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[CITE: 30USC2]

 
                   TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
 
                CHAPTER 1--UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES
 
Sec. 2. Performance of duties in absence of director

    On and after July 1, 1916, in the absence of the Director of the 
United States Bureau of Mines the assistant director of said bureau 
shall perform the duties of the director during the latter's absence, 
and in the absence of the Director and of the Assistant Director of the 
United States Bureau of Mines the Secretary of the Interior may 
designate some officer of said bureau to perform the duties of the 
director during his absence.

(July 1, 1916, ch. 209, Sec. 1, 39 Stat. 303; Ex. Ord. No. 4239, June 4, 
1925; Ex. Ord. No. 6611, Feb. 22, 1934; Pub. L. 102-285, Sec. 10(b), May 
18, 1992, 106 Stat. 172.)

                         Change of Name

    ``United States Bureau of Mines'' substituted in text for ``Bureau 
of Mines'' pursuant to section 10(b) of Pub. L. 102-285, set out as a 
note under section 1 of this title.

                          Transfer of Functions

    See note set out under section 1 of this title.
