Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102
§2657 Custody of Seals and Property
Title 22 › CHAPTER 38 — DEPARTMENT OF STATE › § 2657
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The Secretary of State must keep and care for the Department of State’s seal and for all books, records, furniture, fixtures, and other property that belonged to the Department on June 22, 1874, or that it got after that date.
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Title 22, §2657
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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.
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Codification R.S. § 203 derived from acts July 27, 1789, ch. 4, §§ 2, 4, 1 Stat. 29; Sept. 15, 1789, ch. 14, § 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, § 1, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378.
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22 U.S.C. § 2657
Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102