Chapter C. *to provide for the Distribution of the Edition of the Laws and Treaties of the United States published by Little Brown, under the Provisions of the Resolution of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and forty-five, and for other Purposes.* Aug. 8, 1846. *Be it enacted by the Senate and H
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Chap. C.— An Act *to provide for the Distribution of the Edition of the Laws and Treaties of the United States published by Little Brown, under the Provisions of the Resolution of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and forty-five, and for other Purposes.* Aug. 8, 1846. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the one thousandHow Little & Brown’s edition of the Laws, &c., is to be distributed. copies of Little & Brown’s edition of the Laws and Treaties of the United States, already purchased by Congress, be distributed, under the direction of the Secretary of State, as follows:
One copy to the President, and one copy to the Vice-President ofPresident and Vice-President. the United States. One copy to each of the justices of the Supreme Court of the UnitedJudges & clerk of Supreme Court. States, and to the clerk of said court. One copy to each of the heads of departments, and one copy to theHeads of departments and Attorney-General. Attorney-General of the United States. One copy to each of the several States and Territories of the Union, to be placed in the library of such State or Territory.
One copy each to the governments of Great Britain, France,States and Territories,Certain foreign governments. Russia, Austria, Prussia, Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Denmark, Bavaria, The Netherlands, Belgium, Sardinia, Greece, Turkey, Tuscany, The 76TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 101. 1846.Ecclesiastical States, the Two Sicilies, China, Brazil, Mexico, New Grenada, Venezuela, Chili, Peru, the Argentine Confederation, and the Sandwich Islands. Heads of departments.Forty copies to the heads of departments, for the use of their various offices and bureaus.
Congress.Two hundred and eighty copies to the librarian of Congress, for the use of the members of the Senate and House of Representatives during the sessions of Congress. Law library of Congress.Four copies to the law library of Congress. Committees.Twenty copies to the secretary of the Senate, and fifty copies to the clerk of the House of Representatives, for the chambers and commit-tee rooms of the two branches. District judges and clerks.One copy to the judge, and one copy to the district attorney, and one copy to the clerk, of each of the District Courts of the United States.
Judges & clerks of Territories.One copy to each of the judges and clerks of the Supreme Courts of the Territories and District of Columbia. Collectors.One copy to each collector of customs in the United States. Surveyors of customs.One copy to each surveyor of the customs at places where there is no collector. Land offices.One copy to each of the surveyors-general of the public lands, and to each register and receiver of the land offices. Foreign ministers.One copy to each of the foreign ministers of the United States.
Navy yards, schools, lyceums, military academy, &c.One copy to the library of each navy yard in the Union; one to the naval lyceum at Brooklyn, New York; one to the naval school at Annapolis, Maryland; one to the naval institute at Charlestown, Massachusetts; and one copy to the Military Academy at West Point. Residue.Copies to pass to successive incumbents.And the residue of said thousand copies shall remain at the future disposal of Congress: *Provided, That* the copies of the Laws thus distributed to public officers shall be held for the use of their respective offices, and as the property of the government; and that, in case of the death, resignation, or dismission from office, of either of said officers, or whenever their terms of office shall expire, the said copies of the Laws shall be delivered up to their successors in said offices; and a printed copy of this proviso shall be inserted into each of the volumes thus distributed.
Sec. 2. Preamble. And whereas said edition of the said Laws and Treaties of the United States has been carefully collated and compared with the original rolls in the archives of the government, under the inspection and supervision of the Attorney-General of the United States, as duly Said edition competent evidence, in all cases, of the laws.certified by that officer; therefore, *Be it further enacted,* That said edition of the Laws and Treaties of the United States, published by Little &, Brown, is hereby declared to be competent evidence of the several public and private acts of Congress, and of the several treaties therein contained, in all the courts of law and equity and of maritime jurisdiction, and in all the tribunals and public offices of the United States, and of the several States, without any further proof or authentication thereof.
Approved, August 8, 1846.