§ 99. Repayment of moneys deposited and covered into Treasury

Statutory text

Any person or persons who shall have made payment to an officer designated by the Secretary of the Interior or to his predecessor, and the money shall have been covered into the Treasury pursuant to section 91 or 93 of this title, shall, on presenting satisfactory evidence of such payment to the Government Accountability Office, be entitled to have the same returned by the settlement of an account and the issuing of a warrant in his favor according to the practice in other cases of authorized and liquidated claims against the United States: Provided, That when such moneys shall remain unclaimed in the Treasury for more than five years the right to recover the same shall be barred: Provided, That no homestead entryman shall be required to make payment of the purchase money on any application to make a cash entry until the same shall have been approved by the officer designated by the Secretary of the Interior, but such payment shall be made within ten days after notice of such approval.

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.

1907
Pub. L. 59–2562 § 4 · 34 Stat. 1245
Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 99
Mar. 2, 1907, ch. 2562, § 4, 34 Stat. 1245
Source evidence
Code source credit
Mar. 2, 1907, ch. 2562, § 4, 34 Stat. 1245
Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 4. That any person or persons who shall have made payment Repayment of deposits. to a receiver, or to his predecessor, and the money shall have been covered into the Treasury pursuant to section one or section three hereof, shall, on presenting satisfactory evidence of such payment to the proper officer of the Treasury Department, be entitled to have the same returned by the settlement of an account and the issuing of a warrant in his favor according to the practice in other cases of authorized and liquidated claims against the United States: Provided, That Provisos. Time limit for recovery. when such moneys shall remain unclaimed in the Treasury for more than five years the right to recover the same shall be barred: Provided, That no homestead entryman shall be required to make payment of Payment of purchase money by homestead entrymen. the purchase money on any application to make a cash entry until the same shall have been approved by the register and receiver, but such payment shall be made within ten days after notice of such approval.

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 Mar. 3, 1925, and Oct. 28, 1921, under which the office of receiver was abolished. See, also, Transfer of Functions note below.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name and Transfer of Functions

“Government Accountability Office” substituted in text for “General Accounting Office” pursuant to section 8(b) of Pub. L. 108–271, set out as a note under section 702 of Title 31, Money and Finance, which redesignated the General Accounting Office and any references thereto as the Government Accountability Office. Previously, “General Accounting Office” substituted in text for “proper officer of the Treasury Department” pursuant to act June 10, 1921, which transferred all powers and duties of the Comptroller, six auditors, and certain other employees of the Treasury to the General Accounting Office. See section 701 et seq. of Title 31.

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 “officer designated by the Secretary of the Interior” substituted for “register” on authority of section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946. See note set out under section 1 of this title.

Credits

1907–2004 · 6 acts

1907Mar. 2, 1907, ch. 2562, § 4, 34 Stat. 1245
1921June 10, 1921, ch. 18, title III, § 304, 42 Stat. 24
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
2004Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814.

Show as published

(Mar. 2, 1907, ch. 2562, § 4, 34 Stat. 1245; June 10, 1921, ch. 18, title III, § 304, 42 Stat. 24; 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; Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814.)