§ 276. — Vacant military posts or barracks for schools; detail of Army officers.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC276]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 7--EDUCATION OF INDIANS
Sec. 276. Vacant military posts or barracks for schools; detail
of Army officers
The Secretary of the Army is authorized to set aside, for use in the
establishment of normal and industrial training schools for Indian youth
from the nomadic tribes having educational treaty claims upon the United
States, any vacant posts or barracks, so long as they may not be
required for military occupation, and to detail one or more officers of
the Army for duty in connection with Indian education, under the
direction of the Secretary of the Interior, at each such school so
established: Provided, That moneys appropriated or to be appropriated
for general purposes of education among the Indians may be expended,
under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for the education
of Indian youth at such posts, institutions, and schools as he may
consider advantageous, or as Congress from time to time may authorize
and provide.
(July 31, 1882, ch. 363, 22 Stat. 181; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II,
Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
Change of Name
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of
act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section 205(a) of
act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch.
1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted ``Title 10,
Armed Forces'' which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued Department of
the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Army.
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of certain functions relating to real property under
jurisdiction of Department of the Air Force from Secretary of the Army
to Secretary of the Air Force, see Secretary of Defense Transfer Order
Nos. 14 [Sec. 2(29)], eff. July 1, 1948, and 40 [App. A(53)], July 22,
1949.
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.
