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shall discharge like and similar duties ana
receive the same amount Of compensation
allowed ln . her officers disobargiug like
duties in the other land offices Of said Stale.
Approved, June 20, 1874.
[GENERAL NATURE-No. co
AN ACT providing for publication ofthe re-
viScd statutes and the laws of the United
States.
BE IL enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representations Of The United States Of
Americd IN Congress assembled. That the
existing contract or contracts between the
Secretary of State on tho part OF the United
States, and Charles G. Little, Augustus
FIagg, Henry II. Nj lies, and John Bartlett,
of Boston, known as the firm of Little,
Brown and Company, dated the twenty
eighth day OF May, eighteen hundred and
sixty-sx, and all other contracts between
the United States or any officer thereof
with said firm OF Little, Brown and Com
pany, respecting the printing or nublica-
lion Of the laws of the United States, are
hereby declared TO be determined, pursu-
ant to the powers therein reserved.
SEC. 2. That the Secretary of State is
hereby charged with the duty OF causing TO
be prepared for printing, publication and
distribution the revised statutes Of the
United States enacted at this present ses-
sion of Congress; that he shall cause to he
COZ !eted the head notes of the several
IT,. 5 and chapters and the marginal notes
referring 10 the statutes from which each
section was compiled and repealed by said
revision and references 10 the decisions
of the courts of the United States explain
ing or oxpounding the same, and such de-
cisious of State courts as he may deem OK
pedent with full and complete index to
the same. And when the same shall be com
pleted. the said Secretary shall duly certify
the same under the seal ofthe United States,
and when printed and promulgated as here.
inafler provided, the printed volumes shall
be legal evidence of the laws and treaties
therein contained, in all the courts Of the
United States, and of the several States
and Territories.
SEC. 8. That the revision OF the statutes
of a general and permanent nature, with
the index thereto shall be printed in one
volume, and shalt be entitled and labeled
"Revised Statutes OF the United States =
and the revision of the statutes relating 10
the District of Columbia; to post-roads,
and the public treaties in force on the first
day of December, one thousand eight hun
dred and seventy-three, with a su ole in
dex to each, shall be published in sepa-
rate volume, and entitled and label Re
vised Statutes relating to District OF Co
lumbia and Po-t-Roads. Public Treaties"
SEC. 4. That the Secretary of State
shall cause the two volumes TO be stereo-
typed and such number of each volume 10
DE DTlUltu anu DOuuu at inc
Government Printing Office as he may
deem needful, for public distribution az
hereinafter provided, and for sale by his
office.
SEC. 5. That he shall in like manner,
cause to be edited, prr'-i, published and
distributed pamphlet copies Of the statutes
of the present and eac- inlure session of
Congress, to the officers and persons here
inafler provided, and bouli copies of the
laws of each Congress to tie number of
two thousand copies TO he IF 1ted in
the manner now provided D., ", and
uniform with the said edtiC nc re-
vised statutes.
SEC. G. That at the close of Y ses-
sion of Congress the Secretary state
shall cause to he distributed pamphlet
copies Of the acts and resolves of Congress
for that session, edited and printed in the
manner aforesaid, as follows: To the
President and Vice President of the Unit
ed States, two copies each to each Sena-
tor, Representative. and Delegate in Con-
gress. one copy; TO the librarian Of the
Senate, for the use OF Senators, one hun-
dred and twenty-six copies TO the libra
rian of the House, two hundred and fifty
copies, for the use of the Representatives
and Delegates; to the Library of Congress,
fourteen copies; to the Department of
State, including those for the use of lega-
tions and consulates, six hundred copies ;
to the Treasury Department, two hundred
copies to The War Department, including
those for the use of officers Of the Army ,
two hundred copies to the Navy Depart
ment, including those for the use of Oin-
GERS Of the Navy. one hundred copi'e; /.
| the Department uf the Interior, irculiug
| those for the use of the surveyors. eral
and registers aud receivers Of publit land
| offices, two hundred and fifty copies; tn
| the Post Office Department, fifty copies
to the Department of Justice, including
those for the use Of the chief and associate
| justices, the Judges and the officers of the
| United States and territorial courts, fouT
hundred and twenty-five copies to the
Department of Agriculture, ten copies tn
| the Smithsonian Institution, five copies
TO the Government Printing Office, two
copies to the governors and secretaries o
| Territories, one copy each; TO be retained
| in the custody of the Secretary Of State
| one thousand copies and ten thousand
copies shall be distributed to the States
and Territories in proportion to the mum
Der of Senators, Representatives, and Del
egates in Congress to which they are al
| the time entitled.
SEC. 7. That after the close Of each Con,
gress the Secretary of State shall have ed
tied, printed and bound sufficient num-
| ber OF the volumes containing the Stat
utes at Large enacted by that Congress IL
enable him to distribute copies, or as many
| thereof as may be needed, as follows: Tt
the President of the United States, foul
copies, one of which shall be for the libra
ry of the Executive Mansion, and one
| copy shall be for the use of the Commits
soner of Public Buildings to the Vice
President of the United States, ono copy
to each Senator, Representative, and Dele
| gate in Congress, one copy; to the libra
| riaH Of the Senate, for the use Of Senators
o. . hundred and fourteen copies; 10 th
H. arian of the House, for the use of Rep
resentalives and Delegates, four hundred
and Ten copies to the Library of Congress
fourteen copies, including fonr copies fol
The law library TO the Department o
State, including those for the use of lega
tiops and cOnsulates, three hundred anC
eighty copies; TO the Treasury Depart
ment, including those for the use OF officer
| of customs, two hundred and sixty copies
TO the War Department, including a cOpl
for the Military Academy at West Point
inv copies to the Navy Department, in
Guiding a COPY for the library at the Nava
Academy at Annapolis, a copy for the Ii
brary of each navy-yard in the Unite(
States, a copy for the library of the Brook
lyn Naval Lyceum, and copy for the Ii
brary OF the Naval Institute at Charleston
Massachusetts, sixty-five copies; to tn
Department of the Interior, includin
those for the use Of the surveyors genera
and registers and receivers of public land
Offices two hundred and fi1y copies t
the Post Office Department, fifty copies
to the Department of Justice, including
those for the use of the chief and ASSOCIATE
justices, the judges and the officers OF th
United States and territorial courts, fou
hundred and twenty-five copies to the De
partment of Agriculture, five copies L
to the Smithsonon Institute two copies y
the Government Printing Office, one copy
and the Secretary Of State, shall supply de
ficiences and Offices newly created.
/. | Gun O That ihA said DriQt0u CbDle1 q