United States Code (Last Updated: May 24, 2014) |
Title 43. PUBLIC LANDS |
Chapter 4. DISTRICT LAND OFFICES |
§ 75. Administration of oaths
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The officer designated by the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, and it shall be his duty, to administer any oath required by law or the instructions of the Bureau of Land Management, in connection with the entry or purchase of any tract of the public lands; but he shall not charge or receive, directly or indirectly, any compensation for administering such oath.
Codification
The words “or receiver” which followed “register” in the original text were omitted, in view of act
R.S. § 2246 derived from act June 12, 1840, ch. 35, 5 Stat. 384.
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.
Reference to “register” changed to “officer designated by the Secretary of the Interior” and “Bureau of Land Management” substituted for “General Land Office” on authority of section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946. See note set out under section 1 of this title.