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United States Statutes at Large, Volume 3
United States Congress
Public Acts of the Sixteenth Congress, 1st Session, Chapter 136
2638741United States Statutes at Large, Volume 3 — Public Acts of the Sixteenth Congress, 1st Session, Chapter 136United States Congress


May 15, 1820.

Chap. CXXXVI.An Act to amend “An act making reservation of certain public lands for naval purposes,” passed first March, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen.

Act of 1st March, 1817, ch. 22.
Power of the Secretary of the Navy to appoint agents and surveyor, repealed.
Duties to be performed by surveyors of public lands.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, so much of the first section of the act of Congress passed on the first day of March one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, entitled “An act making reservation of certain public lands for naval purposes,” as empowers the Secretary of the Navy to appoint an agent or agents and surveyor, be, and the same is hereby, repealed; and the duties and the services required by said section be performed in future by such surveyors of public lands as may be designated by the President of the United States.

Approved, May 15, 1820.