25 U.S.C. § 6 — Seal; authenticated and certified documents; evidence

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The Commissioner of Indian Affairs must have an official seal made, with a design the President approves. Copies of office documents, sealed and certified by the Commissioner or acting Commissioner, count as evidence. They carry the same weight as the originals.

The Commissioner of Indian Affairs must have an official seal made for the office, using a design that the President of the United States approves. Once that seal exists, copies of any public document, record, book, map, or paper that belongs to or is on file at that office can be authenticated with the seal and certified by the Commissioner — or by whoever is currently acting as or for the Commissioner. When a copy is authenticated and certified this way, it counts as evidence just as much as the original document would.

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The Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall cause a seal to be made and provided for the said office, with such device as the President of the United States shall approve, and copies of any public documents, records, books, maps, or papers belonging to or on the files of said office, authenticated by the seal and certified by the Commissioner thereof, or by such officer as may, for the time being, be acting as or for such Commissioner, shall be evidence equally with the originals thereof.

Source credit: (July 26, 1892, ch. 256, § 3, 27 Stat. 273.)

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1892Enacted · Act of July 26, 1892, ch. 256 · 27 Stat. 273

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