2019 US Code
Title 43 - Public Lands
Chapter 18 - Survey of Public Lands
Sec. 766 - Geological surveys, extension of public surveys, expenses of subdividing

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Citation 43 U.S.C. § 766 (2019)
Section Name §766. Geological surveys, extension of public surveys, expenses of subdividing
Section Text

There shall be no further geological survey by the Government, unless authorized by law. The public surveys shall extend over all mineral lands; and all subdividing of surveyed lands into lots less than one hundred and sixty acres may be done by county and local surveyors at the expense of claimants; but nothing in this section contained shall require the survey of waste or useless lands.

Source Credit

(R.S. §2406.)

Editorial Notes CODIFICATION

R.S. §2406 derived from acts July 21, 1852, ch. 66, §1, 10 Stat. 15, 21; July 9, 1870, ch. 235, §16, 16 Stat. 218.

SECTION AS UNAFFECTED BY SUBMERGED LANDS ACT

Provisions of this section as not amended, modified or repealed by the Submerged Lands Act, see section 1303 of this title.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, 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 18 - SURVEY OF PUBLIC LANDS
Sec. 766 - Geological surveys, extension of public surveys, expenses of subdividing
Contains section 766
Date 2019
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 24, 2020
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 10 Stat. 15
16 Stat. 218
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