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Title 43 — Public Lands

Chapter 11 — Discovery, Development, and Marking of Water Holes, Etc., by Government

§ 363. Rules and regulations by Secretary

Statutory text

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to perform any and all acts and make such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying the provisions of this chapter into full force and effect.

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.

  1. Pub. L. 64–360 § 4 · 39 Stat. 518

    Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 363

    (Aug. 21, 1916, ch. 360, § 4, 39 Stat. 518.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Aug. 21, 1916, ch. 360, § 4, 39 Stat. 518.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 4. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to perform any and all acts and make such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying the provisions of this Act into full force and effect.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Aug. 21, 1916, ch. 360, § 4, 39 Stat. 518.)

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