Title 43, Public LandsRelease 119-102
§128 Division or Change of Boundaries; Continuance of Business of Original District
Title 43 › CHAPTER 5 — LAND DISTRICTS › § 128
Summary
President-made district splits or boundary changes do not stop old offices' business until the Interior Secretary opens new offices; sales properly made at land offices after transfer by an Act of Congress or the President stand if no prior-rights conflict.
Full Legal Text
Title 43, §128
Public Lands, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
In case of the division of existing land districts by the erection of new ones, or by a change of boundaries by the President, all business in such original districts shall be entertained and transacted without prejudice or change, until the offices in the new districts are duly opened by public announcement under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. All sales or disposals of the public lands heretofore regularly made at any land office, after such lands have been made part of another district by any Act of Congress, or by any act of the President, are confirmed, provided the same are free from conflict with prior valid rights.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification R.S. § 2254 derived from act May 31, 1872, ch. 241, 17 Stat. 192.
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
Citations & Metadata
Citation
43 U.S.C. § 128
Title 43, Public Lands
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102