R.S. § 2096 derived from act Jan. 9, 1837, ch. 1, § 4, 5 Stat. 135.
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.