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title: "25 U.S.C. § 157"
description: "Investments of stock required by treaties"
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title_number: 25
title_name: "INDIANS"
chapter_number: "4"
chapter_name: "PERFORMANCE BY UNITED STATES OF OBLIGATIONS TO INDIANS"
section: "157"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 157"
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release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 25 U.S.C. § 157 - Investments of stock required by treaties

## Text

All investments of stock, that are or may be required by treaties with the Indians, shall be made under the direction of the President; and special accounts of the funds under such treaties shall be kept at the Treasury, and statements thereof be annually laid before Congress.

(R.S. § 2095.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification R.S. § 2095 derived from act Jan. 9, 1837, ch. 1, § 3, 5 Stat. 135.