The superintendents, agents, and subagents within their respective districts are authorized and empowered to take depositions of witnesses touching any depredations, within the purview of sections 227, 228 1 and 229 of this title, and to administer oaths to the deponents.
(R.S. §2157.)
Sections 227 and 228 of this title, referred to in text, were repealed by act June 25, 1948, ch. 645, §21,
R.S. §2157 derived from act June 30, 1834, ch. 161, §18,
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,
The services of Indian agents have been dispensed with. See note set out under section 64 of this title.
1 See References in Text note below.