2004 US Code
Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 18 - SURVEY OF PUBLIC LANDS
Sec. 766 - Geological surveys, extension of public surveys, expenses of subdividing
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2000 Edition, Supplement 4, 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 18 - SURVEY OF PUBLIC LANDS Sec. 766 - Geological surveys, extension of public surveys, expenses of subdividing |
| Contains | section 766 |
| Date | 2004 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2005 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | R.S. §2406. |
| Statutes at Large References | 10 Stat. 15 16 Stat. 218 |
§766. Geological surveys, extension of public surveys, expenses of subdividing
There shall be no further geological survey by the Government, unless authorized by law. The public surveys shall extend over all mineral lands; and all subdividing of surveyed lands into lots less than one hundred and sixty acres may be done by county and local surveyors at the expense of claimants; but nothing in this section contained shall require the survey of waste or useless lands.
(R.S. §2406.)
CodificationR.S. §2406 derived from acts July 21, 1852, ch. 66, §1, 10 Stat. 15, 21; July 9, 1870, ch. 235, §16, 16 Stat. 218.
Section as Unaffected by Submerged Lands ActProvisions of this section as not amended, modified or repealed by the Submerged Lands Act, see section 1303 of this title.
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