U.S. Code, Title 43, Public Lands

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Author: "U.S. Congress, Office of the Law Revision Counsel"

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§ 17. Plats of Land Surveyed

     The Secretary of of the Interior or such officer as he may designate shall, when required by the President or either House of Congress, make a plat of any land surveyed under the authority of the United States, and give such information respecting the public lands and concerning the business of the Bureau of Land Management as shall be directed.

(R.S. § 455; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.)

Codification

     R.S. § 455 derived from act Apr. 25, 1812, ch. 68, § 6, 2 Stat. 717.

Transfer of Functions

     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, 64 Stat. 1262, set out under section 1451 of this title.

     "Secretary of the Interior or such officer as he may designate" substituted for "Commissioner of the General Land Office" and "Bureau of Land Management" for "his office" on authority of section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946. See note set out under section 1 of this title.

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Chicago: "U.S. Congress, Office of the Law Revision Counsel", "§ 17. Plats of Land Surveyed," U.S. Code, Title 43, Public Lands in U.S. Code, Title 43, Public Lands (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 2002), Original Sources, accessed April 25, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KPGKF272HKDXQ1H.

MLA: "U.S. Congress, Office of the Law Revision Counsel". "§ 17. Plats of Land Surveyed." U.S. Code, Title 43, Public Lands, in U.S. Code, Title 43, Public Lands, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 2002, Original Sources. 25 Apr. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KPGKF272HKDXQ1H.

Harvard: "U.S. Congress, Office of the Law Revision Counsel", '§ 17. Plats of Land Surveyed' in U.S. Code, Title 43, Public Lands. cited in 2002, U.S. Code, Title 43, Public Lands, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.. Original Sources, retrieved 25 April 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KPGKF272HKDXQ1H.