§ 83. Transcripts of records as evidence

Statutory text

Transcripts of the records in the district land offices, when made and duly certified to by the Secretary of the Interior or such officers as he may designate for individuals, shall be admitted as evidence in all courts of the United States and the Territories thereof, and before all officials authorized to receive evidence, with the same force and effect as the original records.

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.

1904
Pub. L. 58–748 · 33 Stat. 144
Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 83
Mar. 22, 1904, ch. 748, 33 Stat. 144
Source evidence
Code source credit
Mar. 22, 1904, ch. 748, 33 Stat. 144

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Editorial Notes

Codification

The words “and receivers” which followed “registers” in the original text were omitted as superseded by acts Oct. 28, 1921, and Mar. 3, 1925, providing for consolidation of the two offices. See, also, Transfer of Functions note below.

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.

Words “district land offices” substituted for “offices of registers” and “the Secretary of the Interior or such officers as he may designate” substituted for “them” on authority of section 403 of 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946. See note set out under section 1 of this title.

Credits

1904–1946 · 4 acts

1904Mar. 22, 1904, ch. 748, 33 Stat. 144
1921Oct. 28, 1921, ch. 114, § 1, 42 Stat. 208
1925Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 462, 43 Stat. 1145
19461946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.

Show as published

(Mar. 22, 1904, ch. 748, 33 Stat. 144; Oct. 28, 1921, ch. 114, § 1, 42 Stat. 208; Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 462, 43 Stat. 1145; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.)