43 U.S.C. § 41 : US Code - Section 41: Publications and reports; preparation and sale

Search 43 U.S.C. § 41 : US Code - Section 41: Publications and reports; preparation and sale

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.