§ 79c. — Payment of fees, commissions, etc.; deposit in Treasury.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC79c]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 4--DISTRICT LAND OFFICES
Sec. 79c. Payment of fees, commissions, etc.; deposit in
Treasury
No provision of this Act shall relieve any public land applicant or
claimant from the necessity of making payment of fees, commissions, or
other moneys required by law or regulation. Commencing sixty days after
April 24, 1944, the officials of district land offices shall not receive
any compensation based on fees, commissions, or other receipts and all
amounts collected by them shall be covered into the Treasury of the
United States.
(Apr. 24, 1944, ch. 177, Sec. 3, 58 Stat. 215; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3,
Sec. 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.)
References in Text
This Act, referred to in text, is act Apr. 24, 1944, ch. 177, 58
Stat. 215, as amended, which enacted sections 79a to 79c of this title,
repealed sections 80 and 80a of this title, and enacted provisions set
out as notes under this section. For complete classification of this Act
to the Code, see Tables.
Repeals
Section 4 of act Apr. 24, 1944, provided: ``Sections 2237 and 2240
of the Revised Statutes and the act of May 21, 1928 (45 Stat. 684; 43
U.S.C., sec. 80), as amended [sections 80 and 80a of this title], are
hereby repealed, and all other provisions of law inconsistent with this
Act [See References in Text note above] are repealed to the extent of
such inconsistency.''
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.
Words ``officials of district land offices'' substituted for
``registers'' on authority of section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946.
See note set out under section 1 of this title.
Extension to Alaska
Section 5 of act Apr. 24, 1944, provided that the provisions of this
Act [see References in Text note above] not extend to the territory of
Alaska.