25 USC § 113 - Mode of disbursements

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title: "25 USC § 113 - Mode of disbursements"
title_number: 25
title_name: "INDIANS"
section_number: "113"
section_name: "Mode of disbursements"
chapter_number: 4
chapter_name: "PERFORMANCE BY UNITED STATES OF OBLIGATIONS TO INDIANS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "DISBURSEMENT OF MONEYS AND SUPPLIES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-07-14"
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source_credit: "(R.S. § 2089.)"
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# § 113. Mode of disbursements

At the discretion of the President all disbursements of moneys, whether for annuities or otherwise, to fulfill treaty stipulations with individual Indians or Indian tribes, shall be made in person by the superintendents of Indian affairs, where superintendencies exist, to all Indians or tribes within the limits of their respective superintendencies, in the presence of the local agents and interpreters, who shall witness the same, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may direct.

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**Source Credit**: (R.S. § 2089.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

R.S. § 2089 derived from , .

## 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.

Transfer of disbursement functions of all Government agencies with certain exceptions to the Fiscal Service, Department of the Treasury, see note set out under .