The Secretary of the Interior, or such officer as he may designate, is authorized to decide upon principles of equity and justice, as recognized in courts of equity, and in accordance with regulations to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, consistently with such principles, all cases of suspended entries of public lands and of suspended preemption land claims, and to adjudge in what cases patents shall issue upon the same.
Feb. 27, 1877, ch. 69, § 119 Stat. 244Sept. 20, 1922, ch. 35042 Stat. 85760 Stat. 1100(R.S. § 2450; , ; , ; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. , 11 F.R. 7876, .)
Editorial Notes
Codification
section 1161 of this titleSection was formerly classified to prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Aug. 3, 1846, ch. 78, § 19 Stat. 51Mar. 3, 1853, ch. 152, § 110 Stat. 258June 26, 1856, ch. 4711 Stat. 22June 1, 1874, ch. 20018 Stat. 50Feb. 27, 1877, ch. 69, § 119 Stat. 244R.S. § 2450 derived from acts , ; , ; , ; , ; , .
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 .