§ 125. — Annexation of discontinued district to adjacent district.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC125]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 5--LAND DISTRICTS
Sec. 125. Annexation of discontinued district to adjacent
district
Whenever the cost of collecting the revenue from the sales of the
public lands in any land district is as much as one-third of the whole
amount of revenue collected in such district, it may be lawful for the
President, if, in his opinion, not incompatible with the public
interest, to discontinue the land office in such district, and to annex
the same to some other adjoining land district.
(R.S. Sec. 2250.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 2250 derived from act Mar. 3, 1853, ch. 97, Sec. 1, 10
Stat. 189, 194.
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.
