[§117. Repealed. Pub. L. 98–64, § 4(a), Aug. 2, 1983, 97 Stat. 366 — repealed]

Section, act June 10, 1896, ch. 398, § 1, 29 Stat. 336, directed that any sums of money to be paid per capita to individual Indians be paid to said Indians by an officer of the Government designated by the Secretary of the Interior. See section 117a et seq. of this title.