§ 121. — Discontinuance of land offices by President.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC121]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 5--LAND DISTRICTS
Sec. 121. Discontinuance of land offices by President
Upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior, the
President may order the discontinuance of any land office and the
transfer of any of its business and archives to any other land office
within the same State or Territory.
(R.S. Sec. 2252; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, Sec. 403, eff. July 16, 1946,
11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 2252 derived from act May 30, 1862, ch. 86, Sec. 5, 12
Stat. 409.
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.
Words ``the Commissioner of the General Land Office, approved by''
omitted on authority of section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946. See
note set out under section 1 of this title.
Delegation of Functions
For delegation to Secretary of the Interior of authority vested in
President by this section, see Ex. Ord. No. 10250, June 5, 1951, 16 F.R.
5385, set out as a note under section 301 of Title 3, The President.
