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[CITE: 43USC16]

 
                         TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
 
                  CHAPTER 1--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
 
Sec. 16. Engrossing and recording patents

    The engrossing and recording of patents for public lands may be done 
by means of typewriters or other machines, under regulations to be made 
by the Secretary of the Interior and approved by the President.

(Mar. 2, 1895, ch. 177, Sec. 3, 28 Stat. 807.)
