Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73
§75 Administration of oaths
Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 4— - DISTRICT LAND OFFICES › § 75
Summary
An officer chosen by the Secretary of the Interior must administer oaths for entering or buying public land and may not accept any payment.
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Title 43, §75
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The officer designated by the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, and it shall be his duty, to administer any oath required by law or the instructions of the Bureau of Land Management, in connection with the entry or purchase of any tract of the public lands; but he shall not charge or receive, directly or indirectly, any compensation for administering such oath.
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Editorial Notes
Codification The words “or receiver” which followed “register” in the original text were omitted, in view of act Mar. 3, 1925 (classified to section 71 of this title), providing for the consolidation of the offices of register and receiver. See, also,
Transfer of Functions
note below. R.S. § 2246 derived from act June 12, 1840, ch. 35, 5 Stat. 384.
Executive Documents
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, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out under section 1451 of this title. Reference to “register” changed to “officer designated by the Secretary of the Interior” and “Bureau of Land Management” substituted for “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.
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43 U.S.C. § 75
Title 43 — Public Lands
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73