There shall be no further geological survey by the Government, unless authorized by law. The public surveys shall extend over all mineral lands; and all subdividing of surveyed lands into lots less than one hundred and sixty acres may be done by county and local surveyors at the expense of claimants; but nothing in this section contained shall require the survey of waste or useless lands.
(R.S. § 2406.)
Editorial Notes
Codification
July 21, 1852, ch. 66, § 110 Stat. 15July 9, 1870, ch. 235, § 1616 Stat. 218R.S. § 2406 derived from acts , , 21; , .
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Section as Unaffected by Submerged Lands Act
section 1303 of this titleProvisions of this section as not amended, modified or repealed by the Submerged Lands Act, see .