FEDERAL · 43 U.S.C. · Chapter 43
Patents surrendered and new ones issued
43 U.S.C. § 2503
Title43 — Public Lands
Chapter43 — SUSPENDED ENTRIES AND CLAIMS; PATENTS
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43 U.S.C. § 2503.
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Where patents have been already issued on entries which are approved by the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of the Interior, or such officer as he may designate, upon the canceling of the outstanding patent, is authorized to issue a new patent, on such approval, to the person who made the entry, his heirs or assigns.
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History
(R.S. §2456; Sept. 20, 1922, ch. 350, 42 Stat. 858; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.)
Editorial Notes
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 1163 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
R.S. §2456 derived from act Mar. 3, 1853, ch. 152, §2, 10 Stat. 258.
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.
"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.
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 1163 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
R.S. §2456 derived from act Mar. 3, 1853, ch. 152, §2, 10 Stat. 258.
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.
"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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