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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 264. Trading without license; white persons as clerks
Any person other than an Indian of the full blood who shall
attempt to reside in the Indian country, or on any Indian
reservation, as a trader, or to introduce goods, or to trade
therein, without such license, shall forfeit all merchandise
offered for sale to the Indians or found in his possession, and
shall moreover be liable to a penalty of $500: Provided, That this
section shall not apply to any person residing among or trading
with the Choctaws, Cherokees, Chickasaws, Creeks, or Seminoles,
commonly called the Five Civilized Tribes, residing in said Indian
country, and belonging to the Union Agency therein: And provided
further, That no white person shall be employed as a clerk by any
Indian trader, except such as trade with said Five Civilized
Tribes, unless first licensed so to do by the Commissioner of
Indian Affairs, under and in conformity to regulations to be
established by the Secretary of the Interior.
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