Title 43, Public LandsRelease 119-102
§124 Consolidation of Land Offices
Title 43 › CHAPTER 5 — LAND DISTRICTS › § 124
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior must combine the local offices that handle public land in each district when doing so is practical and serves the public interest.
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Title 43, §124
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It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to consolidate the district land offices where practicable and consistent with the public interests.
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AppropriationsAct Mar. 3, 1893, ch. 208, 27 Stat. 591, required the Secretary of the Interior to consolidate the district land offices so as to bring the total compensation of the registers and receivers for the fiscal year 1894, within the appropriation made therefor by the sundry Civil Appropriation Act for that year, which was fixed at $520,000.
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43 U.S.C. § 124
Title 43, Public Lands
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102