§ 1167. — Entries and final proofs, made out of proper district, confirmed.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC1167]
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. 1167. Entries and final proofs, made out of proper
district, confirmed
Whenever it shall appear to the Secretary of the Interior, or such
officer as he may designate, that an error was made prior to March 9,
1904, by the officers of any local land office in receiving any
application, declaratory statement, entry, or final proof under the
homestead or other land laws, and that there was no fraud practiced by
the entryman, and that there are no prior adverse claimants to the land
described in the entry, and that no other reason why the title should
not vest in the entryman exists, except that said application,
declaratory statement, entry, or proof was not made within the land
district in which the lands applied for were situated, as provided by
the Act of March 11, 1902 [43 U.S.C. 254], such entry or proof shall be
confirmed.
(Mar. 9, 1904, ch. 503, Sec. 1, 33 Stat. 64; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3,
Sec. 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.)
References in Text
Act of March 11, 1902, referred to in text, probably means act Mar.
11, 1902, ch. 182, 32 Stat. 63, which was classified to section 254 of
this title and was repealed by Pub. L. 94-579, title VII, Sec. 702, Oct.
21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2787. For complete classification of this Act to the
Code, see Tables.
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.
Effective Date
Section 2 of act Mar. 9, 1904, provided: ``That this Act [enacting
this section] shall be in force from and after its passage and
approval.''
