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[CITE: 43USC121]

 
                         TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
 
                        CHAPTER 5--LAND DISTRICTS
 
Sec. 121. Discontinuance of land offices by President

    Upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior, the 
President may order the discontinuance of any land office and the 
transfer of any of its business and archives to any other land office 
within the same State or Territory.

(R.S. Sec. 2252; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, Sec. 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 
11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.)

                          Codification

    R.S. Sec. 2252 derived from act May 30, 1862, ch. 86, Sec. 5, 12 
Stat. 409.

                          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, 
Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out 
under section 1451 of this title.
    Words ``the Commissioner of the General Land Office, approved by'' 
omitted on authority of section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946. See 
note set out under section 1 of this title.

                         Delegation of Functions

    For delegation to Secretary of the Interior of authority vested in 
President by this section, see Ex. Ord. No. 10250, June 5, 1951, 16 F.R. 
5385, set out as a note under section 301 of Title 3, The President.


                            Cross References

    Consolidation of land offices by Secretary of the Interior where 
practicable and consistent with public interest, see section 124 of this 
title.
