Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73not60
§760 Deposit for Expenses Deemed an Appropriation
Title 43 › Chapter 18— SURVEY OF PUBLIC LANDS › § 760
Summary
Money deposited in a proper U.S. depository is treated as funding for the survey work it was meant to pay for. The Secretary of the Treasury can credit those deposits to surveying funds, and any surplus after costs must be returned to depositors.
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Title 43, §760
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The deposit of money in a proper United States depository, under the provisions of section 759 of this title, shall be deemed an appropriation of the sums so deposited for the objects contemplated by said section, and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to cause the sums so deposited to be placed to the credit of the proper appropriations for the surveying service; but any excesses in such sums over and above the actual cost of the surveys, comprising all expenses incident thereto, for which they were severally deposited, shall be repaid to the depositors respectively.
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Codification R.S. § 2402 derived from Res. July 1, 1864, No. 60, 13 Stat. 414.
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43 U.S.C. § 760
Title 43 — Public Lands
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60