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43 USC § 91 - Deposit in Treasury of unearned fees and un­official moneys 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t43/s91"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "43 USC § 91 - Deposit in Treasury of unearned fees and un­official moneys"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "91"
section_name: "Deposit in Treasury of unearned fees and un­official moneys"
chapter_number: 4
chapter_name: "DISTRICT LAND OFFICES"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Mar. 2, 1907, ch. 2562, § 1, 34 Stat. 1245; Oct. 28, 1921, ch. 114, § 1, 42 Stat. 208; Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 462, 43 Stat. 1145; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.)"
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# § 91. Deposit in Treasury of unearned fees and un­official moneys

Officers of district land officers, as designated by the Secretary of the Interior are authorized, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior or such officer as he may designate, to deposit to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States all unearned fees and unofficial moneys that have been carried upon the books of their respective offices for a period of five years or more, which sums shall be covered into the Treasury by warrant and carried to the credit of the parties from whom such fees or moneys were received, and into an appropriation account to be denominated “Outstanding liabilities.”

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**Source Credit**: (Mar. 2, 1907, ch. 2562, § 1, 34 Stat. 1245; Oct. 28, 1921, ch. 114, § 1, 42 Stat. 208; Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 462, 43 Stat. 1145; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

This section, as originally enacted, related to receivers of public moneys for land districts. The office of receiver was consolidated with that of register by acts , and , under which the office of receiver was abolished. See, also, Transfer of Functions note below.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Appropriations

Effective , the appropriation provided for in this section was repealed and provision was made for annual appropriations of sums necessary to meet expenditures by , , which was repealed by , , . See , Money and Finance.

## 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. , 15 F.R. 3174, , set out under .

“Officers of district land offices, as designated by the Secretary of the Interior,” substituted for “registers” and “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 .