Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73not60
§45 Production and Sale of Copies of Photographs and Records; Disposition of Receipts
Title 43 › Chapter 2— UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY › § 45
Summary
Starting March 4, 1909, the Director of the U.S. Geological Survey may make and sell copies of aerial and other photos, mosaics, and photographic copies of records the Director keeps. The sales can be to people, businesses, or organizations and must cover the cost. The Director sets the prices with the Secretary of the Interior’s approval, but never below the estimated cost. Money from sales goes to the U.S. Treasury and is credited to the current fund that pays for making the copies.
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Title 43, §45
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The Director of the United States Geological Survey on and after March 4, 1909 may produce and sell on a reimbursable basis to interested persons, concerns, and institutions, copies of aerial or other photographs and mosaics that have been obtained in connection with the authorized work of the United States Geological Survey and photographic or photostatic reproductions of records in the official custody of the Director at such prices (not less than the estimated cost of furnishing such copies or reproductions) as the Director, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, may determine, the money received from such sales to be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of the appropriation then current and chargeable for the cost of furnishing copies or reproductions as herein authorized.
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1947—Act July 21, 1947, authorized production and sale of aerial or other photographs and reproductions of records on a reimbursement of appropriations basis.
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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.
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43 U.S.C. § 45
Title 43 — Public Lands
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
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