Chapter 56. To enable the George Washington Bicentennial Commission to carry out and give effect to certain approved plans
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CHAP. 56.— An Act To enable the George Washington Bicentennial Commission to carry out and give effect to certain approved plans. February 21, 1930.[[S. 3398](/us/bill/71/s/3398).][[Public, No. 53](/us/pl/71/53).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, George Washington Bicentennial Commission. That the United States Commission for the Celebration of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of George Washington established by the joint 72Edition of all essential writings, etc., of George Washington to be prepared by.Vol. 43, p. 671. resolution entitled “Joint resolution authorizing an appropriation for the participation of the United States in the preparation and completion of plans for the comprehensive observance of that greatest of all historic events, the bicentennial of the birthday of George Washington,” approved December 2, 1924 (hereinafter referred to as the “commission”), is authorized and directed to prepare, as a congressional memorial to George Washington, a definitive edition of all his essential writings, public and private (excluding the diaries), including personal letters from the original manuscripts or first prints, and the general orders, at a cost not to exceed $56,000Volumes to be printed, etc. for preparation of the manuscript.
Such definitive edition shall be printed and bound at the Government Printing Office and shall be in about the same form as the already published diaries of George Washington and shall consist of twenty-five volumes, more or less.For sale. There shall be three thousand sets of such edition, two thousand of which shall be sold by the Superintendent of Documents at a cost equal to the total cost under this section of preparing the manuscriptDistribution, to designated officials, etc. and printing and binding the entire edition.
The commission shall, upon issue of the final volume, distribute the remaining one thousand sets as follows: Two each to the President, the library of the Senate, and the library of the House of Representatives; twenty-five to the Library of Congress; one to each member of the Cabinet; one each to the Vice President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives; one to each Senator, Representative in Congress, Delegate, and Resident Commissioner; one each to the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives; and one to each member and officer of the commission.
The remaining sets shall be distributed as the commission directs including such number of setsNo “usual number.” as may be necessary for foreign exchange. The “usual number” for Congressional distribution and for depository libraries shall notSum authorized for preparation, etc. be printed. To carry out the purpose of this paragraph there is authorized to be appropriated the sum of $157,975, or so much*Post*, p. 94. thereof as may be necessary, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 2.Further authorizations.Designated pamphlets.
(a)The commission is authorized and directed to—
(1)Prepare, print, bind, and distribute one hundred thousand copies of a pamphlet entitled “Honor to George Washington,” at a cost not to exceed $3,000; one hundred thousand copies of a pamphlet entitled “Reading about George Washington,” at a cost not to exceed $10,000; and two thousand copies of a pamphlet entitled “Directions for Celebration and Pageants,” at a cost not to exceed $4,000;
(2)Lithographic copies of original portrait of Washington. Prepare one hundred and twenty thousand photolithographic copies of the best approved original portrait of George Washington, and deliver in tubes, ready for mailing, two hundred copies to each Senator, Representative in Congress, Delegate, and Resident Commissioner, at a cost not to exceed $7,000;
(3)George Washington atlas. Prepare, print, bind, and distribute a George Washington atlas at a cost not to exceed $12,000; and
(4)George Washington map. Collaborate with the Library of Congress, State historical societies, authorities concerned with State history, and the National Geographic Society in the preparation of a George Washington map, showing places he visited or of which he was an inhabitant, which map shall bear the names of members of the commission, and shall Issue. be issued in a number of the National Geographic Magazine in anCost. edition of about one million three hundred thousand copies, at a cost to the commission not to exceed $7,000.
(b)Outside printing, etc., authorized. To carry out the provisions of this section only the commission is authorized to have printing, binding, photolithography, and 73 other work done at establishments other than the Government Printing Office. Sec. 3. The commission is authorized to employ, without regard Employment of expert services, etc.to the civil service laws, and without regard to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, to fix the compensation of an historian, an executive secretary, and such assistants as may be needed for stenographic, clerical, and expert service within the appropriations made by Congress from time to time for such purposes, which appropriations are hereby authorized. Sec. 4. In carrying out the provisions of this or any other Act Cooperation of Government agencies, individuals, etc.relating to the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of George Washington, the commission is authorized to procure advice and assistance from any governmental agency, including the services of technical and other personnel in the executive departments and independent establishments, and to procure advice and assistance from and to cooperate with individuals and agencies, public or private. The Superintendent of Documents shall make available Distribution of publications, etc. to the commission the facilities of his office for the distribution of the publications, maps, and portraits herein authorized. Sec. 5. The members and employees of the commission shall be Expenses allowed.allowed actual traveling, subsistence, and other expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties. All expenses of the commission shallApproval of vouchers. be paid by the disbursing officer of the commission upon vouchers approved by the chairman of the executive committee of the commission. Sec. 6. Unexpended balances of appropriations authorized under Balances available.Vol. 45, p. 888.the provisions of this Act shall remain available until expended. Sec. 7. The United States Commission for the Celebration of the Title conferred.Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of George Washington may hereafter be referred to as the “George Washington Bicentennial Commission.” Approved, February 21, 1930.