25 U.S.C. § 41 (2024)
This is the official text of 25 U.S.C. § 41 (2024), part of Federal (US Code)’s United States Code — the codified general and permanent federal statutes of the United States, organized into more than 50 numbered titles by subject.
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Special agents and commissioners
Official statutory text
All special agents and commissioners not appointed by the President shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior.
(R.S. §2067.)
Editorial Notes
Codification
R.S. §2067 derived from act Mar. 3, 1863, ch. 99, §1, 12 Stat. 792.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Indian Agents
The services of Indian agents have been dispensed with. See note set out under section 64 of this title.
Executive Documents
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, §§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.
(R.S. §2067.)
Editorial Notes
Codification
R.S. §2067 derived from act Mar. 3, 1863, ch. 99, §1, 12 Stat. 792.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Indian Agents
The services of Indian agents have been dispensed with. See note set out under section 64 of this title.
Executive Documents
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, §§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.
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