Title 43Public LandsRelease 119-73

§79c Payment of fees, commissions, etc.; deposit in Treasury

Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 4— - DISTRICT LAND OFFICES › § 79c

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Public land applicants must pay any required fees; starting 60 days after April 24, 1944, district land office fees go to the Treasury, not to the officials.

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Title 43, §79c

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No provision of this Act shall relieve any public land applicant or claimant from the necessity of making payment of fees, commissions, or other moneys required by law or regulation. Commencing sixty days after April 24, 1944, the officials of district land offices shall not receive any compensation based on fees, commissions, or other receipts and all amounts collected by them shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This Act, referred to in text, is act Apr. 24, 1944, ch. 177, 58 Stat. 215, which enacted sections 79a to 79c of this title, repealed section 80 and 80a of this title, and enacted provisions set out as notes under this section. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Repeals

Act Apr. 24, 1944, ch. 177, § 4, 58 Stat. 215, provided that: “section 2237 and 2240 of the Revised Statutes and the act of May 21, 1928 (45 Stat. 684; 43 U.S.C., sec. 80), as amended [section 80 and 80a of this title], are hereby repealed, and all other provisions of law inconsistent with this Act [See

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note above] are repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.” Extension to AlaskaAct Apr. 24, 1944, ch. 177, § 5, 58 Stat. 215, provided that the provisions of such Act [see

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note above] would not extend to the territory of Alaska.

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. Words “officials of district land offices” substituted for “registers” 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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Citation

43 U.S.C. § 79c

Title 43Public Lands

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73