Whenever it shall appear to the Secretary of the Interior, or such officer as he may designate, that an error was made prior to , by the officers of any local land office in receiving any application, declaratory statement, entry, or final proof under the homestead or other land laws, and that there was no fraud practiced by the entryman, and that there are no prior adverse claimants to the land described in the entry, and that no other reason why the title should not vest in the entryman exists, except that said application, declaratory statement, entry, or proof was not made within the land district in which the lands applied for were situated, as provided by the Act of , such entry or proof shall be confirmed.
Mar. 9, 1904, ch. 503, § 133 Stat. 6460 Stat. 1100(, ; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. , 11 F.R. 7876, .)
Editorial Notes
References in Text
act Mar. 11, 1902, ch. 18232 Stat. 63section 254 of this titlePub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 70290 Stat. 2787Act of , referred to in text, probably means , , which was classified to , prior to repeal by , , . For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Codification
section 1167 of this titleSection was formerly classified to prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Act Mar. 9, 1904, ch. 503, § 233 Stat. 64
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 .