30 USC § 46 - Additional land districts and officers

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title: "30 USC § 46 - Additional land districts and officers"
title_number: 30
title_name: "MINERAL LANDS AND MINING"
section_number: "46"
section_name: "Additional land districts and officers"
chapter_number: 2
chapter_name: "MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL"
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source_credit: "(R.S. § 2343.)"
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# § 46. Additional land districts and officers

section 661 of title 43

The President is authorized to establish additional land districts, and to appoint the necessary officers under existing laws, wherever he may deem the same necessary for the public convenience in executing the provisions of sections 21, 22 to 24, 26 to 28, 29, 30, 33 to 48, 50 to 52, 71 to 76 of this title and .

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**Source Credit**: (R.S. § 2343.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Sections 21, 22 to 24, 26 to 28, 29, 30, 33 to 48, 50 to 52, 71 to 76 of this title and , referred to in text, were in the original “this chapter”, meaning chapter 6 of title 32 of the Revised Statutes, consisting of R.S. §§ 2318 to 2352.

### Codification

R.S. § 2343 derived from , .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Submerged Lands Act

Provisions of this section as not amended, modified or repealed by the Submerged Lands Act, see , Public Lands.

## Executive Documents

### Delegation of Functions

For delegation to the Secretary of the Interior of authority vested in the President by this section, see Ex. Ord. No. 10250, , 16 F.R. 5385, set out as a note under , The President.