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[CITE: 25USC45]

 
                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
                  CHAPTER 2--OFFICERS OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
 
Sec. 45. Preference to Indians qualified for duties

    In all cases of the appointments of interpreters or other persons 
employed for the benefit of the Indians, a preference shall be given to 
persons of Indian descent, if such can be found, who are properly 
qualified for the execution of the duties.

(R.S. Sec. 2069.)

                          Codification

    R.S. Sec. 2069 derived from act June 30, 1834, ch. 162, Sec. 9, 4 
Stat. 737.

                          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, 
Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in 
the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 20 section 3423c.
