43 U.S.C. § 101 : US Code - Section 101: Report of disqualification; designation of officer to act

Search 43 U.S.C. § 101 : US Code - Section 101: Report of disqualification; designation of officer to act

It shall be the duty of every officer so disqualified to report
the fact of his disqualification to the Secretary of the Interior
or such officer as he may designate as soon as he shall ascertain
it, and before the hearing of such cause, who thereupon, with the
approval of the Secretary of the Interior, shall designate some
other officer or special agent of the Land Department to act in the
place of the disqualified officer, and the same authority is
conferred on the officer so designated which such officer would
otherwise have possessed to act in such case.