§ 56. — Conditions of delivery to States.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC56]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 3--SURVEYS
Sec. 56. Conditions of delivery to States
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.
(R.S. Sec. 2221.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 2221 derived from acts Jan. 22, 1853, ch. 24, Sec. 3, 10
Stat. 152; June 6, 1874, ch. 223, Sec. 3, 18 Stat. 62.
