section 53 of this titleUnder the authority and direction of the Secretary of the Interior or such officer as he may designate, any deputy surveyor or other agent of the United States shall have free access to any field notes, maps, records, and other papers, mentioned in , for the purpose of taking extracts therefrom, or making copies thereof, without charge of any kind.
60 Stat. 1100(R.S. § 2220; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. , 11 F.R. 7876, .)
Editorial Notes
Codification
section 53 of this titleThe word “such” before “field notes” was omitted and the words “mentioned in ” were inserted after “papers,”.
act Jan. 22, 1853, ch. 24, § 210 Stat. 152R.S. § 2220 derived from , .
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
64 Stat. 1262section 1451 of this titleFor transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. , 15 F.R. 3174, , set out under .
section 1 of this title“Secretary of the Interior or such officer as he may designate” substituted for “Commissioner of the General Land Office” on authority of section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946. See note set out under .