All returns relative to the public lands shall be made to the Secretary of the Interior or such officer as he may designate.
July 31, 1894, ch. 174, § 728 Stat. 20760 Stat. 1100(R.S. § 456; , ; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. , 11 F.R. 7876, .)
Editorial Notes
Codification
act Apr. 25, 1812, ch. 68, § 92 Stat. 717R.S. § 456 derived from , .
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
64 Stat. 1262section 1451 of this titleFor 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. , 15 F.R. 3174, , set out under .
section 1 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 .