The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-08-13

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 of the United States;
One copy to each of the justices OF the supreme
Court ofthe United States and TO the clerk OF SAID
court;
One COPY to each of the heads of departments,
and one copy to the Attorney General OF the United
States;
One copy to each of the several States and Ter
ritories ofthe Unon to be placed the library oil
such State or Territory
One copy each To the governments OF Great bnt-
ain, France Russia, Austria, Prussia, Spain, Por-
tugal, Sweden, Denmark, Bavaria, the Neither
lands, Belgium, Sardinia, Greece, Turkey Tusca-
nv the Ecclesiastical States, the Two Settles, Chr
ma, Brazil, Mexico, New Grenada, Venezuela,
Chill, Peru, the Argentine Confederation, and the
Sandwc islands;
Forty copies to the heads Of departments, for the
use of their various Off ,es and bureaus;
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;
-Four copies to the law library Of Congress-
Twenty copies to the Secretary of the Senate, and
6fty copies TO the Clerk Of the House Of Represen-
Iatiyes, for the chambers and committee rooms OF
the two branches;
One copy to the Judge and one copy to the dis
trct attorney, and one copy to the clerk Teach Of
the district courts Of the United States
One copy to each Of the judges and clerks Of the
supreme courts Of the Territories and District OF
Columbia;
One copy to each collector OF customs in the Uni
ted States
One copy to each surveyor Of the customs at
places where there is no collector
One copy to each surveyor general Of the public
lands and to each register and receiver Of the land
Offices
One copy to each Of the foreign ministers Of the
United States;
One copy to the library Of each navy yard in the
Union; one 10 the naval lyceum at Brooklyn, New
York; one to the naval school at Annapolis, Mary
land; one To the naval institute at CharestoVn,
Massach usetsi and one copy to the Military Acad'
envy at West Point.
And the residue Of said thousand copies shall re-
main at the future disposal Of Congress: Provided,
That the copies Of the laws thus distributed TO pub
lie officers shall be held for the Of their respec-
tive Offices and the property Of the government; and
that in Of the death, resignation, or dismisson
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 printed copy Of this Proviso shall
be inserted into each OF the volumes thus dis
tributed.
SEC. 2. And whereas said edition OF the said
Laws and Treaties Of the United States has been
carefully colated 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, duly certified by that officer
therefore, Be IL further enacted That said edition OF
the Laws and Treaties Of the United States, pub
lishsd by Little and Brown, is hereby declared to
be competent evidence OF the several public and pr
OF Congress- and the several treaties there
in 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 severa
States, without any further proof or authorization
thereof.
APPROVED, August 8, 1886.