§ 41. — Publications and reports; preparation and sale.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC41]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 2--UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Sec. 41. Publications and reports; preparation and sale
Except as otherwise provided in section 1318 of title 44, the
publications of the United States Geological Survey shall consist of
geological and economic maps, illustrating the resources and
classification of the lands, and reports upon general and economic
geology and paleontology. All special memoirs and reports of said survey
shall be issued in uniform quarto series if deemed necessary by the
director, but otherwise in ordinary octavos. Three thousand copies of
each shall be published for scientific exchanges and for sale at the
price of publication, and all literary and cartographic materials
received in exchange shall be the property of the United States and form
a part of the library of the organization; and the money resulting from
the sale of such publications shall be covered into the Treasury of the
United States, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior.
(Mar. 3, 1879, ch. 182, 20 Stat. 394; Aug. 7, 1946, ch. 770, Sec. 1(10),
60 Stat. 867; Pub. L. 102-154, title I, Nov. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1000.)
Codification
``Section 1318 of title 44'' substituted in text for ``section 260
of title 44'' on authority of Pub. L. 90-620, Sec. 2(b), Oct. 22, 1968,
82 Stat. 1238, the first section of which enacted Title 44, Public
Printing and Documents.
The words ``Except as otherwise provided in section 260 of title
44'' were originally inserted in text to avoid conflict with the
provisions of such section 260 of title 44, as set out prior to the
general revision of title 44 by Pub. L. 90-620, derived from Joint Res.
May 16, 1902, No. 22.
Amendments
1946--Act Aug. 7, 1946, repealed all provisions requiring
preparation, and transmission by Secretary of the Interior, of an annual
report of operations.
Change of Name
``United States Geological Survey'' substituted in text for
``Geological Survey'' pursuant to provision of title I of Pub. L. 102-
154, set out as a note under section 31 of this title.
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies
of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of
the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950,
Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out
under section 1451 of this title.