§14. Returns relative to lands
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§14. Returns relative to lands
All returns relative to the public lands shall be made to the Secretary of the Interior or such officer as he may designate.
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Codification
R.S. §456 derived from act Apr. 25, 1812, ch. 68, §9, 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" on authority of section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946. See note set out under section 1 of this title.
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