U.S. Code as of: 01/02/2006
Section 161. Deposit in Treasury of trust funds

      The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to deposit, in the
    Treasury of the United States, any and all sums held by him on
    April 1, 1880, or which may be received by him, as Secretary of the
    Interior and trustee of various Indian tribes, on account of the
    redemption of United States bonds, or other stocks and securities
    belonging to the Indian trust fund, and all sums received on
    account of sales of Indian trust lands, and the sales of stocks
    lately purchased for temporary investment, whenever he is of the
    opinion that the best interests of the Indians will be promoted by
    such deposits, in lieu of investments; and the United States shall
    pay interest semiannually, from the date of deposit of any and all
    such sums in the United States Treasury, at the rate per annum
    stipulated by treaties or prescribed by law, and such payments
    shall be made in the usual manner, as each may become due, without
    further appropriation by Congress.



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