Sec. 2. SPECIAL LAND BOARD ABOLISHED; TRANSFER OF RIGHTS AND DUTIES. The rights and duties of the Special Land Board are transferred to the General Land Office, and the Special Land Board is abolished. The General Land Office shall have the power to ascertain the bona fide claimants of said lands as shown by the public records and under the laws of the State of Oklahoma, to make such surveys and investigations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act, and to adopt such rules, regulations and forms as it may deem expedient.