§ 130. — Entry of public lands in States where no land offices exist.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC130]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 5--LAND DISTRICTS
Sec. 130. Entry of public lands in States where no land offices
exist
Public lands situated in States in which there are no land offices
may be entered at the Bureau of Land Management, subject to the
provisions of law touching the entry of public lands; and the necessary
proofs and affidavits required in such cases may be made before some
officer competent to administer oaths, whose official character shall be
duly certified by the clerk of a court of record. And moneys received by
the Secretary of the Interior, or such officer as he may designate, for
lands entered by cash entry shall be covered into the Treasury.
(Mar. 3, 1877, ch. 102, Sec. 1, 19 Stat. 315; June 19, 1878, ch. 329,
Sec. 1, 20 Stat. 201; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, Sec. 403, eff. July 16,
1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.)
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.
``Bureau of Land Management'' substituted for ``General Land
Office'' and ``Secretary of the Interior, or such officer as he may
designate,'' substituted for ``Commissioner of the General Land Office''
on authority of section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946. See note set
out under section 1 of this title.
