§ 18. — Copies of papers filed.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC18]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 1--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
Sec. 18. Copies of papers filed
Whenever any person claiming to be interested in or entitled to
land, under any grant or patent from the United States, applies to the
Department of the Interior for copies of papers filed and remaining
therein, in anywise affecting the title to such land, it shall be the
duty of the Secretary of the Interior to cause such copies to be made
out and authenticated, under his hand and the seal of the Bureau of Land
Management, for the person so applying.
(R.S. Sec. 460; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, Sec. 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11
F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 460 derived from acts Jan. 23, 1823, ch. 6, 3 Stat. 721;
July 4, 1836, ch. 352, Sec. 7, 5 Stat. 111.
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'' on authority of section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946. See
note set out under section 1 of this title.
