43 U.S.C. § 15 — Issuance and signing of patents by Secretary of the Interior; delegation of authority; notice

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All patents for public land must be issued and signed by the Secretary of the Interior, in the name of the United States. The Secretary may hand off that signing power to other Interior Department employees, but must publicly announce any such delegation in the Federal Register.

This section is a single, undivided provision. Every patent for public land must be issued and signed by the Secretary of the Interior, acting in the name of the United States. However, the Secretary is allowed to delegate this authority to other officers or employees of the Department of the Interior. If the Secretary does delegate it, notice of that delegation must be published in the Federal Register.

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All patents for public lands shall be issued and signed by the Secretary of the Interior in the name of the United States: Provided, That the Secretary may delegate his authority under this section to officers or employees of the Department of the Interior, but notice of any such delegation shall be given by publication in the Federal Register.

Source credit: (June 17, 1948, ch. 496, § 1, 62 Stat. 476.)

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1948Enacted · Act of June 17, 1948, ch. 496 · 62 Stat. 476

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