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 Trru: xi.——DEPARTMENT OF THE 1NTERIOR.——Ch. 7. 83 two Houses of Congress, and all other books and documents of every 5 F¢b·. 1859, ¢- nature whatever. alreadiy or hereafter directed by law to be tinted or 22· "· u· peurchssed for the use 0 the Government, except such as are ciireeted to pp' ’ ` printed orfpurchnsed for the particular use of Congress, or of either House thereo, or for the particu ar use of the Executive or of any of the Departments, and any (person whose duty it shall be by law to deliver sny of the same, shall eliver them at the rooms assigned by the Secretary of the Interior therefor. Sec. -198. The Secretary of the Interior is required to furnish to the Summa ¤¤d N- head of the Department of Justice, from time to time as they may be g`""" °‘ S“P"°m° published, a su cient number of the statutes of the United States and _£E.-____ ___ . the reports of the Su reme Court of the United States, to be bv him 3`M*’-·l873»°-?38» distributed to such otiipcers of the courts of the United States as are now S` 2’ v' 17* p' M8' or may hereafter be by law entitled to receive them. Sec. 499. A register of all publications received at the Department of Register ot pubthe Interior for safe-keeping and distribution shall be kept. under the ll°'**·l°“° "°°°l"°d· direction of the Secretary, showing the quantity and kind at any time As;i?§,;]§5B,'c_g·_g; received by him: and he shall cause to be entered in such register, at ¤·3,v.l1,p.380. the proper time, the time when, the lace where, and the person to whom any of such publications have been gistributed or delivered. Sec. 500. The blications received b the Secretary of the Interior Mmim or dc. for distribution shgll be delivered out only on the written requisition of livery- the heads of Departments. Secretary of the Senate. Clerk of the House 5F.,i,_;1g5§,c_`§2Q of Representatives, Librarian of Congress, and other officers and rsons a4, v. 11, p. 380. who are by law authorized to receive the same, except where bylifw the 3 Ma"-» W"- '· Secretary of the Interior is required, without such requisition. to cause g’ " 7* "‘ 19* 7* the same to be sent and delivered; and in either of such cases it shall ` be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to cause the same to be sent and delivered. the expenses thereof, except when otherwise directed. to be charged on the contingent fund of the Department. Sec. 501. The copies of journals. books, and public documents which Distribution of are or may be authorized to be distributed to incorporated bodies, insti- €0Pi€$ 0* i9¤r¤¤lS, tutions, and associations within the States and Territories, shall be dis- b°°k’· &°· s_ tributed to such bodies as shall be designated to the Secretary of the 28Jan.,1857,Res. Interior by each of- the Senators from the several States respectively, N°·5»¤-3» V- ILP- and by the Representativesin Congress from each congressiona district, zgizeb 1859 c 22 and by the Delegate from eacherritory. The distribution shall be s_5,,,_]’Lp_ ’ made in such manner that the quantity distributed to each congressional 2Mai·., 1861,c. 87, district and Territorv shall be equal: except that whenever the number ¤· L V- l?»P· 244- of copies of any publication is insufficient to supply therewith one institution, upon the desi nation of each member of the Senate and House of Representatives. the copies at the disposal of the Se<·retar_v may be distributed to such incorporated colleges, public libraries, atbemaeums, literary and scientific institutions, boar s of trade, or public associations, as be may select. Sec. fm2. The selection of an institution to receive the documents _§¤me subjectordered to be published or procured at the first session of any Con rese 2`§{,§__`]{;1; Q shall control the documents of the entire Congress, unless another disig- 87, s. 2,v. 12, p. 245. nation be made before any distribution has taken place under the selection lirst made. Where the same work is printed by order both of the Senate and House of Representatives. the duplicates muy be sent to diiferent institutions, if so desired, by the mem er whose right it is to direct the distribution. And the public documents to be distributed by the Secretary of the Interior shall be sent to the institutions already designated, unless he shall be satisfied that any such institution is no longer ei suitable depository of the same. Congressional journals and ublic documents. authorized to be distributed to institutions on the Hesignation of members of Congress, shall be sent to such libraries and institutions only as shall signify a. willingness to pay the cost of their transportation. _ _ Sec. 503. So many copies of the public ]ourna|s of the Senate, and of V Distribution of the House of Representatives. shul he transmitted by the Secretary of L¢;:{¤;;;:§; $9*****