§ 99. — Repayment of moneys deposited and covered into 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: 43USC99]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 4--DISTRICT LAND OFFICES
Sec. 99. Repayment of moneys deposited and covered into Treasury
Any person or persons who shall have made payment to an officer
designated by the Secretary of the Interior or to his predecessor, and
the money shall have been covered into the Treasury pursuant to section
91 or 93 of this title, shall, on presenting satisfactory evidence of
such payment to the General Accounting Office, be entitled to have the
same returned by the settlement of an account and the issuing of a
warrant in his favor according to the practice in other cases of
authorized and liquidated claims against the United States: Provided,
That when such moneys shall remain unclaimed in the Treasury for more
than five years the right to recover the same shall be barred: Provided,
That no homestead entryman shall be required to make payment of the
purchase money on any application to make a cash entry until the same
shall have been approved by the officer designated by the Secretary of
the Interior, but such payment shall be made within ten days after
notice of such approval.
(Mar. 2, 1907, ch. 2562, Sec. 4, 34 Stat. 1245; June 10, 1921, ch. 18,
title III, Sec. 304, 42 Stat. 24; 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This section, as originally enacted, related to receivers of public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.
Words ``officer designated by the Secretary of the Interior''
substituted for ``register'' on authority of section 403 of Reorg. Plan
No. 3 of 1946. See note set out under section 1 of this title.
``General Accounting Office'' substituted for ``proper officer of
the Treasury Department'' pursuant to act June 10, 1921, which
transferred all powers and duties of the Comptroller, six auditors, and
certain other employees of the Treasury to the General Accounting
Office. See section 701 et seq. of Title 31, Money and Finance.