United States Code (Last Updated: May 24, 2014) |
Title 43. PUBLIC LANDS |
Chapter 28. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS |
SubChapter II. DISPOSITION OF SUSPENDED ENTRIES AND CLAIMS; INVALID AND DEFECTIVE CLAIMS AND PATENTS THEREFOR |
§ 1162. Adjudications as to suspended entries; approval
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Every such adjudication shall be approved by the Secretary of the Interior and shall operate only to divest the United States of the title to the land embraced thereby, without prejudice to the rights of conflicting claimants.
Codification
R.S. § 2451 derived from acts Aug. 3, 1846, ch. 78, § 1, 9 Stat. 51; Feb. 27, 1877. ch. 69, § 1, 19 Stat. 244.