2001 US Code
Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 3 - SURVEYS
Sec. 53 - Powers devolved on Secretary of the Interior on turning over of papers to States
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 2000 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS CHAPTER 3 - SURVEYS Sec. 53 - Powers devolved on Secretary of the Interior on turning over of papers to States |
Contains | section 53 |
Date | 2001 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 22, 2002 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | R.S. §2219; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100. |
Statutes at Large References | 10 Stat. 152 60 Stat. 1100 64 Stat. 1262 |
§53. Powers devolved on Secretary of the Interior on turning over of papers to States
In all cases where, as provided in section 54 of this title, the field notes, maps, records, and other papers appertaining to land titles in any State are turned over to the authorities of such State, the same authority, powers, and duties in relation to the survey, resurvey, or subdivision of the lands therein, and all matters and things connected therewith, as previously exercised by the surveyor general, whose district included such State, shall be vested in, and devolved upon, the Secretary of the Interior or such officer as he may designate.
(R.S. §2219; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.)
CodificationR.S. §2219 derived from act Jan. 22, 1853, ch. 24, §1, 10 Stat. 152.
Transfer of FunctionsFor 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” on authority of section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946. See note set out under section 1 of this title.
Surveyor GeneralAbolition of office of surveyor general, see note set out under section 51 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other SectionsThis section is referred to in sections 55, 56 of this title.
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