R.S. § 2253 derived from act June 29, 1870, ch. 171,
16 Stat. 171.
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.