title 25, united states code

title 25, united states code Sec. 229. (a) Section 2075 of the Revised Statutes (25 US.C. 51), which reads “Sec. 2075. The President may, from time to time, require additional security, and in larger amounts, from all persons charged or trusted, under the laws of the United States, with the disbursement or application of money, goods, or effects of any kind, on account of Indian affairs.”, is repealed. (b) Section 4 of the Act entitled “An Act to legalize the deed and other records of the Office of Indian Affairs, and to provide and authorize the use of a seal by said office”, approved July 26, 1892 (27 Star. 273; 25 U.S.C. 7), is amended by striking out “who shall give l«md in the sum of one thousand dollars.”. (c) The Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and five, and for other purposes”, approved April 21, 1904 (33 Stat. 191; 25 U.S.C. 66. 52a), is amended— (1) by striking out, in the twenty-fifth paragraph under the renter heading “Current and Contingent Expenses”, the sentence relating to the bond of superintendents of Ind inn training schools which reads “And the superintendent upon whom such duties devolve shall give bond as other Indian agents.”; and (2) by striking out, in the thirty-second paragraph under the renter heading “Current and Contingent Expenses”, the proviso which reads: Provided, That, hereafter when it becomes necessary to make large per capita payments to Indians, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, is hereby authorized to require any disbursing officer of the Indian Department to file a special bond in such amount as may be necessary to make such payment in one installment, the expenses incurred in procuring such special bond to be paid by the United States from this appropriation”. (d) Title II of the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, and for other purposes, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight”, approved March 1, 1907 (34 Stat. 1020; 25 U.S.C. 66), is amended by striking out in the first paragraph under the heading “Indian Agents—Proviso” the following: “And the superintendent upon whom such duties devolve shall give bond as other Indian agents.” (e) The second paragraph under the subheading “Secretary” under the general heading “I. General Provisions” in the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, and for other purposes, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nine”, approved April 30, 1908 (35 Stat. 71; 25 U.S.C. 52), which reads— “Hereafter when the Secretary of the Interior deems a new bond necessary he may, in his discretion, require any disbursing officer under the jurisdiction of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to execute a new bond, with approved sureties, in such amount as he may deem necessary, and when accepted and approved by the Secretary of the Interior the new bond shall be valid and the surety or sureties of the prior bond shall be released from liability for all acts or defaults of the principal which may be done or committed from and after the day on which the new bond was approved.” is repealed. 86 Stat. 209 (f) The proviso in the second paragraph under the center heading “Advertisement for Sale of Indian Lands (Reimbursable)” in the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, and for other purposes, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921”, approved February 14, 1920 (41 Stat. 414; 25 U.S.C. 53), is amended— (1) by striking out “the official bond given by the disbursing agent to the United States shall be held to cover and apply to the acts of the employee authorized to act in his place, who shall give bond to the disbursing agent in such sums as the latter may require, and with respect to any and all acts performed by him while acting for his principal, shall be subject to all the liabilities and penalties prescribed by law for official misconduct of disbursing agents”; and (2) by inserting in lieu thereof “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.”,