{"identifier":"/us/usc/t43/s1458","title":43,"num":"\u00a7\u202f1458.","heading":"Secretary to exercise certain powers over Territories","text":"\u00a7\u202f1458.\nSecretary to exercise certain powers over Territories\nThe Secretary of the Interior shall exercise all the powers and perform all the duties in relation to the Territories of the United States that were, prior to\nMarch 1, 1873","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t43/s1458.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t43/s1458","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f1458."},{"t":"heading","text":"Secretary to exercise certain powers over Territories"},{"t":"content","text":"\n","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The Secretary of the Interior shall exercise all the powers and perform all the duties in relation to the Territories of the United States that were, prior to ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"March 1, 1873","tail":", by law or by custom exercised and performed by the Secretary of State."}],"tail":"\n"}]},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}