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[CITE: 25USC160]

 
                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
    CHAPTER 4--PERFORMANCE BY UNITED STATES OF OBLIGATIONS TO INDIANS
 
     SUBCHAPTER III--DEPOSIT, CARE, AND INVESTMENT OF INDIAN MONEYS
 
Sec. 160. Custody of stocks or bonds held in trust for tribes

    All stocks, bonds, or other securities or evidences of indebtedness 
held by the Secretary of the Interior on June 10, 1876, in trust for the 
benefit of certain Indian tribes shall, within thirty days from that 
date, be transferred to the Treasurer of the United States, who shall 
become the custodian thereof; and it shall be the duty of said Treasurer 
to collect all interest falling due on said bonds, stocks, and so forth, 
and deposit the same in the Treasury of the United States, and to issue 
certificates of deposit therefor, in favor of the Secretary of the 
Interior, as trustee for various Indian tribes. And the Treasurer of the 
United States shall also become the custodian of all bonds and stocks 
which may be purchased for the benefit of any Indian tribe or tribes 
after the transfer of funds herein authorized, and shall make all 
purchases and sales of bonds and stocks authorized by treaty 
stipulations or by acts of Congress when requested so to do by the 
Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That nothing in this section shall 
in any manner impair or affect the supervisory and appellate powers and 
duties in regard to Indian affairs which may be vested in the Secretary 
of the Interior as trustee for various Indian tribes, except as to the 
custody of said bonds and the collection of interest thereon as 
hereinbefore mentioned.

(June 10, 1876, ch. 122, 19 Stat. 58.)

                          Transfer of Functions

    For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies 
of Department of the Treasury, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of 
the Treasury, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 26 of 1950, 
Secs. 1, 2, eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F.R. 4935, 64 Stat. 1280, set out in 
the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
