United States Code (Last Updated: May 24, 2014) |
Title 43. PUBLIC LANDS |
Chapter 31. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR |
§ 1456. Chief clerk
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The chief clerk of the Department of the Interior on and after
July 3, 1926 , shall be the chief executive officer of the department and may be designated by the Secretary to sign official papers and documents, including the authorization of expenditures from the contingent and other appropriations for the department, its bureaus and offices, section 3683 of the Revised Statutes to the contrary notwithstanding.
References In Text
Section 3683 of the Revised Statutes, referred to in text, was classified to section 675 of former Title 31, Money and Finance, and repealed by act Sept. 12, 1950, ch. 946, title III, § 301(76), 64 Stat. 843.
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 484 of Title 5 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by Pub. L. 89–554, § 1,
Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the following prior appropriations acts:
May 24, 1922, ch. 199, 42 Stat. 552.
Jan. 24, 1923, ch. 42, 42 Stat. 1174.
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.
Miscellaneous
Interior Department Order No. 2546, dated