2012 US Code
Title 43 - Public Lands
Chapter 1 - BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT (§§ 1 - 25b)
Section 15 - Issuance and signing of patents by Secretary of the Interior; delegation of authority; notice

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 43 - PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 1 - BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
Sec. 15 - Issuance and signing of patents by Secretary of the Interior; delegation of authority; notice
Containssection 15
Date2012
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 15, 2013
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditJune 17, 1948, ch. 496, §1, 62 Stat. 476.
Statutes at Large References54 Stat. 1232
60 Stat. 1100
62 Stat. 476
64 Stat. 1262

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BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT - 43 U.S.C. § 15 (2012)
§15. Issuance and signing of patents by Secretary of the Interior; delegation of authority; notice

All patents for public lands shall be issued and signed by the Secretary of the Interior in the name of the United States: Provided, That the Secretary may delegate his authority under this section to officers or employees of the Department of the Interior, but notice of any such delegation shall be given by publication in the Federal Register.

(June 17, 1948, ch. 496, §1, 62 Stat. 476.)

Prior Provisions

A prior section 15, R.S. §458; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. III, §4 eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2108, 54 Stat. 1232; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100, related to issuance of patents, prior to repeal by section 2(c) of act June 17, 1948.

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.

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