§ 128. — Division or change of boundaries; continuance of business of original 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: 43USC128]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 5--LAND DISTRICTS
Sec. 128. Division or change of boundaries; continuance of
business of original district
In case of the division of existing land districts by the erection
of new ones, or by a change of boundaries by the President, all business
in such original districts shall be entertained and transacted without
prejudice or change, until the offices in the new districts are duly
opened by public announcement under the direction of the Secretary of
the Interior. All sales or disposals of the public lands heretofore
regularly made at any land office, after such lands have been made part
of another district by any Act of Congress, or by any act of the
President, are confirmed, provided the same are free from conflict with
prior valid rights.
(R.S. Sec. 2254.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 2254 derived from act May 31, 1872, ch. 241, 17 Stat. 192.
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.