25 U.S.C. § 176
Section 176 · Survey of reservations
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 21 Cl. Ct. 565 - Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma v. United States (1990)
Most recently applied in Blue Lake Rancheria v. Lanier (May 2015)
How often courts cite this section
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Whenever it becomes necessary to survey any Indian or other reservations, or any lands, the same shall be surveyed under the direction and control of the Bureau of Land Management, and as nearly as may be in conformity to the rules and regulations under which other public lands are surveyed.
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Codification
R.S. §2115 derived from act Apr. 8, 1864, ch. 48, §6, 13 Stat. 41.
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 in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
“Bureau of Land Management” substituted in text for “General Land Office” pursuant to section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, which established the Bureau and transferred thereto the powers and duties of the General Land Office.
Cross References
Survey of public lands, see section 751 et seq. of Title 43, Public Lands.