Public Law 461. to enable the George Washington Bicentennial Commission to carry out and give effect to certain approved plans ”, approved February 21, 1930, is amended by striking out all preceding the last sentence therein and inserting in lieu thereof the following: " Edition of essential writings of George Wash

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(/us/pl/73/460).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,George Washington Bicentennial Commission.Vol. 46, p. 71. That section 1 of the Act entitled “An Act to enable the George Washington Bicentennial Commission to carry out and give effect to certain approved plans ”, approved February 21, 1930, is amended by striking out all preceding the last sentence therein and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

" Edition of essential writings of George Washington to be prepared by.Vol. 43, p, 671.“That the United States Commission for the Celebration of the Two Hundredths Anniversary of the Birth of George Washington established by the joint 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 Limit of cost.Printing and binding.not to exceed $56,000 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 Distribution.volumes, more or less. There shall be three thousand sets of such edition, two thousand of which shall be sold by the Superintendent Cost to libraries.of Documents

(1)at a cost of $50 per set for sets sold to To others.public libraries, and institutions and societies of learning, and

(2)the remainder of the two thousand sets, at $75 per set. The Commission shall, upon the publication of each volume of the remaining one thousand sets, distribute copies of each such volume as follows: Designated officials, officers, etc.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; one each to the libraries Independent offices established before Mar. 4, 1933.of the executive departments and independent establishments located in Washington City, which were not created after March 4, 1933; and one to each member and officer of the Commission. Every such recipient eligible to receive any volume or volumes of such writings at any time prior to the issue of the final volume (but not later than December 31, 1934) shall be entitled to receive a complete set of such writings. The remaining sets, if any, shall be distributed as Foreign exchange.No “usual number”Library of Congress directs, including such number of sets as may be necessary for foreign exchange. The usual number for congressional distribution and for depository libraries shall not be printed.” " Sec. 2. Vol. 46, p. 72. Section 1 of such Act of February 21, 1930, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: " Acceptance and distribution of privately printed volume.“The one thousand extra copies (theretofore privately printed) of the first volume of such writings shall be considered to have been authorized by the Commission and the Commission may accept a donation of such extra copies for distribution for reviews, advertising, and for such other promotional purposes as it may deem advisable. If the Commission shall direct the Superintendent of 1211Documents to sell any such extra copies of the first volume, he shall offer the same for sale at a cost per copy equal to the cost per copy of the first volume as computed under clause

(2)of the third sentence of this section. Such extra copies shall be the only copies of any volume of the set distributed or sold separately.” " Approved, June 23, 1934. To authorize the formation of a body corporate to insure the more effective diversification of prison industries, and for other purposes. 1934-06-23 48 Stat. 1211 736 Chapter 73 2 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-12-11 public [CHAPTER 736.] AN ACT To authorize the formation of a body corporate to insure the more effective diversification of prison industries, and for other purposes.June 23, 1934.[[H.R. 9404](/us/bill/73/hr/9404).][[Public, No. 461](/us/pl/73/461).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That in orderFederal Prison Industries.Formation of.Vol. 46, p. 391.[U.S.C., p. 514; Supp. VII, p. 355](/us/usc/514/355). more effectively to carry out the policy and purposes of the Act of May 27, 1930 (46 Stat. 391; U.S.C., title 18, sec. 711), entitled “An Act to provide for the diversification of employment of Federal prisoners, for their training and schooling in trades and occupations, and for other purposes”, the President is hereby authorized and empowered, in his discretion, to create a body corporate of the District of Columbia to be known as “ Federal Prison Industries ”, which shall be a governmental body. Sec. 2. The President shall appoint a board of directors of saidDirectors, appointment. corporation which shall consist of five persons, one of whom shall be a representative of industry, one a representative of labor, one a representative of agriculture, one a representative of retailers and consumers, and one a representative of the Attorney General. The boardNo compensation. of directors shall serve at the will of the President and without compensation. Sec. 3. The President shall transfer to said corporation the dutyDuties. of determining in what manner and to what extent industrial operations shall be carried on in Federal penal and correctional institutions and may transfer to said corporation any part or all of the other powers and duties now vested in the Attorney General or any other officer or employee of the United States by said Act of May 27, 1930. It shall be the duty of the board of directors to diversify so far as practicable prison industrial operations and so operate the prison shops that no single private industry shall be forced to bear an undue burden of competition from the products of the prison workshops. Sec. 4. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and“Prison Industries Fund ” to be transferred to board. directed, upon the formation of the corporation, to transfer to a fund to be known as the “Prison Industries Fund” all balances then standing to the credit of the prison industries working capital fund. All moneys under the control of the corporation shall beDeposit and use of funds. deposited or covered into the Treasury of the United States to the credit of said fund and withdrawn therefrom only pursuant to accountable warrants or certificates of settlement issued by the General Accounting Office. All valid claims and obligations payable out of said fund shall be assumed by the corporation. The corporation is hereby authorized to employ the aforesaid fund, and any earnings that may hereafter accrue to the corporation, as operating capital for the purposes enumerated in the said Act ofVol. 47, p. 391. May 27, 1930, and in accordance with the laws generally applicable to the expenditures of the several departments and establishments of the Government, and also for the payment of compensation in such amounts as the Attorney General may authorize to inmates of penal institutions or their dependents for injuries suffered in any1212*Proviso*.Limitation on payment.Vol. 39, p. 742.[U.S.C., p. 77](/us/usc/77).Accounts.industry: *Provided*, That in no event shall compensation be paid in a greater amount than that provided in the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act of September 7, 1916, as amended. Accounts of all receipts and disbursements of the corporation shall be rendered to the General Accounting Office in such manner, to such extent, and at such times as the Comptroller General of the United States may direct for settlement and adjustment pursuant to title Vol. 42, p. 23.III of the Act of June 10, 1921 (42 Stat. 23), and such accounting shall include all fiscal transactions of the corporation, whether involving appropriated moneys, capital, or receipts from other sources. Sec. 5. Report to Congress. The board of directors shall make an annual report to Congress on the conduct of the business of the corporation and on the condition of its funds. Sec. 6. Saving provision. This Act is supplemental to the Act of Congress approved May 27, 1930, and in the event of the failure of the corporation to act as herein authorized the Attorney General shall not be limited in carrying out the duties conferred upon him by the Act approved May 27, 1930. Approved, June 23, 1934. Authorizing the sale of portions of the Pueblo lands of San Diego to the City of San Diego, California. 1934-06-25 48 Stat. 1212 740 Chapter 73 2 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-12-11 public [CHAPTER 740.] AN ACT Authorizing the sale of portions of the Pueblo lands of San Diego to the City of San Diego, California.June 25, 1934.[[H.R. 3084](/us/bill/73/hr/3084).][

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