25 USC § 2 - Duties of Commissioner

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section_number: "2"
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# § 2. Duties of Commissioner

The Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, and agreeably to such regulations as the President may prescribe, have the management of all Indian affairs and of all matters arising out of Indian relations.

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**Source Credit**: (R.S. § 463.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

R.S. § 463 derived from acts , ; , .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Transfer of Functions

All supervisory and appellate powers and duties in regard to Indian affairs theretofore vested in Secretary of the Treasury were thereafter to be exercised and performed by Secretary of the Interior under provisions of section 1 of , .

Appointment by President of a Commissioner of Indian Affairs to act under direction of Secretary of War was provided for by section 1 of , .

## 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. , 15 F.R. 3174, , set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.