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[CITE: 43USC15]

 
                         TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
 
                  CHAPTER 1--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
 
Sec. 15. Issuance and signing of patents by Secretary of the 
        Interior; delegation of authority; notice
        
    All patents for public lands shall be issued and signed by the 
Secretary of the Interior in the name of the United States: Provided, 
That the Secretary may delegate his authority under this section to 
officers or employees of the Department of the Interior, but notice of 
any such delegation shall be given by publication in the Federal 
Register.

(June 17, 1948, ch. 496, Sec. 1, 62 Stat. 476.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 15, R.S. Sec. 458; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. III, Sec. 4 
eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2108, 54 Stat. 1232; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, 
Sec. 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100, related to 
issuance of patents, prior to repeal by section 2(c) of act June 17, 
1948.

                          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.


                            Cross References

    Documents required by act of Congress to be published in the Federal 
Register, see section 1505 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.
