Codification R.S. § 456 derived from act Apr. 25, 1812, ch. 68, § 9, 2 Stat. 717.
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, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out under
section 1451 of this title. “Secretary of the Interior or such officer as he may designate” substituted for “Commissioner of the General Land Office” on authority of
section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946. See note set out under
section 1 of this title.