R.S. § 2059 derived from act June 30, 1834, ch. 162, § 4,
4 Stat. 735.
For delegation to Secretary of the Interior of authority vested in President by this section, see Ex. Ord. No. 10250, June 5, 1951,
16 F.R.
5385, set out as a note under section
301 of Title
3, The President.