43 U.S.C. § 57 : US Code - Section 57: Authenticated copies or extracts from records as evidence

Search 43 U.S.C. § 57 : US Code - Section 57: Authenticated copies or extracts from records as evidence

Any copy of or extract from the plats, field notes, records, or
other papers of the offices of the former surveyors general for the
districts of Oregon and California, when authenticated by the seal
and signature of the Secretary of the Interior or such officer as
he may designate, shall be evidence in all cases in which the
original would be evidence.