§ 176. — Survey of reservations.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 25USC176]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 5--PROTECTION OF INDIANS
Sec. 176. Survey of reservations
Whenever it becomes necessary to survey any Indian or other
reservations, or any lands, the same shall be surveyed under the
direction and control of the Bureau of Land Management, and as nearly as
may be in conformity to the rules and regulations under which other
public lands are surveyed.
(R.S. Sec. 2115; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, Sec. 403, eff. July 16, 1946,
11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 2115 derived from act Apr. 8, 1864, ch. 48, Sec. 6, 13
Stat. 41.
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 in
the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
``Bureau of Land Management'' substituted in text for ``General Land
Office'' pursuant to section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946, set out
in the Appendix to Title 5, which established the Bureau and transferred
thereto the powers and duties of the General Land Office.
