Every such adjudication shall be approved by the Secretary of the Interior and shall operate only to divest the United States of the title to the land embraced thereby, without prejudice to the rights of conflicting claimants.
(R.S. § 2451; Feb. 27, 1877, ch. 69, § 1, 19 Stat. 244; Sept. 20, 1922, ch. 350, 42 Stat. 858.)
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 1162 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
R.S. § 2451 derived from acts Aug. 3, 1846, ch. 78, § 1, 9 Stat. 51; Feb. 27, 1877. ch. 69, § 1, 19 Stat. 244.
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