2021 US Code
Title 43 - Public Lands
Chapter 1 - Bureau of Land Management
Sec. 17 - Plats of land surveyed

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Citation 43 U.S.C. § 17 (2021)
Section Name §17. Plats of land surveyed
Section Text

The Secretary of the Interior or such officer as he may designate shall, when required by the President or either House of Congress, make a plat of any land surveyed under the authority of the United States, and give such information respecting the public lands and concerning the business of the Bureau of Land Management as shall be directed.

Source Credit

(R.S. §455; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.)


Editorial Notes EDITORIAL NOTES CODIFICATION

R.S. §455 derived from act Apr. 25, 1812, ch. 68, §6, 2 Stat. 717.


EXECUTIVE DOCUMENTS 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" and "Bureau of Land Management" for "his 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, Supplement 3, 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 1 - BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
Sec. 17 - Plats of land surveyed
Contains section 17
Date 2021
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 3, 2022
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 2 Stat. 717
60 Stat. 1100
64 Stat. 1262
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