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Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73

§41 Publications and reports; preparation and sale

Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 2— - UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY › § 41

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Except as section 1318 of title 44 provides, the U.S. Geological Survey must publish geological and economic maps that show land resources and classification, and reports on general and economic geology and paleontology. Special memoirs are quarto if the director decides, otherwise octavo. Three thousand copies of each are printed for scientific exchange and sale; materials received in exchange become U.S. property and join the Survey library; sale proceeds go into the U.S. Treasury under the Secretary of the Interior.

Full Legal Text

Title 43, §41

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Except as otherwise provided in section 1318 of title 44, the publications of the United States Geological Survey shall consist of geological and economic maps, illustrating the resources and classification of the lands, and reports upon general and economic geology and paleontology. All special memoirs and reports of said survey shall be issued in uniform quarto series if deemed necessary by the director, but otherwise in ordinary octavos. Three thousand copies of each shall be published for scientific exchanges and for sale at the price of publication, and all literary and cartographic materials received in exchange shall be the property of the United States and form a part of the library of the organization; and the money resulting from the sale of such publications shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification “Section 1318 of title 44” substituted in text for “section 260 of title 44” on authority of Pub. L. 90–620, § 2(b), Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1238, the first section of which enacted Title 44, Public Printing and Documents. The words “Except as otherwise provided in section 260 of title 44” were originally inserted in text to avoid conflict with the provisions of such section 260 of title 44, as set out prior to the general revision of title 44 by Pub. L. 90–620, derived from Joint Res. May 16, 1902, No. 22.

Amendments

1946—Act Aug. 7, 1946, repealed all provisions requiring preparation, and transmission by Secretary of the Interior, of an annual report of operations.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

“United States Geological Survey” substituted in text for “Geological Survey” pursuant to provision of title I of Pub. L. 102–154, set out as a note under section 31 of this title.

Executive Documents

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, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out under section 1451 of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

43 U.S.C. § 41

Title 43 — Public Lands

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73