§ 42. — Distribution of maps and atlases, etc.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC42]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 2--UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Sec. 42. Distribution of maps and atlases, etc.
The Director of the United States Geological Survey is authorized
and directed, on the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, to
dispose of the topographic and geologic maps and atlases of the United
States, made and published by the United States Geological Survey, at
such prices and under such regulations as may from time to time be fixed
by him and approved by the Secretary of the Interior; and a number of
copies of each map or atlas, not exceeding five hundred, shall be
distributed gratuitously among foreign governments and departments of
our own Government to literary and scientific associations, and to such
educational institutions or libraries as may be designated by the
Director of the Survey and approved by the Secretary of the Interior. On
and after June 7, 1924, the distribution of geological publications to
libraries designated as special depositaries of such publications shall
be discontinued.
(Feb. 18, 1897, No. 13, Sec. 1, 29 Stat. 701; June 7, 1924, ch. 303, 43
Stat. 592; Pub. L. 102-154, title I, Nov. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1000.)
Codification
The first sentence is from Joint Res. Feb. 18, 1897; the second
sentence is from act June 7, 1924.
Joint Res. Feb. 18, 1897 superseded a provision contained in act
June 11, 1896, ch. 420, 29 Stat. 436, authorizing the sale of
topographical maps with text at cost and ten per centum added.
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.
