Title 43 — Public Lands
Chapter 4 — District Land Offices
§ 93. Deposit of moneys deposited by unknown parties
Statutory text
Amounts that appear in the accounts of a district land office as “Moneys deposited by unknown parties” shall also be deposited to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States, accompanied by a list showing the amount and, if possible, the date of the receipt of each item; which list shall bear the certificate of the officer designated by the Secretary of the Interior that, after careful investigation, the ownership of said moneys could not be determined, and that they have been reported in the unearned fees and unofficial moneys accounts for five years or more.
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. 59–2562 § 3 · 34 Stat. 1245
Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 93
Mar. 2, 1907, ch. 2562, § 3, 34 Stat. 1245
Source evidence
Code source credit
Mar. 2, 1907, ch. 2562, § 3, 34 Stat. 1245Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 3. That amounts that appear in a receiver’s accounts as Deposit of “Moneys deposited by unknown parties.” List. “Moneys deposited by unknown parties” shall also be deposited to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States, accompanied by a list showing the amount and, if possible, the date of the receipt of each item; which list shall bear the certificate of the register and receiver that, after careful investigation, the ownership of said moneys could not be determined, and that they have been reported in the unearned fees and unofficial moneys accounts for five years or more.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
This section, as originally enacted, related to receivers of public moneys for land districts. The office of receiver was consolidated with that of register by acts , and , under which the office of receiver was abolished. 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. , 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out under section 1451 of this title.
Words “the accounts of a district land office” substituted for “a register’s accounts” and “officer designated by the Secretary of the Interior” substituted for “register” on authority of section 403 of 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946. See note set out under section 1 of this title.
Credits
1907–1946 · 4 acts
- 1907Mar. 2, 1907, ch. 2562, § 3, 34 Stat. 1245
- 1921Oct. 28, 1921, ch. 114, § 1, 42 Stat. 208
- 1925Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 462, 43 Stat. 1145
- 19461946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. , 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.
Show as published
(Mar. 2, 1907, ch. 2562, § 3, 34 Stat. 1245; Oct. 28, 1921, ch. 114, § 1, 42 Stat. 208; Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 462, 43 Stat. 1145; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. , 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.)