2018 US Code
Title 43 - Public Lands
Chapter 43 - Suspended Entries and Claims; Patents
Sec. 2503 - Patents surrendered and new ones issued

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Citation 43 U.S.C. § 2503 (2018)
Section Name §2503. Patents surrendered and new ones issued
Section Text

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.

Source Credit

(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.)

Editorial Notes CODIFICATION

Section was formerly classified to section 1163 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

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.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 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 43 - SUSPENDED ENTRIES AND CLAIMS; PATENTS
Sec. 2503 - Patents surrendered and new ones issued
Contains section 2503
Date 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 10 Stat. 258
42 Stat. 858
60 Stat. 1100
64 Stat. 1262
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