43 U.S.C. § 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. § 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 .

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