25 USC § 118 - Payments in satisfaction of judgments

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title: "25 USC § 118 - Payments in satisfaction of judgments"
title_number: 25
title_name: "INDIANS"
section_number: "118"
section_name: "Payments in satisfaction of judgments"
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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source_credit: "(Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 210, § 28, 36 Stat. 1077.)"
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# § 118. Payments in satisfaction of judgments

Payments to Indians made from moneys appropriated by Congress in satisfaction of the judgment of any court shall be made under the direction of the officers of the Interior Department charged by law with the supervision of Indian affairs, and all such payments shall be accounted for to the Treasury in conformity with law.

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**Source Credit**: (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 210, § 28, 36 Stat. 1077.)

## 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 .