43 U.S.C. § 123a | Continuation of existing land districts and offices in Alaska; change of district boundaries, or discontinuance of districts; designation and location of land offices

October 9, 1942Subject to the authority conferred upon the Secretary of the Interior by this section, the land districts and land offices existing in Alaska on are continued. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and empowered in his discretion to change the boundaries of, or discontinue, any land district in Alaska, and in lieu thereof to designate such land district, or land region, as, in his opinion, is necessary for the transaction of the business relating to the public lands in the Territory and to designate or change the location of any land office for such land district or land region.

Oct. 9, 1942, ch. 584, § 6 56 Stat. 779(, .)

Editorial Notes

Codification

section 365 of Title 48Section was formerly classified to , Territories and Insular Possessions.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Land Districts and Land Offices Continued

Feb. 14, 1902, ch. 17, § 1 32 Stat. 20 Mar. 2, 1907, ch. 2537, § 1 34 Stat. 1232 section 365 of Title 48Oct. 9, 1942

“There shall be two land districts in Alaska, the boundaries of which shall be designated by the President, to be known as the Nome land district and the Fairbanks land district, with the land offices located, respectively, at Nome, Alaska, and Fairbanks, Alaska, and one other land district and land office, the location of which shall be fixed by the President.”

Provisions of acts , ; , , which constituted former , Territories and Insular Possessions, and were repealed by section 7 of Act , which enacted this section, read as follows: