2019 US Code
Title 43 - Public Lands
Chapter 3 - Surveys
Sec. 56 - Conditions of delivery to States

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Citation 43 U.S.C. § 56 (2019)
Section Name §56. Conditions of delivery to States
Section Text

The field notes, maps, records, and other papers mentioned in section 53 of this title, shall in no case be turned over to the authorities of any State, until such State has provided by law for the reception and safe-keeping of the same as public records, and for the allowance of free access to the same by the authorities of the United States.

Source Credit

(R.S. §2221.)

Editorial Notes CODIFICATION

R.S. §2221 derived from acts Jan. 22, 1853, ch. 24, §3, 10 Stat. 152; June 6, 1874, ch. 223, §3, 18 Stat. 62.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 3 - SURVEYS
Sec. 56 - Conditions of delivery to States
Contains section 56
Date 2019
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 24, 2020
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 10 Stat. 152
18 Stat. 62
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