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43 U.S.C. § 545 — Appointment of agents to receive payments; record of payments and amounts owing
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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to designate such bonded fiscal agents or officers of the Reclamation Service as he may deem advisable on each reclamation project, to whom shall be paid all sums due on reclamation entries or water rights, and the officials so designated shall keep a record for the information of the public of the sums paid and the amount due at any time on account of any entry made or water right purchased under the reclamation Act; and the Secretary of the Interior shall make provision for furnishing copies of duly authenticated records of entries upon payment of reasonable fees which copies shall be admissible in evidence, as are copies authenticated under section eight hundred and eighty-eight 11 See References in Text note below. of the Revised Statutes.
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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to designate such bonded fiscal agents or officers of the Reclamation Service as he may deem advisable on each reclamation project, to whom shall be paid all sums due on reclamation entries or water rights, and the officials so designated shall keep a record for the information of the public of the sums paid and the amount due at any time on account of any entry made or water right purchased under the reclamation Act; and the Secretary of the Interior shall make provision for furnishing copies of duly authenticated records of entries upon payment of reasonable fees which copies shall be admissible in evidence, as are copies authenticated under section eight hundred and eighty-eight 11 See References in Text note below. of the Revised Statutes.
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**(a)** Books or records of account or minutes of proceedings of any department or agency of the United States shall be admissible to prove the act, transaction or occurrence as a memorandum of which the same were made or kept.
**(b)** Properly authenticated copies or transcripts of any books, records, papers or documents of any department or agency of the United States shall be admitted in evidence equally with the originals thereof.
**(c)** This section does not apply to cases, actions, and proceedings to which the Federal Rules of Evidence apply.
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When used in sections 371, 376, 377, 412, 417, 433, 462, 466, 478, 493, 494, 500, 501, and 526 of this title—
**(a)** The word “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior.
**(b)** The words “reclamation law” mean the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388), and all Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto.
**(c)** The words “reclamation fund” mean the fund provided by the reclamation law.
**(d)** The word “project” means a Federal irrigation project authorized by the reclamation law.
**(e)** The words “division of a project” mean a substantial irrigable area of a project designated as a division by order of the Secretary.
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There shall be at the seat of government an executive department to be known as the Department of the Interior, and a Secretary of the Interior, who shall be the head thereof.
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TITLE 43—PUBLIC LANDS
§ 545
1 See References in Text note below.
1 So in original. The closing quotation marks probably should
follow ‘‘purposes’’.
CODIFICATION
Section comprises part of section 3 of act Aug. 9, 1912.
Remainder of section 3 is set out as section 543 of this
title.
AMENDMENTS
1956—Act July 11, 1956, increased period during which
land could be held from two years to five years, and to
authorize delivery of water for that period.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
AMENDMENT OF EXISTING CONTRACTS
For provisions authorizing the Secretary of the Inte-
rior to amend existing contracts under the Federal rec-
lamation laws to conform to the provisions of this sec-
tion, see section 3 of act July 11, 1956, set out as a note
under section 423e of this title.
§ 545. Appointment of agents to receive pay-
ments; record of payments and amounts
owing
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to
designate such bonded fiscal agents or officers of
the Reclamation Service as he may deem advis-
able on each reclamation project, to whom shall
be paid all sums due on reclamation entries or
water rights, and the officials so designated
shall keep a record for the information of the
public of the sums paid and the amount due at
any time on account of any entry made or water
right purchased under the reclamation Act; and
the Secretary of the Interior shall make provi-
sion for furnishing copies of duly authenticated
records of entries upon payment of reasonable
fees which copies shall be admissible in evi-
dence, as are copies authenticated under section
eight hundred and eighty-eight 1 of the Revised
Statutes.
(Aug. 9, 1912, ch. 278, § 4, 37 Stat. 267.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The reclamation Act, referred to in text,
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