Volume 61 · 522
Public Law 80–354
To amend section 1 of the Act of August 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 497, 5 U. S. C., sec. 488), fixing the price of copies of records furnished by the Department of the Interior.
Approved July 30, 1947
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend section 1 of the Act of August 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 497, 5 U. S. C., sec. 488), fixing the price of copies of records furnished by the Department of the Interior.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 1
Department of the Interior.
of the Act of August 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 497, 5 U. S. C., sec. 488), is amended to read as follows: That the Secretary of the Interior, the
Copies of records, etc.
head of any bureau, office, or institution, or any officer of that department, may, when not prejudicial to the interests of the Government, furnish authenticated or unauthenticated copies of any official books, records, papers, documents, maps, plats, or diagrams within his custody, and charge therefor a sum equal to the cost, of production thereof, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior or such subordinate
Certificates, etc.
official or employee as he may designate, and in addition the sum of 25 cents for each certificate or verification and the seal attached to authenticated copies: Provided, That there shall be no
Copies for official use.
charge for the making or verification of copies required for official use by the officers of any branch of the Government: Provided further, That only a charge of 25 cents shall be made for furnishing
Copies for gratuitous distribution.
authenticated copies of any rules, regulations, or instructions printed by the Government for gratuitous distribution. The money received for copies under this section shall be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of the appropriations then current and chargeable for the cost of furnishing copies as herein authorized.
Sec. 2.
Section 1 of the Act of June 5,1920 (41 Stat. 908, 43 U. S. C., sec. 22) is amended by striking out the, words “Provided, That hereafter photolithographic copies of township plats shall be sold to the public at 50 cents each.”
Approved July 30, 1947.