§ 46. — Preference to Indians in employment of clerical, mechanical, and other help.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC46]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 2--OFFICERS OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
Sec. 46. Preference to Indians in employment of clerical,
mechanical, and other help
Preference shall at all times, as far as practicable, be given to
Indians in the employment of clerical, mechanical, and other help on
reservations and about agencies.
(May 17, 1882, ch. 163, Sec. 6, 22 Stat. 88; July 4, 1884, ch. 180,
Sec. 6, 23 Stat. 97.)
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.
