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§ 6. —  Duties of employees to certify, record, etc., patents.



[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
  January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC6]

 
                         TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
 
                  CHAPTER 1--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
 
Sec. 6. Duties of employees to certify, record, etc., patents

    It shall be the duty of such officers or employees of the Bureau of 
Land Management as may be designated by the Secretary of the Interior, 
in pursuance of instructions from the Secretary of the Interior or such 
officer as he may designate, to certify and affix the seal of the office 
to all patents for public lands, and to attend to the correct 
engrossing, recording, and transmission of such patents. They shall 
prepare alphabetical indexes of the names of patentees, and of persons 
entitled to patents; and shall prepare such copies and exemplifications 
of matters on file or recorded in the Bureau of Land Management as the 
Secretary or such officer may from time to time direct.

(R.S. Sec. 459; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. III, Sec. 4, eff. June 30, 1940, 5 
F.R. 2108, 54 Stat. 1232; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, Sec. 403, eff. July 
16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.)

                          Codification

    R.S. Sec. 459 derived from acts Apr. 25, 1812, ch. 68, Sec. 8, 2 
Stat. 717; July 4, 1836, ch. 352, Sec. 4, 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'' and references to the Commissioner were changed to Secretary of 
the Interior or such officer as he may designate on authority of section 
403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946. See note set out under section 1 of 
this title.
    Office of Recorder of General Land Office abolished and functions of 
recorder directed to be exercised under direction and supervision of 
Secretary of the Interior, through such officers or employees of General 
Land Office as he may designate, on authority of section 4 of Reorg. 
Plan No. III of 1940, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government 
Organization and Employees. See also sections 8 and 9 of Reorg. Plan No. 
III of 1940 for provisions relating to transfer of records, property, 
personnel, and funds.



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