43 USC § 766 - Geological surveys, extension of public surveys, expenses of subdividing

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title: "43 USC § 766 - Geological surveys, extension of public surveys, expenses of subdividing"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "766"
section_name: "Geological surveys, extension of public surveys, expenses of subdividing"
chapter_number: 18
chapter_name: "SURVEY OF PUBLIC LANDS"
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# § 766. Geological surveys, extension of public surveys, expenses of subdividing

There shall be no further geological survey by the Government, unless authorized by law. The public surveys shall extend over all mineral lands; and all subdividing of surveyed lands into lots less than one hundred and sixty acres may be done by county and local surveyors at the expense of claimants; but nothing in this section contained shall require the survey of waste or useless lands.

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**Source Credit**: (R.S. § 2406.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

R.S. § 2406 derived from acts , , 21; , .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Section as Unaffected by Submerged Lands Act

Provisions of this section as not amended, modified or repealed by the Submerged Lands Act, see .