25 USC § 230 - Depositions by agents touching depredations

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title: "25 USC § 230 - Depositions by agents touching depredations"
title_number: 25
title_name: "INDIANS"
section_number: "230"
section_name: "Depositions by agents touching depredations"
chapter_number: 6
chapter_name: "GOVERNMENT OF INDIAN COUNTRY AND RESERVATIONS"
subchapter_number: "I"
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source_credit: "(R.S. § 2157.)"
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# 1 Depositions by agents touching depredations

See References in Text note below.

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The superintendents, agents, and subagents within their respective districts are authorized and empowered to take depositions of witnesses touching any depredations, within the purview of sections 227, 228  and 229 of this title, and to administer oaths to the deponents.

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**Source Credit**: (R.S. § 2157.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Sections 227 and 228 of this title, referred to in text, were repealed by , , and are covered by , Crimes and Criminal Procedure.

### Codification

R.S. § 2157 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.