43 USC § 56 - Conditions of delivery to States

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title: "43 USC § 56 - Conditions of delivery to States"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "56"
section_name: "Conditions of delivery to States"
chapter_number: 3
chapter_name: "SURVEYS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(R.S. § 2221.)"
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# § 56. Conditions of delivery to States

section 53 of this title

The field notes, maps, records, and other papers mentioned in , 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.

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**Source Credit**: (R.S. § 2221.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

R.S. § 2221 derived from acts , ; , .