25 USC § 279 - Rations to mission schools

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title: "25 USC § 279 - Rations to mission schools"
title_number: 25
title_name: "INDIANS"
section_number: "279"
section_name: "Rations to mission schools"
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "EDUCATION OF INDIANS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-07-14"
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source_credit: "(June 21, 1906, ch. 3504, 34 Stat. 326.)"
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# § 279. Rations to mission schools

Mission schools on an Indian reservation may, under rules and regulations prescribed by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, receive for such Indian children duly enrolled therein, the rations of food and clothing to which said children would be entitled under treaty stipulations if such children were living with their parents.

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**Source Credit**: (June 21, 1906, ch. 3504, 34 Stat. 326.)

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