2012 US Code
Title 43 - Public Lands
Chapter 31 - DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (§§ 1451 - 1475b)
Section 1458 - Secretary to exercise certain powers over Territories
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, 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 31 - DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Sec. 1458 - Secretary to exercise certain powers over Territories |
Contains | section 1458 |
Date | 2012 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | R.S. §442. |
Statutes at Large References | 17 Stat. 484 64 Stat. 217, 1262 74 Stat. 424 80 Stat. 378 |
Public Law References | Public Law 86-624, Public Law 89-554 |
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The Secretary of the Interior shall exercise all the powers and perform all the duties in relation to the Territories of the United States that were, prior to March 1, 1873, by law or by custom exercised and performed by the Secretary of State.
(R.S. §442.)
CodificationR.S. §442 derived from act Mar. 1, 1873, ch. 217, 17 Stat. 484.
Section was formerly classified to section 486 of Title 5 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by Pub. L. 89–554, §1, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378.
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.
Ex. Ord. No. 10967. Administration of Palmyra IslandEx. Ord. No. 10967, eff. Oct. 10, 1961, 26 F.R. 9667, provided:
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 48 of the Hawaii Omnibus Act (approved July 12, 1960; 74 Stat. 424; P.L. 86–624) [set out as a note preceding section 491 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions] and section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code, and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:
John F. Kennedy.
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