43 USC § 2501 - “Suspended entries of public lands” and “suspended preemption land claims”

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title: "43 USC § 2501 - “Suspended entries of public lands” and “suspended preemption land claims”"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "2501"
section_name: "“Suspended entries of public lands” and “suspended preemption land claims”"
chapter_number: 43
chapter_name: "SUSPENDED ENTRIES AND CLAIMS; PATENTS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(R.S. § 2450; Feb. 27, 1877, ch. 69, § 1, 19 Stat. 244; Sept. 20, 1922, ch. 350, 42 Stat. 857; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.)"
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# § 2501. “Suspended entries of public lands” and “suspended preemption land claims”

The Secretary of the Interior, or such officer as he may designate, is authorized to decide upon principles of equity and justice, as recognized in courts of equity, and in accordance with regulations to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, consistently with such principles, all cases of suspended entries of public lands and of suspended preemption land claims, and to adjudge in what cases patents shall issue upon the same.

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**Source Credit**: (R.S. § 2450; Feb. 27, 1877, ch. 69, § 1, 19 Stat. 244; Sept. 20, 1922, ch. 350, 42 Stat. 857; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to  prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

R.S. § 2450 derived from acts , ; , ; , ; , ; , .

## 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 .

“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 .