§ 766. — Geological surveys, extension of public surveys, expenses of subdividing.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC766]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 18--SURVEY OF PUBLIC LANDS
Sec. 766. Geological surveys, extension of public surveys,
expenses of subdividing
There shall be no further geological survey by the Government,
unless authorized by law. The public surveys shall extend over all
mineral lands; and all subdividing of surveyed lands into lots less than
one hundred and sixty acres may be done by county and local surveyors at
the expense of claimants; but nothing in this section contained shall
require the survey of waste or useless lands.
(R.S. Sec. 2406.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 2406 derived from acts July 21, 1852, ch. 66, Sec. 1, 10
Stat. 15, 21; July 9, 1870, ch. 235, Sec. 16, 16 Stat. 218.
Section as Unaffected by Submerged Lands Act
Provisions of this section as not amended, modified or repealed by
the Submerged Lands Act, see section 1303 of this title.
