§18. Copies of papers filed

Whenever any person claiming to be interested in or entitled to land, under any grant or patent from the United States, applies to the Department of the Interior for copies of papers filed and remaining therein, in anywise affecting the title to such land, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to cause such copies to be made out and authenticated, under his hand and the seal of the Bureau of Land Management, for the person so applying.

(R.S. §460; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.)

Codification

R.S. §460 derived from acts Jan. 23, 1823, ch. 6, 3 Stat. 721 ; July 4, 1836, ch. 352, §7, 5 Stat. 111 .

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

"Bureau of Land Management" substituted for "General Land Office" on authority of section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946. See note set out under section 1 of this title.

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

Proof of official records, see rule 44, Title 28, Appendix, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

Cross References

Authenticated copies of official papers to be furnished, on request and on payment of a fee, by Secretary of the Interior or other department head, see sections 1460, 1461, and 1462 of this title and section 1733 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

Government records and papers; copies, see section 1733 of Title 28.