§ 53. — Disbursing officers; acting 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: 25USC53]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 2--OFFICERS OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
Sec. 53. Disbursing officers; acting clerks
Any disbursing agent of the Indian Service, with the approval of the
Commissioner of Indian Affairs, may authorize a clerk employed in his
office to act in his place and discharge all the duties devolved upon
him by law or regulations during such time as he may be unable to
perform the duties of his position because of absence, physical
disability, or other disqualifying circumstances: Provided, That such
clerk, while acting for his principal, shall be subject to all the
liabilities and penalties prescribed by law for official misconduct of
disbursing agents.
(Feb. 14, 1920, ch. 75, Sec. 1, 41 Stat. 414; Pub. L. 92-310, title II,
Sec. 229(f), June 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 209.)
Amendments
1972--Pub. L. 92-310 struck out provisions which related to official
bond of disbursing agent.
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.
Disbursement functions of all Government agencies, except
Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force and the Panama Canal,
transferred to Division of Disbursements, Department of the Treasury, by
Ex. Ord. No. 6166, Sec. 4, June 10, 1933, and Ex. Ord. No. 6728, May 29,
1934. Division subsequently consolidated with other agencies into Fiscal
Service in Department of the Treasury by Reorg. Plan No. III of 1940,
Sec. 1(a)(1), eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2107, 54 Stat. 1231. See
section 306 of Title 31, Money and Finance.
