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25 USC § 46 - Preference to Indians in employment of clerical, mechanical, and other help 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t25/s46"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "25 USC § 46 - Preference to Indians in employment of clerical, mechanical, and other help"
title_number: 25
title_name: "INDIANS"
section_number: "46"
section_name: "Preference to Indians in employment of clerical, mechanical, and other help"
chapter_number: 2
chapter_name: "OFFICERS OF INDIAN AFFAIRS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-07-14"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(May 17, 1882, ch. 163, § 6, 22 Stat. 88; July 4, 1884, ch. 180, § 6, 23 Stat. 97.)"
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# § 46. Preference to Indians in employment of clerical, mechanical, and other help

Preference shall at all times, as far as practicable, be given to Indians in the employment of clerical, mechanical, and other help on reservations and about agencies.

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**Source Credit**: (May 17, 1882, ch. 163, § 6, 22 Stat. 88; July 4, 1884, ch. 180, § 6, 23 Stat. 97.)

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### 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.