§ 6. — Seal; authenticated and certified documents; evidence.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC6]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 1--BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
Sec. 6. Seal; authenticated and certified documents; evidence
The Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall cause a seal to be made and
provided for the said office, with such device as the President of the
United States shall approve, and copies of any public documents,
records, books, maps, or papers belonging to or on the files of said
office, authenticated by the seal and certified by the Commissioner
thereof, or by such officer as may, for the time being, be acting as or
for such Commissioner, shall be evidence equally with the originals
thereof.
(July 26, 1892, ch. 256, Sec. 3, 27 Stat. 273.)
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.
