Title 43 — Public Lands
Chapter 31 — Department of the Interior
§ 1461. Rules and regulations governing inspection and copying
Statutory text
Nothing in sections 1460 to 1463 of this title shall be construed to limit or restrict in any manner the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to prescribe such rules and regulations as he may deem proper governing the inspection of the records of said department and its various bureaus by the general public, and any person having any particular interest in any of such records may be permitted to take copies of such records under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior.
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.
Pub. L. 62–370 § 2 · 37 Stat. 497
Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 1461
(Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 370, § 2, 37 Stat. 498.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 370, § 2, 37 Stat. 498.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 2. That nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit or restrict in any maimer the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to prescribe such rules and regulations as he may deem proper governing the inspection of the records of said department and its various bureaus by the general public, and any person having any particular interest in any of such records may be permitted to take copies of such records under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 489 of Title 5 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by Pub. L. 89–554, § 1, , 80 Stat. 378.
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. , 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out under section 1451 of this title.
Credits
(Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 370, § 2, 37 Stat. 498.)