§ 124. — Consolidation of land offices.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC124]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 5--LAND DISTRICTS
Sec. 124. Consolidation of land offices
It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to consolidate
the district land offices where practicable and consistent with the
public interests.
(Aug. 5, 1892, ch. 380, Sec. 1, 27 Stat. 368.)
Appropriations
The Secretary of the Interior was required to consolidate the
district land offices so as to bring the total compensation of the
registers and receivers for the fiscal year 1894, within the
appropriation made therefor by the sundry Civil Appropriation Act for
that year, act Mar. 3, 1893, ch. 208, 27 Stat. 591, which was fixed at
$520,000.
