§ 17i. Hire of work animals, vehicles and equipment with or without personal services; rates

The National Park Service may hire, with or without personal services, work animals and animal-drawn and motor-propelled vehicles and equipment at rates to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior and without compliance with the provisions of sections 3709 and 3744 of the Revised Statutes.

(May 26, 1930, ch. 324, § 10, 46 Stat. 383.)

References In Text

References in Text

Sections 3709 and 3744 of the Revised Statutes, referred to in text, were classified to sections 5 and 16, respectively, of former Title 41, Public Contracts. Section 3709 was repealed and restated in section 6101 of Title 41, Public Contracts, by Pub. L. 111–350, §§ 3, 7(b), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3677, 3855. Section 3744 was repealed by act Oct. 21, 1941, ch. 452, 55 Stat. 743.

Transfer Of Functions

Transfer of Functions

For 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. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.