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# 25 U.S.C. § 122 - Limitation on application of tribal funds

## Text

No funds belonging to any Indian tribe with which treaty relations exist shall be applied in any manner not authorized by such treaty, or by express provisions of law; nor shall money appropriated to execute a treaty be transferred or applied to any other purpose, unless expressly authorized by law.

(R.S. § 2097.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification R.S. § 2097 derived from act July 26, 1866, ch. 266, § 2, 14 Stat. 280.