Public Law 119-87 (04/30/2026)

43 U.S.C. § 51

Omitted

Editorial Notes

Codification

act Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 462 43 Stat. 1144 60 Stat. 1100 section 1 of this titleSection, , , which abolished office of surveyor general and transferred its functions to Field Surveying Service under Supervisor of Surveys, was superseded by Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946, § 403, eff. , 11 F.R. 7876, . See note set out under .

July 31, 1876, ch. 246 19 Stat. 121 Oct. 2, 1888, ch. 1069 25 Stat. 525 The office of surveyor general abolished in certain States by acts , , and , , and discontinued in others pursuant to R.S. § 2218.

So far as they were not already superseded or obsolete by reason of abolition or discontinuance of the office, or otherwise, the following provisions were superseded by former provisions of this section:

Apr. 10, 1890, ch. 77, § 1 26 Stat. 53 July 24, 1897, ch. 14, § 2 30 Stat. 215 R.S. § 2207, providing for appointment of surveyors general in States and territories therein named, and acts , , and , , providing for surveyors general in North and South Dakota and Alaska;

Apr. 10, 1890, ch. 77, § 2 26 Stat. 53 July 24, 1897, ch. 14, § 3 30 Stat. 215 R.S. §§ 2208 to 2211; acts , ; , , concerning salaries of particular surveyors general;

R.S. §§ 2212 to 2214, concerning number and location, of offices, and place of residence, of surveyors general.

R.S. §§ 2215 and 2216, concerning bonds of surveyors general;

R.S. § 2217, concerning duration of term of office of surveyors general;

R.S. §§ 2226 and 2227, concerning allowances for clerk hire and office expenses;

Act Mar. 3, 1893, ch. 211 27 Stat. 709 act May 24, 1922, ch. 199 42 Stat. 556 , , relative to consolidation of offices of two or more surveyors general; and provisions of , , and prior acts concerning detail of clerks from office of one surveyor general to another.