2018 US Code
Title 43 - Public Lands
Chapter 5 - Land Districts
Sec. 122 - Discontinuance of land offices by Secretary of the Interior

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Citation 43 U.S.C. § 122 (2018)
Section Name §122. Discontinuance of land offices by Secretary of the Interior
Section Text

Whenever the quantity of public land remaining unsold in any land district is reduced to a number of acres less than one hundred thousand, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to discontinue the land office of such district; and if any land in any such district remains unsold at the time of the discontinuance of a land office, the same shall be subject to sale at some one of the existing land offices most convenient to the district in which the land office has been discontinued, of which the Secretary of the Interior shall give notice.

Source Credit

(R.S. §2248.)

Editorial Notes CODIFICATION

R.S. §2248 derived from act June 12, 1840, ch. 36, §2, 5 Stat. 385.

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.

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 5 - LAND DISTRICTS
Sec. 122 - Discontinuance of land offices by Secretary of the Interior
Contains section 122
Date 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 5 Stat. 385
64 Stat. 1262
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