The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1874-10-29
Ve1O Advertisements.
LAWS
OF TILE UNITED STA TES.
PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION
OF the
l. A w s
FORTY-TIIIRD CONGRESS,
GENERAL NATURE-No. COL.

GENERAL NATURE-No. COL
AN ACT providing for publication of the re-.
vsed statutes and the laws Of the Unite,,
I States.
| Be it enacted by the Senate and House ~
Representatives of the United States of Amor
lea in Congress assembled, That the existin.
contract or contracts between the Secretary NJ
State on the part of the United States, and
Charles c. Little. Augustus Flagg, Henry II
Miles, and John Bartlett, OF Boston, known as
the firm of Little, Brown and Company, tsted
| the twenty-cghth day Of May, eighteen hun-
bred and sixty six, and all other contracts be-
tween the United States or any officer thereof.
with said firm Of Little, Brown, and Company.
respecting the printing or publication of the
| laws of the United States, are hereby declared
| to be determined, pursuant to the powers there
| in reserved.
SEC 3 That the Secretary of State is here
by charged with the duty OF causing to be pre-
pared for printing, publication and distribution;
the revised statutes of the United States en-
acted at this present session of Congress that
ne shall cause to be completed the head notes
OF the several titles and chapters and the mar
Slhal notes referring to the statutes from which
each section was compiled and repealed by said
revision; and references to the decisions Of
the courts OF the United States explaining
or eXpotmdlng the same, and such de-
| Uea
dent, with a full and complete index to the
| same. And when the same shall be compile.
ted, the said Secretary shall duly certify the
same under the seal Of the United States, and
when printed and promulgated as hereinafter
provided, the printed volumes shall be legal cy-
idenee Of the laws and treaties therein coi-
tanned, in all the courts of the United States,
and of the several States and Territories.
SEC.3. That the revision of the statutes of
Cnup,nt oDG pnrponnpt nature with tho india
thereto, shall be printed in one volume, and
shall be entitled and labelled '.Revised Stat
utes Of the United States;' and the revision
OF the statutes relating to the District of Coz
lumbia; to post-roads, and the public treaties
in force ON the first day of December, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy three,
with suitable index to each, shall be publish
| Ell in a separate volume, aud entitled and la
beled REVISED Statutes relating to District Of
| Columbia and Post-Roatls, Public Treaties"
SEC. 4. That the Secretary of State shall
cause the two volumes to be steroetyped and
such number of each volume to be printed and
substantially bound ut the Government Print
| ing Office us he may deem ncedful, for public
distribution as hereinafter provided, and for
| sale by his office.
Sec. 5. That he shall, in like manner, cause
to be edited, printed, published and distributed
pamphlet copies of the statutes of the preseI1t
and each future session of Congress-, the off,
GERS and persons hereinafter provided, and bound
copies of the laws of each Congrsss to he num-
Der of two thousand copies to be distributed in
the manner now provided by law, and uniform
with the said edition of the revised statutes.
SEC. 6. That at the close of every session of
Congress fac Secretary of State shall cause to
be distributed pamphlet copies of the acts and
resolves of Congress for that session, edited and
pri nted in the manner aforeeaiA as follows To
the President and Vice-Presidcnt of the United
States, two copies each to each Senator, Rep
Re sentative, and Delegate in Congress- ore copy;
TO The librarian of the Senate, for the use of
Senators, one hundred and twenty-six copies
to the librarian of the House, two hundred and
fifty copies, fer the of the Representatives
and Delegates to the Library Of Congress,
fourteen copies: to the Department of State.
including those for the use OF legations and con-
sulates. six hundred copies to the Treasury
Department, two hundred copies TO the War
Department, including those for the use of off, >
GERS of the Army, two hundred copies; to the
Navy Department including ahose for the use
OF officers OF the Navy, one hundred copies; to
the Department of the Interior, il Guiding those
for the use Of the surveyors general and regis
tiers and receivers of public land offices, two
h slndred and fifty copies; TO the Post { flee De-
partment, fifty copies; to the Department of
Justice, including hose for the use of the chief
aud associate JUSTICES, the judges and the officers
of the United States and territorial courts four
hundred anu t@enty-s five copies; to the Depart
ment OF Agriculture, ten copies; to the Smith
sonlln institution, five copies; to the Govern,
ment Printing Office, two copies to the govern
ors and secretaries of Territories, one COPY
each; to he retained in the custody of the See
rotary of State, thousand copies and ten
thousand copies shall be distributed to The States
and Territories in proportion to the number of
Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Con-
gress to which they are at the time entitled,
SEC. Z. That after the close OF each Congress
the Secretary of State shall have edited, printed
and bound sufficient number of the volumes
containing the Statutes at Large esacted by that
Congress to epable him to distribute copies, or
as many thereof as may be needed, as follows:
To the President of the United States four cop
les, one of which shall be for the library OF the
Executive Mansion and one copy shall be for
the use of the Commissioner of Public Buildings;
to the Vice President Of the United States. one
copy: to each Senator, Representative, and Del
egate In Congress-, one copy to the librarian of
the Senate Tor the use OF Senator's one hundred
and fourteen copies; to the librarian of the
House. for tire of Representatives and Dele
gates, four hundred and ten copies; 10 the Lii
hrary OF Congress, fourteen copies, including
four copies for the law library to the Depart
Rent OF State, including those Tor the use OF le--
cations and consulates, three hundred and eigh-4
ty copies; to the Treasury Department. inclu-
uluS tHoSe ioI tue use VI OluceFS OF customs, Two
hundred and sixty copies; to the War Depart
ment, including copy for the Military Acade-
my at West Point, fifty copies; TO the Navy Ne
partment including a copy for the library at
the aaval Academy at Annapolis, copy for the
library of each navy-yard in the United Statet,
a copy for the library of the Brooklyn Naval
Lyceum anda copy for the library ST the Naval
Institute at Charlestown, Massachusetts,, sixty
five copies to the Department of the Interior.
those for the use of the surveyors
general and registers and receivers of public
land Offices, two hundred and fifty copies to
the Post-Ofice Department, fifty copies to the
Department of Justice, including those for the
use of the chief and his associates justices, the
Judges, and the officers of the United States and
territorial courts, four hundred and twenty-five
copies ito the Department of Agriculture, five
copies; to the Smithsonian Institution, two cop-
les; to the Government Printing Office, one
copy; and the Secretary of State, shall supply
deficiencies and Offices newly created. .
SEQ. 8. That the said printed copies of the
SAID acts Of each session and of the said bound
copies Of the acts of each Congress shall be legal
evidence of the laws and treaties therein con.
tanned, in all the eoprts of the United States and
of the several States therein.
Sec. 9. That the said laws of each session of
Congress shall also be stereotyped and printed
for sale as provided in respect to the said revis
ed statutes. And the copies of the said revised
statutes and Of the said laws of each session Of
congress, as issued from time TO time, shall be
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