R.S. § 2133 derived from act June 30, 1834, ch. 161, § 4, 4 Stat. 729.

Act July 31, 1882, inserted “of the full blood” and “or on any Indian reservation” and added the two provisos.

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.