43 U.S.C. § 545 — Appointment of agents to receive pay-

Page 190 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, is identified in section 541 of this section as act June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 388, popularly known as the Reclamation Act, which is classified generally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 371 of this title and Tables. Section eight hundred and eighty-eight of the Re- vised Statutes, referred to in text, was repealed by sec- tion 21 of act June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 862, the first section of which enacted Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure. Prior to repeal, R.S. § 888 was classified to section 669 of former Title 28, Judicial Code and Judici- ary. For provisions relating to admissibility in evi- dence of authenticated copies, see section 1733 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure. Executive Documents CHANGE OF NAME The Reclamation Service, established in July 1902, changed to the Bureau of Reclamation on June 20, 1923, then to the Water and Power Resources Service on Nov. 6, 1979, and then to the Bureau of Reclamation on May 18, 1981. See 155 Dep’t of the Interior, Departmental Manual 1.1 (2008 repl.); Sec’y Hubert Work, Dep’t of the Interior, Order (June 20, 1923); Sec’y Cecil D. Andrus, Dep’t of the Interior, Secretarial Order 3042, §§ 1, 4 (Nov. 6, 1979); Sec’y James G. Watt, Dep’t of the Interior, Sec- retarial Order 3064, §§ 3, 5 (May 18, 1981). 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. § 546. Jurisdiction of district court for enforce- ment of this subchapter Jurisdiction of suits by the United States for the enforcement of the provisions of this sub- chapter is conferred on the United States dis- trict courts of the districts in which the lands are situated. (Aug. 9, 1912, ch. 278, § 5, 37 Stat. 267.) § 547. Patent to desert-land entryman Any desert-land entryman whose desert-land entry has been embraced within the exterior limits of any land withdrawal or irrigation project under the Act of June 17, 1902, known as the reclamation Act, and who may have ob- tained a water supply for the land embraced in any such desert-land entry from the reclamation project by the purchase of a water-right certifi- cate, may at any time after having complied with the provisions of the law applicable to such lands and upon proof of the cultivation and rec- lamation of the land to the extent required by the reclamation Act for homestead entrymen, submit proof of such compliance, which proof, if found regular and satisfactory, shall entitle the entryman to a patent and a final water-right certificate under the same terms and conditions as required of homestead entrymen under the Act entitled ‘‘An Act providing for patents on reclamation entries, and for other purposes, ap- proved August ninth, nineteen hundred and twelve [43 U.S.C. 541 et seq.].’’ 1 (Aug. 26, 1912, ch. 408, § 1, 37 Stat. 610.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT Act of June 17, 1902, known as the reclamation Act, referred to in text, is act June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 388, which is classified generally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 371 of this title and Tables. The Act entitled ‘‘An Act providing for patents on reclamation entries, and for other purposes’’, referred to in text, is act Aug. 9, 1912, ch. 278, 37 Stat. 265, which is classified generally to this subchapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. CODIFICATION This section was not enacted as part of act Aug. 9, 1912, ch. 278, 37 Stat. 265, which comprises this sub- chapter.