43 USC § 121 - Discontinuance of land offices by President

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title: "43 USC § 121 - Discontinuance of land offices by President"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "121"
section_name: "Discontinuance of land offices by President"
chapter_number: 5
chapter_name: "LAND DISTRICTS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(R.S. § 2252; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.)"
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# § 121. Discontinuance of land offices by President

Upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior, the President may order the discontinuance of any land office and the transfer of any of its business and archives to any other land office within the same State or Territory.

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**Source Credit**: (R.S. § 2252; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

R.S. § 2252 derived from , .

## 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 .

Words “the Commissioner of the General Land Office, approved by” omitted on authority of section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946. See note set out under .

### Delegation of Functions

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