Evening star., 1935-11-03

the government printer ito be regis.
tered, printed and sold.'
After careful study of the American
law, Mr.. Carr is of the belief that the
systems compare rather we'll View.
in the British system in the light
of the new Federal register act, he
says:
The objects are the same, but the
American law is In some ways stronger
for instance, in the United States
the executive orders are not to be
valid until copies have been filed in
the Federal Register division of the
Archives Department with view to
official publication and are available
for public inspection
A CCORDING to present plans,
which probably will not be
changed. the Federal Register act con-
templates daily issue, containing the
executive orders and official data from
the various departments-but there is
no provision for each order to be is.
sued separately, as in Great Britain.
Publication of the Federal Register
means slightly more than another
periodical in Washington-the grave
yard of more defunct journals than
are buried in any other city in the
world, so it is said.
While the active, daily newspaper
tries its best to keep in touch with all
departmental rulings, orders and regu-
lations-not to mention the laws
there is not quite sufficient public in
terest in all these works to grant them
ad Lii publication. Several private
publishers have. from time to time,
gone into the business of trying to pro-
vide this news to the masses and the
classes. but mostly this has met with
failure.
After January. when the Federal
Register comes of the presses, those
interested in its future believe the
Government will have a journal ap.
pealing to all the various interests in
the country-oil for the. oil men, coal
to the coal men, law for the lawyers.
Everything but advice to the love.
lorn.
THE Federal Register was created
as division of the national
archives by public act No. 220, Sew
enty-fourth Congress, first session, ap-
proved July %, 1885. Under the plans
of publication, the original and two
certified copies of all presidential PROF.
lamationS and Executive orders are
required to be filed with the division
as prerequisite to validity. Also, all
rules and regulations of Government
agencies. designated by the President,
are required to be filed with the divi-
sion-to be published later in the
Register. Aside from daily publica.
ton there must be compiled indices-
an improvement over the British sys.
tenn.
Each agency in the Government Is
required to file. by January rs, 1886,
a complete compilation of all docu-
ments in present force and effect.
This takes in everything. but publica.
tion preference will be given to those
instruments upon which the agency
relies for its authority; invoked or
used by it In the discharge of any Of
its functions or activities. The Ad.
ministration Committee of the Federal
Register is required to report to the
President Of the United States with
respect to this compilation. The Pres
ident will then designate which Of
such documents shall be published In
a supplementary edition of the Fed
eral Register.
An appropriation of $295 900 was
authorized for this publication. but it
was lost in the third deficiency bill.
due to the failure of special appro-
priations to the Government Printing
Office. However, the managing editor
and his staff of the Federal Register.
have no doubt that the money will be
forthcoming. Uncle Sam wants this
publication, something he has waited
for since the dawn of the Republic.
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