§ 1161. — "Suspended entries of public lands" and "suspended preemption land claims".
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC1161]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 28--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS
SUBCHAPTER II--DISPOSITION OF SUSPENDED ENTRIES AND CLAIMS; INVALID AND
DEFECTIVE CLAIMS AND PATENTS THEREFOR
Sec. 1161. ``Suspended entries of public lands'' and ``suspended
preemption land claims''
The Secretary of the Interior, or such officer as he may designate,
is authorized to decide upon principles of equity and justice, as
recognized in courts of equity, and in accordance with regulations to be
approved by the Secretary of the Interior, consistently with such
principles, all cases of suspended entries of public lands and of
suspended preemption land claims, and to adjudge in what cases patents
shall issue upon the same.
(R.S. Sec. 2450; Feb. 27, 1877, ch. 69, Sec. 1, 19 Stat. 244; Sept. 20,
1922, ch. 350, 42 Stat. 857; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, Sec. 403, eff. July
16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 2450 derived from acts Aug. 3, 1846, ch. 78, Sec. 1, 9
Stat. 51; Mar. 3, 1853, ch. 152, Sec. 1, 10 Stat. 258; June 26, 1856,
ch. 47, 11 Stat. 22; June 1, 1874, ch. 200, 18 Stat. 50; Feb. 27, 1877,
ch. 69, Sec. 1, 19 Stat. 244.
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,
Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out
under section 1451 of this title.
``Secretary of the Interior, or such officer as he may designate,''
substituted for ``Commissioner of the General Land Office'' on authority
of section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946. See note set out under
section 1 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 1164 of this title.
