Title 43, Public LandsRelease 119-102
§763 Deposits in Louisiana Applicable to Resurveys
Title 43 › CHAPTER 18 — SURVEY OF PUBLIC LANDS › § 763
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Money settlers paid for Louisiana surveys may be used, wholly or partly, for re-surveys if the Interior Secretary or his designee orders them.
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Title 43, §763
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Such sums as have been or may be deposited for surveys in Louisiana by actual settlers, under section 759, 760, and 762 of this title, may be, in whole or in part, employed in making such resurveys as may be necessary in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior or such officer as he may designate.
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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 under section 1451 of this title. “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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43 U.S.C. § 763
Title 43, Public Lands
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102