43 U.S.C. § 1162 : Public Lands — Miscellaneous Provisions Relating To Public Lands — Disposition Of Suspended Entries And Claims; In­Valid And Defective Claims And Patents Therefor — Adjudications As To Suspended Entries; Ap­Proval

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Every such adjudication shall be approved by the Secretary of the Interior and shall operate only to divest the United States of the title to the land embraced thereby, without prejudice to the rights of conflicting claimants.

(R.S. § 2451; Feb. 27, 1877, ch. 69, § 1, 19 Stat. 244; Sept. 20, 1922, ch. 350, 42 Stat. 858.)


Codification

R.S. § 2451 derived from acts Aug. 3, 1846, ch. 78, § 1, 9 Stat. 51; Feb. 27, 1877. ch. 69, § 1, 19 Stat. 244.

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