43 U.S.C. § 11 — Restriction on officers, clerks, and employ-

Page 4 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 July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100; July 25, 1947, ch. 337, 61 Stat. 460, was repealed by act June 17, 1948, ch. 496, § 2(a), (d), 62 Stat. 476.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 Repealed.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 Repealed.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.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION R.S. § 452 derived from acts Apr. 25, 1812, ch. 68, § 10, 2 Stat. 717; July 4, 1836, ch. 352, § 14, 5 Stat. 112. Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with cer- tain 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. ‘‘Bureau of Land Management’’ substituted for ‘‘Gen- eral Land Office’’ on authority of section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946. See note set out under section 1 of this title. § 12. Seal, books, and records 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 Manage- ment which may continue to be used, and of the records, books, papers, and other property ap- pertaining to the Bureau of Land Management. (R.S. § 454; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION R.S. § 454 derived from act Apr. 25, 1812, ch. 68, §§ 4, 5, 2 Stat. 717. Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with cer- tain 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. ‘‘Bureau of Land Management’’ substituted for ‘‘Gen- eral Land Office’’ on authority of section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946. See note set out under section 1 of this title. § 13. Original papers on file as evidence Whenever the officer, as the Secretary of the Interior may designate, of any United States land office shall be served with a subpoena duces tecum or other valid legal process requiring him to produce, in any United States court or in any court of record of any State, the original appli- cation for entry of public lands or the final proof of residence and cultivation or any other origi- nal papers on file in the Bureau of Land Manage- ment of the United States on which a patent to land has been issued or which furnish the basis for such patent, it shall be the duty of such offi- cer to at once notify the Secretary of the Inte- rior, or such officer as he may designate, of the service of such process, specifying the particular papers he is required to produce, and upon re- ceipt of such notice from any such officer of a United States land office the Secretary or such officer designated by him shall at once transmit to the officer of such land office the original pa- pers specified in such notice, and which such of- ficer is required to produce, and to attach to such papers a certificate, under seal of his office, properly authenticating them as the original pa- pers upon which patent was issued; and such pa- pers so authenticated shall be received in evi- dence in all courts of the United States and in the several State courts of the States of the Union: Provided, That the Secretary of the Inte- rior shall make rules and regulations to secure the return of such documents to the Bureau of Land Management, after use in evidence, with- out cost to the United States. (Apr. 19, 1904, ch. 1398, 33 Stat. 186; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.) Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with cer- tain 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. References to Commissioner of General Land Office and registers of United States Land Offices changed to Secretary of the Interior or such officer as he may des- ignate and ‘‘Bureau of Land Management’’ substituted for ‘‘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. § 14. Returns relative to lands All returns relative to the public lands shall be made to the Secretary of the Interior or such officer as he may designate.