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[CITE: 43USC59]

 
                         TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
 
                           CHAPTER 3--SURVEYS
 
Sec. 59. Official papers in office of surveyor general in 
        California; copies
        
    All official books, papers, instruments of writing, documents, 
archives, official seals, stamps, or dies, which have been authorized by 
law to be collected and deposited in the surveyor general's office in 
California, shall be safely and securely kept by the Secretary of the 
Interior, or such officer as he may designate, in the archives of his 
office until disposed of as provided by law; and copies thereof, 
authenticated by the Secretary or such officer under his seal of office, 
shall be evidence in all cases where the originals would be evidence.

(R.S. Sec. 2229; Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 462, 43 Stat. 1144; 1946 Reorg. Plan 
No. 3, Sec. 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100; Oct. 
25, 1951, ch. 562, Sec. 3(3), 65 Stat. 639.)

                          Codification

    R.S. Sec. 2229 derived from act May 18, 1858, ch. 39, Sec. 1, 11 
Stat. 289.


                               Amendments

    1951--Act Oct. 25, 1951, inserted ``until disposed of as provided by 
law''.

                          Transfer of Functions

    For 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, 
Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out 
under section 1451 of this title.
    ``Secretary of the Interior or such officer as he may designate'' 
substituted for ``Supervisor of Surveys'' on authority on section 403 of 
Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946. See note set out under section 1 of this 
title.
    Previously, ``Supervisor of Surveys'' was substituted for ``surveyor 
general'' by act Mar. 3, 1925.


                    Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

    Proof of official records, see rule 44, Title 28, Appendix, 
Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.
    Effect of rule 44 on this section, see note by Advisory Committee 
set out under that rule.


                            Cross References

    Management and disposition of records, see sections 2901 et seq. and 
3101 et seq. of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.
