25 USC § 65 - Discontinuance of agents, subagents, and interpreters

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title: "25 USC § 65 - Discontinuance of agents, subagents, and interpreters"
title_number: 25
title_name: "INDIANS"
section_number: "65"
section_name: "Discontinuance of agents, subagents, and interpreters"
chapter_number: 2
chapter_name: "OFFICERS OF INDIAN AFFAIRS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-07-14"
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source_credit: "(R.S. § 2073; Feb. 27, 1877, ch. 69, § 1, 19 Stat. 244.)"
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# § 65. Discontinuance of agents, subagents, and interpreters

The Secretary of the Interior shall, under the direction of the President, cause to be discontinued the services of such agents, subagents, interpreters, and mechanics as may from time to time become unnecessary, in consequence of the emigration of the Indians, or other causes.

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**Source Credit**: (R.S. § 2073; Feb. 27, 1877, ch. 69, § 1, 19 Stat. 244.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

R.S. § 2073 derived from , .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Indian Agents

The services of Indian agents have been dispensed with. See note set out under .

## 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.