43 U.S.C. § 54 : US Code - Section 54: Completion of surveys; delivery to States

Search 43 U.S.C. § 54 : US Code - Section 54: Completion of surveys; delivery to States

The Secretary of the Interior shall take all the necessary
measures for the completion of the surveys in the several surveying
districts, at the earliest periods compatible with the purposes
contemplated by law; and whenever the surveys and records of any
such district are completed, the Secretary of the Interior or such
officer as he may designate shall deliver over to the secretary of
state of the respective States, including such surveys, or to such
other officer as may be authorized to receive them, all the field
notes, maps, records, and other papers appertaining to land titles
within the same.