§ 130. Entry of public lands in States where no land offices exist

Statutory text

Public lands situated in States in which there are no land offices may be entered at the Bureau of Land Management, subject to the provisions of law touching the entry of public lands; and the necessary proofs and affidavits required in such cases may be made before some officer competent to administer oaths, whose official character shall be duly certified by the clerk of a court of record. And moneys received by the Secretary of the Interior, or such officer as he may designate, for lands entered by cash entry shall be covered into the Treasury.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1877
Pub. L. 44–102 § 1 · 19 Stat. 54
Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 130
Mar. 3, 1877, ch. 102, § 1, 19 Stat. 315
Source evidence
Code source credit
Mar. 3, 1877, ch. 102, § 1, 19 Stat. 315

0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Executive Documents

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 under section 1451 of this title.

“Bureau of Land Management” substituted for “General Land Office” and “Secretary of the Interior, or such officer as he may designate,” substituted for “Commissioner of the 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.

Credits

1877–1946 · 3 acts

1877Mar. 3, 1877, ch. 102, § 1, 19 Stat. 315
1878June 19, 1878, ch. 329, § 1, 20 Stat. 201
19461946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.

Show as published

(Mar. 3, 1877, ch. 102, § 1, 19 Stat. 315; June 19, 1878, ch. 329, § 1, 20 Stat. 201; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.)