2018 US Code
Title 43 - Public Lands
Chapter 43 - Suspended Entries and Claims; Patents
Sec. 2501 - "Suspended entries of public lands" and "suspended preemption land claims"
| 43 U.S.C. § 2501 (2018) |
| §2501. "Suspended entries of public lands" and "suspended preemption land claims" |
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The Secretary of the Interior, or such officer as he may designate, is authorized to decide upon principles of equity and justice, as recognized in courts of equity, and in accordance with regulations to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, consistently with such principles, all cases of suspended entries of public lands and of suspended preemption land claims, and to adjudge in what cases patents shall issue upon the same. |
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(R.S. §2450; Feb. 27, 1877, ch. 69, §1, 19 Stat. 244; Sept. 20, 1922, ch. 350, 42 Stat. 857; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.) |
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CODIFICATION
Section was formerly classified to section 1161 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. R.S. §2450 derived from acts Aug. 3, 1846, ch. 78, §1, 9 Stat. 51; Mar. 3, 1853, ch. 152, §1, 10 Stat. 258; June 26, 1856, ch. 47, 11 Stat. 22; June 1, 1874, ch. 200, 18 Stat. 50; Feb. 27, 1877, ch. 69, §1, 19 Stat. 244. 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. |
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| Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS CHAPTER 43 - SUSPENDED ENTRIES AND CLAIMS; PATENTS Sec. 2501 - Suspended entries of public lands" and "suspended preemption land claims" |
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| January 14, 2019 |
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| 9 Stat. 51 10 Stat. 258 11 Stat. 22 18 Stat. 50 19 Stat. 244 42 Stat. 857 60 Stat. 1100 64 Stat. 1262 |
