2012 US Code
Title 43 - Public Lands
Chapter 28 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS (§§ 1151 - 1243)
Subchapter II - DISPOSITION OF SUSPENDED ENTRIES AND CLAIMS; INVALID AND DEFECTIVE CLAIMS AND PATENTS THEREFOR (§§ 1161 - 1167)
Section 1163 - Patents surrendered and new ones issued

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS
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CollectionUnited States Code
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Contained WithinTitle 43 - PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 28 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS
SUBCHAPTER II - DISPOSITION OF SUSPENDED ENTRIES AND CLAIMS; INVALID AND DEFECTIVE CLAIMS AND PATENTS THEREFOR
Sec. 1163 - Patents surrendered and new ones issued
Containssection 1163
Date2012
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 15, 2013
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditR.S. §2456; Sept. 20, 1922, ch. 350, 42 Stat. 858; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.
Statutes at Large References10 Stat. 258
42 Stat. 858
60 Stat. 1100
64 Stat. 1262

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DISPOSITION OF SUSPENDED ENTRIES AND CLAIMS; INVALID AND DEFECTIVE CLAIMS AND PATENTS THEREFOR - 43 U.S.C. § 1163 (2012)
§1163. Patents surrendered and new ones issued

Where patents have been already issued on entries which are approved by the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of the Interior, or such officer as he may designate, upon the canceling of the outstanding patent, is authorized to issue a new patent, on such approval, to the person who made the entry, his heirs or assigns.

(R.S. §2456; Sept. 20, 1922, ch. 350, 42 Stat. 858; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.)

Codification

R.S. §2456 derived from act Mar. 3, 1853, ch. 152, §2, 10 Stat. 258.

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” 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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