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43 U.S.C. § 12 — Seal, books, and records
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The Secretary of the Interior or such officer as he may designate shall retain the charge of the seal adopted for the Bureau of Land Management which may continue to be used, and of the records, books, papers, and other property appertaining to the Bureau of Land Management.
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The Secretary of the Interior or such officer as he may designate shall retain the charge of the seal adopted for the Bureau of Land Management which may continue to be used, and of the records, books, papers, and other property appertaining to the Bureau of Land Management.
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### Statutory Notes
Section, R.S. § 446; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100, provided that there shall be in the Department of the Interior a Director of the Bureau of Land Management. Provision for a Bureau of Land Management in the Department of the Interior and for the structure of such Bureau is contained in section 403 of the 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, which is set out 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, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out under [section 1451 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1451&num=0&edition=prelim).
For transfer of records, property, personnel, and funds, see sections 1001 to 1003 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7875, 60 Stat. 1097, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
#### Bureau of Land Management Created
Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946, § 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100, provided:
“(a) The functions of the General Land Office and of the Grazing Service in the Department of the Interior are hereby consolidated to form a new agency in the Department of the Interior to be known as the Bureau of Land Management. The functions of the other agencies named in subsection (d) of this section are hereby transferred to the Secretary of the Interior.
“(b) There shall be at the head of such Bureau a Director of the Bureau of Land Management, who shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior under the classified civil service, who shall
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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
§ 9
17, 1933, ch. 98, 47 Stat. 822; Mar. 2, 1934, ch. 38, 48 Stat.
364; May 9, 1935, ch. 101, 49 Stat. 180; June 22, 1936, ch.
691, 49 Stat. 1761; Aug. 9, 1937, ch. 570, 50 Stat. 568; May
9, 1938, ch. 187, 52 Stat. 295; May 10, 1939, ch. 119, 53 Stat.
691; June 18, 1940, ch. 395, 54 Stat. 411; June 28, 1941, ch.
259, 55 Stat. 309; July 2, 1942, ch. 473, 56 Stat. 511; July
12, 1943, ch. 219, 57 Stat. 455; June 28, 1944, ch. 298, 58
Stat. 468; July 3, 1945, ch. 262, 59 Stat. 322; July 1, 1946,
ch. 529, 60 Stat. 352; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff.
July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100; July 25, 1947, ch.
337, 61 Stat. 460, was repealed by act June 17, 1948, ch.
496, § 2(a), (d), 62 Stat. 476.
§ 9. Repealed. June 17, 1948, ch. 496, § 2(b), 62
Stat. 476
Section, R.S. § 451; act June 19, 1878, ch. 329, 20 Stat.
183, provided for an assistant to sign land patents. See
section 15 of this title.
§ 10. Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a), Sept. 6, 1966,
80 Stat. 632, 645
Section, acts May 24, 1922, ch. 199, 42 Stat. 555; Jan.
24, 1923, ch. 42, 42 Stat. 1177, related to depositary act-
ing for commissioner as receiver of public moneys.
§ 11. Restriction on officers, clerks, and employ-
ees
The officers, clerks, and employees in the Bu-
reau of Land Management are prohibited from
directly or indirectly purchasing or becoming
interested in the purchase of any of the public
land; and any person who violates this section
shall forthwith be removed from his office.
(R.S. § 452; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. July
16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.)
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R.S. § 452 derived from acts Apr. 25, 1812, ch. 68, § 10,
2 Stat. 717; July 4, 1836, ch. 352, § 14, 5 Stat. 112.
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