ProvidedAll patents for public lands shall be issued and signed by the Secretary of the Interior in the name of the United States: , That the Secretary may delegate his authority under this section to officers or employees of the Department of the Interior, but notice of any such delegation shall be given by publication in the Federal Register.
June 17, 1948, ch. 496, § 162 Stat. 476(, .)
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
54 Stat. 123260 Stat. 1100A prior section 15, R.S. § 458; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. III, § 4 eff. , 5 F.R. 2108, ; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. , 11 F.R. 7876, , related to issuance of patents, prior to repeal by section 2(c) of act .
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 .