43 U.S.C. § 129 — Office rent and clerk hire for consolidated

Page 37 TITLE 43—PUBLIC LANDS § 130 1 See References in Text note below. change of boundaries by the President, all busi- ness in such original districts shall be enter- tained and transacted without prejudice or change, until the offices in the new districts are duly opened by public announcement under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. All sales or disposals of the public lands heretofore regularly made at any land office, after such lands have been made part of another district by any Act of Congress, or by any act of the Presi- dent, are confirmed, provided the same are free from conflict with prior valid rights. (R.S. § 2254.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION R.S. § 2254 derived from act May 31, 1872, ch. 241, 17 Stat. 192. 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. § 129. Office rent and clerk hire for consolidated land offices The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make a reasonable allowance for office rent for each consolidated land office; and when satisfied of the necessity therefor, to approve the employ- ment of one or more clerks, at a reasonable per diem compensation, for such time as such cler- ical force is absolutely required to keep up the current public business, which clerical force shall be paid out of the surplus fees authorized to be charged by section 84 1 of this title, if any, and if no surplus exists, then out of the appro- priation for incidental expenses of district land offices; but no clerk shall be so paid unless his employment has been first sanctioned by the Secretary of the Interior. (R.S. § 2255; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT Section 84 of this title, referred to in text, was re- pealed by Pub. L. 86–649, title II, § 202(b), July 14, 1960, 74 Stat. 507. See section 1734 of this title. CODIFICATION R.S. § 2255 derived from act Feb. 18, 1861, ch. 38, § 2, 12 Stat. 131. 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. Words ‘‘by the register’’ following ‘‘to approve the employment’’ omitted on authority of section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946. See note set out under section 1 of this title. § 130. Entry of public lands in States where no land offices exist Public lands situated in States in which there are no land offices may be entered at the Bureau of Land Management, subject to the provisions of law touching the entry of public lands; and the necessary proofs and affidavits required in such cases may be made before some officer competent to administer oaths, whose official character shall be duly certified by the clerk of a court of record. And moneys received by the Secretary of the Interior, or such officer as he may designate, for lands entered by cash entry shall be covered into the Treasury. (Mar. 3, 1877, ch. 102, § 1, 19 Stat. 315; June 19, 1878, ch. 329, § 1, 20 Stat. 201; 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. ‘‘Bureau of Land Management’’ substituted for ‘‘Gen- eral Land Office’’ and ‘‘Secretary of the Interior, or such officer as he may designate,’’ substituted for ‘‘Commissioner of the General Land Office’’ on author- ity of section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946. See note set out under section 1 of this title. CHAPTER 6—WITHDRAWAL FROM SETTLEMENT, LOCATION, SALE, OR ENTRY Sec. 141. Repealed. 142. Rights of occupants or claimants of oil- or gas-bearing lands; exceptions to with- drawals. 143. Repealed. 144. Entries on land withdrawn as valuable for oil or gas validated. 145. Sale of lands withdrawn. 146. Patents to purchasers of lands withdrawn. 147. Disposition of proceeds of sale of withdrawn lands. 148. Repealed. 149. Exchange of private lands included in Indian reservation for other lands. 150. Withdrawals of land for Indian reservations prohibited. 151. Opening of lands restored to entry after with- drawals. 152. Restoration of lands previously withdrawn. 153. Reservation of lands in North Dakota. 154. Vacation of withdrawals under reclamation law; lands valuable for minerals; reserva- tion of rights, ways, and easements; rules and regulations. 155. Withdrawal, reservation, or restriction of public lands for defense purposes; ‘‘public lands’’ defined; exception. 156. Approval by Congress necessary for with- drawal, reservation, or restriction of over 5,000 acres for any Department of Defense project or facility. 157. Application for withdrawal, reservation, or restriction; specifications.