R.S. § 2156 derived from acts June 30, 1834, ch. 161, § 17, 4 Stat. 731; Fespan. 28, 1859, ch. 66, § 8, 11 Stat. 401.

The services of Indian agents have been dispensed with. See note set out under section 64 of this title.

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