§ 75. — Administration of oaths.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC75]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 4--DISTRICT LAND OFFICES
Sec. 75. Administration of oaths
The officer designated by the Secretary of the Interior is
authorized, and it shall be his duty, to administer any oath required by
law or the instructions of the Bureau of Land Management, in connection
with the entry or purchase of any tract of the public lands; but he
shall not charge or receive, directly or indirectly, any compensation
for administering such oath.
(R.S. Sec. 2246; 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.)
Codification
The words ``or receiver'' which followed ``register'' in the
original text were omitted, in view of act Mar. 3, 1925 (classified to
section 71 of this title), providing for the consolidation of the
offices of register and receiver. See, also, Transfer of Functions note
below.
R.S. Sec. 2246 derived from act June 12, 1840, ch. 35, 5 Stat. 384.
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.
Reference to ``register'' changed to ``officer designated by the
Secretary of the Interior'' and ``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.
