33 U.S.C. § 884 : US Code - Section 884: Power to use books, maps, etc., and to employ persons

Search 33 U.S.C. § 884 : US Code - Section 884: Power to use books, maps, etc., and to employ persons

The President is authorized, in executing the provisions of title
56 of the Revised Statutes relating to the coast survey, to use all
maps, charts, books, instruments, and apparatus belonging to the
United States, and to direct where the same shall be deposited, and
to employ all persons in the land or naval service of the United
States, and such astronomers and other persons as he shall deem
proper.