...direction of the Secretary of the Interior, all executive duties appertaining to the surveying and sale of the public lands of the United States, or in anywise respecting such public lands. The act of March 3, 1879 (20 Stat. 394), created the office of Director of the Geological Survey, and...

...such public lands, andrei).' is, "m'a". also, such as relate to private claims of land, and the 1E issuing of patents for all grants of land under the authority of the Government. SEC. 454. The Commissioner of the General Land custody of »»i, Office shall retain the charge of...

...direction of the Secretary of the Interior, nil executive duties appertaining to the survey and sale of public lands of the United States, or in anywise respecting...and, also, such as relate to private claims of land.' " Referring to this latter section, and particularly the clause "under the' direction of the Secretary...

...duties appertaining to the surveying and sale of the public lands of the United States, or in any wise respecting such public lands, and, also, such as relate...grants of land under the authority of the government" Section 2478, Rev. St. US [US Comp. St. 1901, p. 1586], declares that: "The commissioner of the general...

...or in any wise respecting such public lands, and, also, such as relate to private claims of lands, and the issuing of patents for all grants of land under the authority of the government." "Sec. 456. All returns relative to the public lands shall be made to the Commissioner of the General...

...land-offide shall perform, under his direction, all the executive duties appertaining, among other things, to "the issuing of patents for all grants of land under the authority of the government," (sections 441, 453, Rev. St.;) and by section 2 of the swampland act it is made his especial duty to...

...to perform all executive duties pertaining to the survey and sale of public lands, "or in any wise respecting such public lands, and also such as relate to private claims of land," 88 the General Land Office exercises judicial discretion through its juris, diction extending' upon...

...direction of the Secretary of the Interior, all executive duties appertaining to the surveying and sale of the public lands of the United States, or in anywise...grants of land under the authority of the Government." For more than a century the General Land Office has administered the laws governing the disposition...

...direction of the Secretary of the Interior, all executive duties appertaining to the survey and sale of public lands of the United States, or in anywise respecting...and, also, such as relate to private claims of land.' " Referring to this latter section, and particularly the clause " under the direction of the Secretary...

...reservation for public use, supervision over public lands and all dealings in public lands, including "private claims of land, and the issuing of patents for all grants of land" is vested in the Secretary of the Interior. RS 441, 5 USC 485; RS 453, 43 USC 2: Cosmos Exploration...