43 U.S.C. § 58 (2024)
This is the official text of 43 U.S.C. § 58 (2024), part of Federal (US Code)’s United States Code — the codified general and permanent federal statutes of the United States, organized into more than 50 numbered titles by subject.
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Official statutory text
Any copy of a plat of survey, or transcript from the records of the office of the former surveyor general of Louisiana, duly certified, shall be admitted as evidence in all the courts of the United States and the Territories thereof.
(R.S. §2225.)
Editorial Notes
Codification
The word "former" was inserted in text before "surveyor general" because of the discontinuance of the office of surveyor general in Louisiana.
R.S. §2225 derived from act Mar. 3, 1831, ch. 116, §5, 4 Stat. 493.
(R.S. §2225.)
Editorial Notes
Codification
The word "former" was inserted in text before "surveyor general" because of the discontinuance of the office of surveyor general in Louisiana.
R.S. §2225 derived from act Mar. 3, 1831, ch. 116, §5, 4 Stat. 493.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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