43 USC § 124 - Consolidation of land offices

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identifier: "/us/usc/t43/s124"
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title: "43 USC § 124 - Consolidation of land offices"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "124"
section_name: "Consolidation of land offices"
chapter_number: 5
chapter_name: "LAND DISTRICTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 5, 1892, ch. 380, § 1, 27 Stat. 368.)"
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# § 124. Consolidation of land offices

It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to consolidate the district land offices where practicable and consistent with the public interests.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 5, 1892, ch. 380, § 1, 27 Stat. 368.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Appropriations

, , required the Secretary of the Interior to consolidate the district land offices so as to bring the total compensation of the registers and receivers for the fiscal year 1894, within the appropriation made therefor by the sundry Civil Appropriation Act for that year, which was fixed at $520,000.