43 U.S.C. § 128 : US Code - Section 128: Division or change of boundaries; continuance of business of original district

Search 43 U.S.C. § 128 : US Code - Section 128: Division or change of boundaries; continuance of business of original district

In case of the division of existing land districts by the
erection of new ones, or by a change of boundaries by the
President, all business in such original districts shall be
entertained and transacted without prejudice or change, until the
offices in the new districts are duly opened by public announcement
under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. All sales or
disposals of the public lands heretofore regularly made at any land
office, after such lands have been made part of another district by
any Act of Congress, or by any act of the President, are confirmed,
provided the same are free from conflict with prior valid rights.