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 1122 73d CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 667, 668. JU NE 19, 1934 . June 10, 1034. [H.R.8700.1 [Public, No. 431 .] Canal Zone, Code of La ws B e it enacted b y the Senate and House of Re pre sen ta tiv es of the . [CHAPTER 668 .] June ' 1934. [H. R .910.] To establ ish a National [Public, No. 432 .] Natio nal Archi ves. Office of Archivist created. Appointment and confirmation Compensation. Employees. Qualifications, ap- point ment. Confirmation. Archivist. Superintendence of archives by. Ins pection of re cords. Requisition for trans- fer of documents. Proe 0o. Exemption of c on- f ident ial matte r. [CHA PTER 667 .] AN ACT To establish a Code of Laws for the Canal Zone, and for other purposes. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the seven titles hereinafter set forth shall constitute the Code of Laws for the Canal Zone and shall, for all purposes, establish conclusively, and be deemed to embrace, all the permanent laws relating to or applying in the Canal Zone in force on the date of enactment of this Act, except such general laws of the United States as relate to or apply in the Canal Zone. Such code shall be designated as the " Canal Zo ne Code " and shall take effect on the expiration of ninety days after the date of enactment of this Act. Copies of such code printed at the Government Printing Office and bearing its imprint shall be conclu sive e videnc e of t he ori ginal of such code. SEC. 2. The said Canal Zone Code shall not be published in the Session Laws or Statutes at Large, and there shall be printed and bound, as may be directed by the Joint Committee on Printing, such number of copies thereof as may be required for official use and distribution, including an index and any other explanatory matter the committee may deem necessary. Approved, June 19, 1934. [The Code of Laws for the Canal Zone is printed in a separate volume entitled, " Canal Zone Code, 1934 ."] AN ACT Archives of the United States Government, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby created the Office of Archivist of the United States, the Archivist to be appointed by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Src. 2 . The salary of the Archivist shall be $10,000 annually. All persons to be employed in the National Archives Establishment shall be appointed by the Archivist solely with reference to their fitness for their particul ar duties and wit hout rega rd to civ il-servic e law ; and the Archivist shall make rules and regulations for the government of the National Archives ; but any official or employee with salary of $5,000 or over shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. SEC. 3 . All archives or records belonging to the Government of the United States (legislative, executive, judicial, and other) shall be u nder the c harge and supe rinte nden ce of the Arch ivist to t his extent : He shall have full power to inspect personally or by deputy the records of any agency of the United States Government what- soever and wheresoever located, and shall have the full cooperation of any and all persons in charge of such records in such inspections, and to requisition for transfer to the National Archives Establish- ment such arch ives, or recor ds as the Nati onal Arch ives Counc il, here after prov ided shal l app rove for such trans fer, and he sh all have auth ority to m ake regul ation s fo r the arra ngem ent, custo dy, use, and withdrawal of material deposited in the National Archives Building : Pr ovide d, That any head of an executive department, independent office, or other agency of the Government may, for limited periods, not exceeding in duration his tenure of that office, exempt from examin ation and co nsulta tion by offic ials, privat e indi - viduals, or any other persons such confidential matter transferred from his department or office, as he may deem wise.