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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 7. Fees for furnishing certified copies of records
The Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall have the custody of said
seal, and shall furnish certified copies of any such records,
books, maps, or papers belonging to or on the files of said office,
to any person applying therefor who shall comply with the
requirements of said office, upon the payment by such parties at
the rate of 10 cents per hundred words, and $1 for copies of maps
or plats, and the additional sum of 25 cents for the Commissioner's
certificate of verification, with the seal of said office; and one
of the employees of said office shall be designated by the
Commissioner as the receiving clerk, and the amounts so received
shall, under the direction of the Commissioner, be paid into the
Treasury of the United States; but fees shall not be demanded for
such authenticated copies as may be required by the officers of any
branch of the Government or by any Indian who shall satisfy the
Commissioner by satisfactory legal evidence that he or she is not
able, by reason of poverty, to pay such fees, nor for such
unverified copies as the Commissioner in his discretion may deem
proper to furnish.
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