§ 91. — Deposit in Treasury of unearned fees and unofficial moneys.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC91]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 4--DISTRICT LAND OFFICES
Sec. 91. Deposit in Treasury of unearned fees and unofficial
moneys
Officers of district land officers, as designated by the Secretary
of the Interior are authorized, under the direction of the Secretary of
the Interior or such officer as he may designate, to deposit to the
credit of the Treasurer of the United States all unearned fees and
unofficial moneys that have been carried upon the books of their
respective offices for a period of five years or more, which sums shall
be covered into the Treasury by warrant and carried to the credit of the
parties from whom such fees or moneys were received, and into an
appropriation account to be denominated ``Outstanding liabilities.''
(Mar. 2, 1907, ch. 2562, Sec. 1, 34 Stat. 1245; 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
This section, as originally enacted, related to receivers of public
moneys for land districts. The office of receiver was consolidated with
that of register by acts Mar. 3, 1925, and Oct. 28, 1921, under which
the office of receiver was abolished. See, also, Transfer of Functions
note below.
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.
``Officers of district land offices, as designated by the Secretary
of the Interior,'' substituted for ``registers'' and ``Secretary of the
Interior or such officer as he may designate'' substituted for
``Commissioner of the 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.
Appropriations
Effective July 1, 1935, the appropriation provided for in this
section was repealed and provision was made for annual appropriations of
sums necessary to meet expenditures by act June 26, 1934, ch. 756,
Sec. 17, 48 Stat. 1230, which was repealed by Pub. L. 97-258, Sec. 5(b),
Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1074. See section 1322 of Title 31, Money and
Finance.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 99 of this title.
