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[CITE: 7USC2206]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                  CHAPTER 55--DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
Sec. 2206. Custody of property and records

    The Secretary of Agriculture shall have charge, in the building and 
premises appropriated to the department, of the library, furniture, 
fixtures, records, and other property appertaining to it, or acquired 
for use in its business.

(R.S. Sec. 525; Feb. 9, 1889, ch. 122, Secs. 1, 4, 25 Stat. 659.)

                          Codification

    R.S. Sec. 525 derived from act May 15, 1862, ch. 72, Sec. 3, 12 
Stat. 387 and Res. Dec. 15, 1868, No. 1, 15 Stat. 343.
    Section was formerly classified to section 516 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.

                         Change of Name

    ``Secretary of Agriculture'' substituted in text for ``Commissioner 
of Agriculture'' pursuant to sections 1 and 4 of act Feb. 9, 1889, which 
are classified to section 2202 of this title. See, also, section 2205 of 
this title.

                          Transfer of Functions

    Functions of all officers, agencies, and employees of Department of 
Agriculture transferred, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of 
Agriculture by 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 2, Sec. 1, eff. June 4, 1953, 18 
F.R. 3219, 67 Stat. 633, set out as a note under section 2201 of this 
title.
