Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73
§91 Deposit in Treasury of unearned fees and unofficial moneys
Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 4— - DISTRICT LAND OFFICES › § 91
Summary
Designated officers at district land offices may, under the Secretary of the Interior’s direction, deposit with the U.S. Treasurer any unearned fees and unofficial funds that have been on their office books for five years or more. The amounts are sent to the Treasury by warrant and recorded both to the credit of the person who paid them and in an appropriation account called "Outstanding liabilities."
Full Legal Text
Title 43, §91
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Officers of district land officers, as designated by the Secretary of the Interior are authorized, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior or such officer as he may designate, to deposit to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States all unearned fees and unofficial moneys that have been carried upon the books of their respective offices for a period of five years or more, which sums shall be covered into the Treasury by warrant and carried to the credit of the parties from whom such fees or moneys were received, and into an appropriation account to be denominated “Outstanding liabilities.”
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification This section, as originally enacted, related to receivers of public moneys for land districts. The office of receiver was consolidated with that of register by acts Mar. 3, 1925, and Oct. 28, 1921, under which the office of receiver was abolished. See, also,
Transfer of Functions
note below.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
AppropriationsEffective
July 1, 1935, the appropriation provided for in this section was repealed and provision was made for annual appropriations of sums necessary to meet expenditures by act
June 26, 1934, ch. 756, § 17, 48 Stat. 1230, which was repealed by Pub. L. 97–258, § 5(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1074. See section 1322 of Title 31, Money and Finance.
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. “Officers of district land offices, as designated by the Secretary of the Interior,” substituted for “registers” and “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.
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Citation
43 U.S.C. § 91
Title 43 — Public Lands
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73