2019 US Code
Title 43 - Public Lands
Chapter 5 - Land Districts
Sec. 129 - Office rent and clerk hire for consolidated land offices
43 U.S.C. § 129 (2019) |
§129. Office rent and clerk hire for consolidated land offices |
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make a reasonable allowance for office rent for each consolidated land office; and when satisfied of the necessity therefor, to approve the employment of one or more clerks, at a reasonable per diem compensation, for such time as such clerical force is absolutely required to keep up the current public business, which clerical force shall be paid out of the surplus fees authorized to be charged by section 84 1 of this title, if any, and if no surplus exists, then out of the appropriation for incidental expenses of district land offices; but no clerk shall be so paid unless his employment has been first sanctioned by the Secretary of the Interior. |
(R.S. §2255; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.) |
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Section 84 of this title, referred to in text, was repealed by Pub. L. 86–649, title II, §202(b), July 14, 1960, 74 Stat. 507. See section 1734 of this title. CODIFICATIONR.S. §2255 derived from act Feb. 18, 1861, ch. 38, §2, 12 Stat. 131. 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. Words "by the register" following "to approve the employment" omitted on authority of section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946. See note set out under section 1 of this title. |
1 See References in Text note below. |
United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS |
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Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS CHAPTER 5 - LAND DISTRICTS Sec. 129 - Office rent and clerk hire for consolidated land offices |
section 129 |
2019 |
January 24, 2020 |
No |
standard |
12 Stat. 131 60 Stat. 1100 64 Stat. 1262 74 Stat. 507 |
Public Law 86-649 |