Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-102
§176 Survey of Reservations
Title 25 › CHAPTER 5 — PROTECTION OF INDIANS › § 176
Summary
The Bureau of Land Management must survey reservations and lands, following the same rules used for other public lands.
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Title 25, §176
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Whenever it becomes necessary to survey any Indian or other reservations, or any lands, the same shall be surveyed under the direction and control of the Bureau of Land Management, and as nearly as may be in conformity to the rules and regulations under which other public lands are surveyed.
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Codification R.S. § 2115 derived from act Apr. 8, 1864, ch. 48, § 6, 13 Stat. 41.
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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 in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. “Bureau of Land Management” substituted in text for “General Land Office” pursuant to section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, which established the Bureau and transferred thereto the powers and duties of the General Land Office.
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25 U.S.C. § 176
Title 25, Indians
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102