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Code · U.S. Code · Title 25 - INDIANS · CHAPTER 6— GOVERNMENT OF INDIAN COUNTRY AND RESERVATIONS · SUBCHAPTER III— TRADERS WITH INDIANS · § 261

§ 261. Power to appoint traders with Indians

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The Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall have the sole power and authority to appoint traders to the Indian tribes and to make such rules and regulations as he may deem just and proper specifying the kind and quantity of goods and the prices at which such goods shall be sold to the Indians.
(Aug. 15, 1876, ch. 289, § 5, 19 Stat. 200.)
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  • Aug. 15, 1876, ch. 289, § 5
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