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[CITE: 22USC2657]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
                     CHAPTER 38--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
Sec. 2657. Custody of seals and property

    The Secretary of State shall have the custody and charge of the seal 
of the Department of State, and of all the books, records, papers, 
furniture, fixtures, and other property which on June 22, 1874, remained 
in and appertained to the Department, or were thereafter acquired for 
it.

(R.S. Sec. 203.)

                          Codification

    R.S. Sec. 203 derived from acts July 27, 1789, ch. 4, Secs. 2, 4, 1 
Stat. 29; Sept. 15, 1789, ch. 14, Sec. 7, 1 Stat. 69.
    Section was formerly classified to section 158 of Title 5 prior to 
the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization 
and Employees, by Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 1, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378.
