25 USC § 136 - Commutation of rations and other supplies; payment per capita

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title: "25 USC § 136 - Commutation of rations and other supplies; payment per capita"
title_number: 25
title_name: "INDIANS"
section_number: "136"
section_name: "Commutation of rations and other supplies; payment per capita"
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: "(July 1, 1898, ch. 545, § 7, 30 Stat. 596.)"
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# § 136. Commutation of rations and other supplies; payment per capita

July 1, 1898

When, in the judgment of the Secretary of the Interior, any Indian tribe, or part thereof, who are receiving rations and clothing and other supplies under the Act of , chapter 545, are sufficiently advanced in civilization to purchase such rations and clothing and other supplies judiciously, they may commute the same and pay the value thereof in money per capita to such tribe or part thereof, the manner of such payment to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior.

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**Source Credit**: (July 1, 1898, ch. 545, § 7, 30 Stat. 596.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Act of , referred to in text, is , , which enacted sections 32, 136, and 191 of this title and amended . For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

## 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.