All returns relative to the public lands shall be made to the Secretary of the Interior or such officer as he may designate.
(R.S. §456; July 31, 1894, ch. 174, §7,
R.S. §456 derived from act Apr. 25, 1812, ch. 68, §9,
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,
"Secretary of the Interior or such officer as he may designate" substituted for "Commissioner of the 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.