§ 199. — Access to records of Five Civilized Tribes.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC199]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 5--PROTECTION OF INDIANS
Sec. 199. Access to records of Five Civilized Tribes
The Secretary of the Interior, or his accredited representative,
shall at all times have access to any books and records of the Choctaw,
Chickasaw, Cherokee, Creek, and Seminole Tribes, whether in possession
of any of the officers of either of said tribes or any officer or
custodian thereof, of the State of Oklahoma.
(Mar. 1, 1907, ch. 2285, 34 Stat. 1027.)
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.
