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 84 Trrnn x1.——DEPARTMENT OF THE INTER.1OR.—C!!. 7. 27D¢¢-,i813,Be¤· the Interior to the executives of the several States and Territories, as l·2‘6·_,3·,i’·lg1g·R“ shall be sufficient to furnish one copy to each executive, one copy tc 5 v_  mf ’ each branch of every State and territorial legislature, one copy to each ’ ’ university and college in each State, and one copy to the istorical Society incorporated, or which shall be incorporated, in_each State. Fifty copies of the documents ordered by Congress to be printed shall be used for the purpose of exchange in foreign countries; the residue of the copies shall be deposited in the Library of the United States, subject to the future disposition of Congress. Distribution to Sec. 501. Only such of the books published by the Government, and l°€“:;"“ and °°“‘ usually known by the name of " public documents, ’ shall hereafter be sup- L- plied to any legation or consulate of the United States as are first desig- 22 MU. 1872, v- nated by the Secretary of State, by an order to be recorded in the State De- 19** "· l7· i’· l“· partment, as suitable for and required by such legation and consulate. Distribution of Sec. 505. Whenever there are in the custody of the Department of the f,;’c"i’I“S "’l“"'°”· Interior any sest of the documents of any session of Congress, or other i7F°b-_·i87i·R°¤- that may happen in the Library of Congress, or in that of either of the 36* V‘ 12* i" 597* Executive Departments, or in State or territorial libraries, the Secretary of the Interior shall distribute the same as equally as racticable to the several Senators, Re resentatives, and Delegates in (lbngress, for distribution to public Ilibraries and other literary institutions in their respective districts. Books, &c., not Sec. 506. All such books and documents, when received at the proper t¤*>·=¤>¤¤g,V°fi¤t€¤f Sec. 507. There shall be in the Department of the Interior a superini]‘EEl°°““‘°“ts· tendent of public documents, who shall be appointed by the Secretary, 3 Mar., 1869, c. and shall be entitled to receive a salary of twenty-five hundred dollars 12l,s.l,v.15, p.292. 3. v€al·_ D¤_ti¤¤ °i tht ISec. 508. The superintendent of public documents shall be charged, “'j£jj;“({f;’l‘:!‘;l'::n,gf subject to the general direction of the Secretary of the Interior, with the duty of collecting, arrangjngj preserving, packing, and distributing the 121, ,,_ 1, Q_ 15,1},, publications received at the epartment of the lnterior for distribution; 283, 292. and with the duty of compiling and supervising the Biennial Register. Roomsfoi-public Sec. 509. Suitable rooms in the Department of the Interior shall be <i°¤¤m°¤f§· __ from time to time assigned by the Secretary for the journals, books, and 3 Mar., 1869, c. d0<‘\1m6¤tS- 121, ai 1, v. 15, pp. 283, 292. _Preparati0p of Sec. 510. As soon as practicable after the last day of September in B¤°¤'“*l R°8"*°"· each year in which a new Congress is to assemble, a register shall be 27 April, 1816, compiled and printed under the direction of the Secretary of the interior, Res. N0- 6:¤¤- i, 2, of which seven hundred and fifty copies shall be published, and which Viihgivsgéz Req shall contain the following lists, made up tc such last day of September: N0_ u,g,’_ 4, pfwgj 1. CO1'1'€ClZ lists of all the officers, clerks, employes, and agents, civil, 3Mm-.,1851;.32, military, and naval, in the service of the United States, including cadets s. 1. v- 9, p- 600 and midshipmen, which lists shall exhibit the amount of compensation, aM“"iél86lé;'$87· pay, and emoluments allowed to each, the State or country in which he °' ’v` ‘ D'was born, the State or Territory from which he was appointed to office, and where employed. 2. A list of the names, force, and condition of all the ships and vessels belonging to the United States, and when and where built. 3. ists of all dprinters of the laws of the United States, and of all printers employe by Congress or by any De rtment or officer of the `overnment, during the two years preceding tilie last day of September up to which such list is required to be made, with the compensation a owed to each, and designating the Department or ofiioer causing the printing to be executed. -1. A sta.tement of all allowances made by the Postmaster-General, within the same period of two years, to each contractor on contracts for
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