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title: "43 U.S.C. § 43"
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# 43 U.S.C. § 43 - Copies to Senators, Representatives, and Delegates

## Text

One copy of each map and atlas shall be sent to each Senator and each Representative and Delegate in Congress, if published within his term; and a second copy shall be placed at the disposal of each such Senator, Representative and Delegate

(Feb. 18, 1897, No. 13, § 2, 29 Stat. 701.)