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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 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.
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