43 USC § 36 - Purchase of books

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title: "43 USC § 36 - Purchase of books"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "36"
section_name: "Purchase of books"
chapter_number: 2
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY"
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source_credit: "(June 28, 1902, ch. 1301, § 1, 32 Stat. 455.)"
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# § 36. Purchase of books

The purchase of professional and scientific books and periodicals needed for statistical purposes by the scientific divisions of the United States Geological Survey is authorized to be made and paid for out of appropriations made for the said Survey.

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**Source Credit**: (June 28, 1902, ch. 1301, § 1, 32 Stat. 455.)

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