§ 1163. — Patents surrendered and new ones issued.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC1163]
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. 1163. Patents surrendered and new ones issued
Where patents have been already issued on entries which are approved
by the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of the Interior, or such
officer as he may designate, upon the canceling of the outstanding
patent, is authorized to issue a new patent, on such approval, to the
person who made the entry, his heirs or assigns.
(R.S. Sec. 2456; Sept. 20, 1922, ch. 350, 42 Stat. 858; 1946 Reorg. Plan
No. 3, Sec. 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 2456 derived from act Mar. 3, 1853, ch. 152, Sec. 2, 10
Stat. 258.
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.
