---
kind: "unit"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
key: "ch2"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 2"
heading: "Officers of Indian Affairs"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/ch2"
sections_count: 43
---

# Chapter 2 — Officers of Indian Affairs

Title 25 — Indians

## Sections

- [§22. Repealed.](/usc/25/22.md)
- [§24. Omitted](/usc/25/24.md)
- [§25. Superintendent for Five Civilized Tribes](/usc/25/25.md)
- [§25a. Application of civil service laws](/usc/25/25a.md)
- [§26. Repealed.](/usc/25/26.md)
- [§27. Omitted](/usc/25/27.md)
- [§28...31. Repealed.](/usc/25/28...31.md)
- [§32. Omitted](/usc/25/32.md)
- [§33. Superintendents in charge of reservations; administration of oath of office](/usc/25/33.md)
- [§35. Repealed.](/usc/25/35.md)
- [§36. Special agents and other officers to administer oaths](/usc/25/36.md)
- [§37. Repealed.](/usc/25/37.md)
- [§38. Repealed.](/usc/25/38.md)
- [§39. Repealed.](/usc/25/39.md)
- [§40. Limits of superintendencies, agencies, and sub­agencies](/usc/25/40.md)
- [§41. Special agents and commissioners](/usc/25/41.md)
- [§41a. Indian inspectors](/usc/25/41a.md)
- [§42. Repealed.](/usc/25/42.md)
- [§43. Persons paid for other services not paid for interpreting](/usc/25/43.md)
- [§44. Employment of Indians](/usc/25/44.md)
- [§45. Preference to Indians qualified for duties](/usc/25/45.md)
- [§46. Preference to Indians in employment of clerical, mechanical, and other help](/usc/25/46.md)
- [§47. Employment of Indian labor and purchase of products of Indian industry; participation in Mentor-Protege Program](/usc/25/47.md)
- [§47a. Security required by Secretary; contracts with Indian-owned economic enterprise; public work](/usc/25/47a.md)
- [§48. Right of tribes to direct employment of persons engaged for them](/usc/25/48.md)
- [§49. Repealed.](/usc/25/49.md)
- [§50. Repealed.](/usc/25/50.md)
- [§51...52a. Repealed.](/usc/25/51...52a.md)
- [§53. Disbursing officers; acting clerks](/usc/25/53.md)
- [§55. Repealed.](/usc/25/55.md)
- [§56. Quarters, fuel, and light for employees](/usc/25/56.md)
- [§57. Omitted](/usc/25/57.md)
- [§58. Limitation on number and kind of employment](/usc/25/58.md)
- [§59. Transfer of funds for payment of employees; details for other service](/usc/25/59.md)
- [§60. Compensation prescribed to be in full](/usc/25/60.md)
- [§61. Estimates for personal services in Indian Office](/usc/25/61.md)
- [§62. Discontinuance and transfer of agencies](/usc/25/62.md)
- [§63. Consolidation of agencies](/usc/25/63.md)
- [§64. Services of agents dispensed with](/usc/25/64.md)
- [§65. Discontinuance of agents, subagents, and interpreters](/usc/25/65.md)
- [§66. Duties of agency devolved on superintendent of Indian school](/usc/25/66.md)
- [§67. Repealed.](/usc/25/67.md)
- [§68a. Repealed.](/usc/25/68a.md)