§ 629. — Delivery of notices required by State law; right to hearing, appeal, etc.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC629]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 13--FEDERAL LANDS INCLUDED IN STATE IRRIGATION DISTRICTS
Sec. 629. Delivery of notices required by State law; right to
hearing, appeal, etc.
All notices required by the irrigation district laws mentioned in
this chapter shall, as soon as such notices are issued, be delivered to
the officer designated by the Secretary of the Interior of the proper
land office in cases where unpatented lands are affected thereby, and to
the entryman whose unpatented lands are included therein, and the United
States and such entryman shall be given the same rights to be heard by
petition, answer, remonstrance, appeal, or otherwise as are given to
persons holding lands in private ownership, and all entrymen shall be
given the same rights of redemption as are given to the owners of lands
held in private ownership.
(Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 319, Sec. 7, 39 Stat. 509; Oct. 28, 1921, ch. 114,
Sec. 1, 42 Stat. 208; Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 462, 43 Stat. 1145; 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.
``Officer designated by the Secretary of the Interior'' substituted
for ``register'' on authority of section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of
1946, which abolished all registers of district land offices and
transferred functions of register of district land office to Secretary
of the Interior. See section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946, set out
as a note under section 1 of this title.
Previously, reference to ``receiver'' was changed to ``register'' by
acts Oct. 28, 1921 and Mar. 3, 1925.
