§ 2657. — Custody of seals and property.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC2657]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 38--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Sec. 2657. Custody of seals and property
The Secretary of State shall have the custody and charge of the seal
of the Department of State, and of all the books, records, papers,
furniture, fixtures, and other property which on June 22, 1874, remained
in and appertained to the Department, or were thereafter acquired for
it.
(R.S. Sec. 203.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 203 derived from acts July 27, 1789, ch. 4, Secs. 2, 4, 1
Stat. 29; Sept. 15, 1789, ch. 14, Sec. 7, 1 Stat. 69.
Section was formerly classified to section 158 of Title 5 prior to
the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization
and Employees, by Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 1, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378.
