The Secretary of the Interior shall take all the necessary measures for the completion of the surveys in the several surveying districts, at the earliest periods compatible with the purposes contemplated by law; and whenever the surveys and records of any such district are completed, the Secretary of the Interior or such officer as he may designate shall deliver over to the secretary of state of the respective States, including such surveys, or to such other officer as may be authorized to receive them, all the field notes, maps, records, and other papers appertaining to land titles within the same.
June 5, 1924, ch. 26443 Stat. 394Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 46243 Stat. 114460 Stat. 1100(R.S. § 2218; , ; , ; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. , 11 F.R. 7876, .)
Editorial Notes
Codification
section 51 of this titleThe original text of R.S. § 2218 provided for completion of surveys “in the several surveying-districts for which surveyors general have been, or may be, appointed” and also provided that “the surveyor general thereof shall be required to deliver over” all papers appertaining to land titles within the district, “and the office of surveyor general in every such district shall thereafter cease and be discontinued.” The references to the surveyors general were omitted in view of act (classified to ) abolishing office of surveyor general and transferring its activities to the Field Surveying Service, under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Supervisor of Surveys. See, also, Transfer of Functions note below.
section 51 of this titleact Mar. 3, 1933, ch. 202, § 147 Stat. 1429R.S. § 2207, formerly cited as a credit to this section, which provided for appointment of surveyors general, was superseded by act (classified to ) and repealed by , .
Act , appropriated funds for use in making the surveys in twelve districts.
Act May 25, 1906, ch. 255434 Stat. 199, , provided for a survey, pursuant to R.S. § 2218, of unsurveyed lands in Louisiana, and was omitted.
act Oct. 2, 1888, ch. 106925 Stat. 525Provisions of , , which provided for transfer to State officials of field notes, maps, records and other papers appertaining to land surveys in Nebraska and Iowa, were omitted.
act June 6, 1874, ch. 223, § 3act July 31, 1876, ch. 246All records, etc., belonging to office of recorder of land titles for Missouri were delivered to State upon discontinuance of office, by provisions of , and .
June 12, 1840, ch. 36, § 15 Stat. 384July 31, 1876, ch. 24619 Stat. 121R.S. § 2218 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 “Supervisor of Surveys” on authority of section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946. See note set out under .