§ 17. — Plats of land surveyed.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC17]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 1--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
Sec. 17. Plats of land surveyed
The Secretary of of the Interior or such officer as he may designate
shall, when required by the President or either House of Congress, make
a plat of any land surveyed under the authority of the United States,
and give such information respecting the public lands and concerning the
business of the Bureau of Land Management as shall be directed.
(R.S. Sec. 455; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, Sec. 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11
F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 455 derived from act Apr. 25, 1812, ch. 68, Sec. 6, 2
Stat. 717.
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.
``Secretary of the Interior or such officer as he may designate''
substituted for ``Commissioner of the General Land Office'' and ``Bureau
of Land Management'' for ``his office'' on authority of section 403 of
Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946. See note set out under section 1 of this
title.
