R.S. § 2247 derived from act July 4, 1836, ch. 352, § 13, 5 Stat. 112.

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. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out under section 1451 of this title.

References to “register” changed to “officer designated by the Secretary of the Interior” and “officer” on authority of section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946. See note set out under section 1 of this title.