
or found in his possession, and shall moreover be liable to a penalty of
$500: Provided, That this section shall not apply to any person residing
among or trading with the Choctaws, Cherokees, Chickasaws, Creeks, or
Seminoles, commonly called the Five Civilized Tribes, residing in said
Indian country, and belonging to the Union Agency therein: And provided
further, That no white person shall be employed as a clerk by any Indian
trader, except such as trade with said Five Civilized Tribes, unless
first licensed so to do by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, under and
in conformity to regulations to be established by the Secretary of the
Interior.
(R.S. Sec. 2133; July 31, 1882, ch. 360, 22 Stat. 179.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 2133 derived from act June 30, 1834, ch. 161, Sec. 4, 4
Stat. 729.
Act July 31, 1882, inserted ``of the full blood'' and ``or on any
Indian reservation'' and added the two provisos.
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.
